a Christmas Story ?

[toys2cool]

Hey guys,

just a couple of questions for you guys that know this stuff.

1-Was there really a store called Higbees?

2- what time was the movie take place,the 40's or 50's?

[txteach]

Good questions, I would say the early 50's for the story. The decoder ring and the beebee gun were pretty big then. Not too sure about the store.

[toys2cool]

Good questions, I would say the early 50's for the story. The decoder ring and the beebee gun were pretty big then. Not too sure about the store.

Yeah John that's what I first thought,but all the cars seem to be from the 40's and I can't see any one from the 50's but I could've missed it I guess.




What about "It runs in the family" anyone see that? it's suppose to be part 2 to a Christmas Story,even has a few of the kids from the Original,I've never seen it.just wondering if it was any good ?
It Runs in the Family (1994)

[toys2cool]

Never mind,I found it.It's 1940

A Christmas Story (1983) - Plot summary

[DocDrako]

I'm almost certain that the store is real and is still in the same place today as when they filmed it. I saw a short documentary about the movie and some guy had bought the actual house used for exterior shots and had the inside gutted and rebuilt to reflect the movie layout. I believe it's being preserved now as a kind of museum. I wish I could remember what the show was called that I saw.

UPDATE ABOUT THE REMODEL & THE STORE: I just searched Google and found these.

Spend Christmas Eve in the "A Christmas Story" House | Charles and Hudson

Higbees House Restored to its A Christmas Story Splendor

[Monsterama2000]

Higbees was a department store in downtown Cleveland from 1931 until 1992. You can read about it here --

http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/higbees.shtml

[toys2cool]

awesome! thanx for the info guys

man I wanna stay there

[kryptosmaster]

I'm almost certain that the store is real and is still in the same place today as when they filmed it. I saw a short documentary about the movie and some guy had bought the actual house used for exterior shots and had the inside gutted and rebuilt to reflect the movie layout. I believe it's being preserved now as a kind of museum. I wish I could remember what the show was called that I saw.

UPDATE ABOUT THE REMODEL & THE STORE: I just searched Google and found these.

Spend Christmas Eve in the "A Christmas Story" House | Charles and Hudson

Higbees House Restored to its A Christmas Story Splendor

On a semi-related note:
I ran across a website not too long ago and it's a bed & breakfast or somesuch type of place that is a replica of Aunt Bee's (Andy Griffith's) house from the TV series. I believe it's in North Carolina, too.
Actually i found it. It's in wisconsin.

Taylor Home Inn Bed Breakfast - Living Room

Rich

[spiderrogue]

the sequel isnt as good, it's got a whole different cast playing the same people..i've only seen bits n pieces of it....

[knight errant00]

the sequel isnt as good, it's got a whole different cast playing the same people..i've only seen bits n pieces of it....

Not a *whole* different cast -- of all the bizarre things, the teacher's the same actress in both . . .

But overall, the second movie was painful -- Grodin can be funny, but following up McGavin in one of his most memorable roles, he's just awful.

[jds1911a1]

the sequel isnt as good, it's got a whole different cast playing the same people..i've only seen bits n pieces of it....

Are you talking about My summer Story about the fishing trip?

While not as good as A Christmas story it is just as funny if you ever took a fishing trip with your dad. But Charles Grodin can't hold a candle to Darrn Mcgavin as the father

jean Smart was basically retelling his own childhood experinces it just happens that the child hood of kids born from 1940-1975 really weren't all that different so it touched a chord with multiple generations at once.

if you ever have the chance read the original book these films are based on In god we trust and all others pay cash there is even more stuff that is a riot that never saw celluloid

[knight errant00]

While not as good as A Christmas story it is just as funny if you ever took a fishing trip with your dad. But Charles Grodin can't hold a candle to Darrn Mcgavin as the father

Lemme qualify my comment about "painful" -- the story's funny, and the movie itself is basically funny. But following the first . . it was painful because throughout I could see how *wonderful* it would've been with the cast from the 1st (and if it had been released soon enough after it that Ralphie wasn't shaving yet).

[toys2cool]

I guess i'll have to check it out Flick and Wartz are supposed to be in it as well

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yeah, the sequel was released with two different names. I think one of the (other) Culkin kids plays Ralphie? It's okay, but you definitely pine for Billingsly and McGavin.

Speaking of Billingsly, he has a cameo in Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn. I haven't seen the movie yet, but he's the guy at the airport who tells Vaughn and Witherspoon that all flights are canceled. He may be involved in the production of the movie. His production partner Jon Favreau is in it too. Billingsly was a producer on Iron Man. Ralphie has done good for himself! No blindness from soap poisoning or anything!!!

Chris

[toys2cool]

Yeah, the sequel was released with two different names. I think one of the (other) Culkin kids plays Ralphie? It's okay, but you definitely pine for Billingsly and McGavin.

Speaking of Billingsly, he has a cameo in Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn. I haven't seen the movie yet, but he's the guy at the airport who tells Vaughn and Witherspoon that all flights are canceled. He may be involved in the production of the movie. His production partner Jon Favreau is in it too. Billingsly was a producer on Iron Man. Ralphie has done good for himself! No blindness from soap poisoning or anything!!!

Chris

lol! yeah i guess he never shot his eye out