- (0:02) Dee-Luxe Car Wash / 618 S. Rampart Blvd, Los Angeles (Note: The Car Wash Is No Longer As There Is Now A Strip Mall There But The Surrounding Buildings Still Remain)
- (0:49) T.C. Visiting Mona At The 5 Spot Cafe / 2701 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles (Note: This Is No Longer A Diner But The Building Is Still There)
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Actually the address of the car wash was 610 South Rampart, not 618 and it was called Robert Taylor's Car wash. Dee Luxe Car Wash was presumably a fictional name that was used for the movie.
ReplyDeleteI looked in both a 1973 and
1987 Los Angeles Reverse directories and it's consistent in both. Here is the URL. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCarta-Web/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=Los+Angeles+Street+Address+Directories
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Thank you so much for this! This is so fascinating, and I love this movie. I live about eight hours away from Los Angeles, and I will definitely have to take a road trip to visit this intersection :-)
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ReplyDeleteDay by day things are getting changed so as the places and infrastructure also. I had heard a lot about the Dee-Luxe Car Wash, LA and I was willing to go there once at least but mu bad luck that it's no longer exist. The buildings are still the same but lots of things have been changed. Well, it's a great collective photo you have added here. Thanks a lot for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteI have watched this movie several times, as I love the music and the story. I started looking for information on what might have become of the Deluxe Car Wash, and found this site. Thanks for the hard work on this; I was using Google Maps to locate the original location of the car wash, but as you say, it no longer exists. I was pretty sure that would be the case, so I was happy to find pictures of the site where it had been. I was also wondering if the Dog House ever was there, or if it was just "built" for the movie. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know about the "Dog House" myself. It certainly was a great name, so I kinda hope it was. It's no longer there, so I guess it's all moot at this point.
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Wonderful site; I really like this movie and the photos and stories on this site add to my enjoyment and appreciation of this film.
ReplyDeleteI noticed in the final credits that there was a fellow by the name of Al Stellone credited as the owner of the red Oldsmobile seen in the movie. Does anyone know who he was? Did he have some connection with the making of the movie, as there is no mention or scene of anyone driving the Olds, although it did get moved from its spot at the beginning of the movie to another part of the parking lot.
ReplyDeleteI've lost count of how many times I've watched this movie. It is my opinion that the "Dog House" was an original establishment, and not built for the movie. The shots at the beginning of the movie where the camera zooms into the lot where the car wash and the Dog House are located clearly show wear on the roof of the Dog House and other signs of distress. This is just a guess on my part of course, but unless someone who actually lived in the area around the time this movie was made can say yes or no to this, it's my best guess.
ReplyDeleteThe Dog House was definitely there long before the movie shoot. I worked 2 blocks away on W. 6th St. and had their dogs many many times.
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