Studebakers In The Movies

[41 Frank]

The new Indiana Jones movie, just out, which plays around 1957 has a Starlight Coupe in the diner scene , could not see what year as it was sort of obscured parked on the street. Its maroon ,or black cherry, depending on what year car it is. By the way, good movie.

[Warren Webb]

I worked for a port processor in Long Beach in the mid 80's. During that time a studio used our facility on Pier E for 3 nights of shooting. It was a movie starring Anthony Michael Hall & had a 60 Lark ocnvertible as their main car character. The scene they used for our facility was a shootout amoung a group of Chevy & GMC class 5 & 8 trucks. It was neat watching how they set up the trucks to look like they were shot up, although some were damaged lightly (parking lamp lens broken, ect). I cant remember the name of the movie. It was one that you might remember IF you were in it!

60 Lark convertible
61 Champ
62 Daytona convertible
63 G.T. R-2,4 speed
63 Avanti (2)
66 Daytona Sport Sedan

[Retired]

BIX The Movie, 1919 or 1920 Bix Six Tourer. Major roll.
F.I.S.T.S. Silvester Stalone, Rockne at the curb.

[Dwain G.]

These photos are from a Japanese language film titled "The Bad Sleep Well". B/W, circa 1960, released in US about '63. One of the characters was killed in a train vrs. car collision..........








Dwain G.

[BobGlasscock]

That should've been illegal even way back then!!

'50 Champion, 1 family owner

[JBOYLE]

Time to dust off this ancient thread...

I saw a light colored GT in a street scene in last weeks "Life on Mars" on ABC.
The scene was set in 1973...they seem to do a good job with period cars. The star drives a Chevelle SS...

The show is filmed in NYC...anyone knows who owns th Stude?

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[4961Studebaker]

guess I'll add the Red 50? champion/commander in Indiana Jones kingdom of the crystal skull sighting now, Scene where Indy meets the young man (eventually his son) in the soda shop.

ChopStu

[JBOYLE]

Currently showing on the cable IFC (Independent Film Channel) is a 1974 Austrailian film:

"The Cars that ate Paris"...a VERY weird film about a small outback town that stages fatal car wrecks to support itself.
A WWII Studebaker Army truck is used in several scenes.


Also seen is a 57-58 Plymouth 4-door and a 59 Chevy painted up like a police car...

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[Sdude]

I didn't see mention of Stand by Me. There was a racing scene between a bullet nosed convertable and I think it was a shoebox Ford. By the way, The Studebaker in Ray was a Land Cruiser. Also there was a Studebaker bullet nose in the movie Majestic.

Jon Stalnaker
Editor, Hawk Talks
Karel Staple Chapter SDC

[289stude]

I got a couple,

1974 0r 1975 Death Race 2000, starring Sylvester Stalone, and David Carradine early 50's commander, (bulletnose) it's been modified for the movie.

Also Mid 90's Home Improvement Tim The Toolman Taylor goes nuts over his heighbor Wilson's Nieces' 53'


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John

53' 2R5 R1 Powershift TT Under Construction

57' Transtar 304 NP540 4:09 TT Under Construction (in Picture)

58' 3E6D Stock Sale Pending

61' 6E7 122 Factory Auto

[Gallivan]

I just watched a movie called "Quicksand" with Mickey Rooney from a film noir collection.

Mickey plays a mechanic in a Studebaker dealership. The Stude logo on the outside of the building has been filled in but maybe someone would recognize the building

Gallivan
57 Golden Hawk
Golden, CO

[Sdude]

Tom Hanks released a movie a few years ago called the Ladykillers. It was a remake of an old English film that starred a very young Peter Sellers. There was a bullet nose in the original British movie version.

Jon Stalnaker
Editor, Hawk Talks
Karel Staple Chapter SDC

[cabrina]

Saw Doubt this evening. Nice Lark in the opening shot. Camera lingered on it, too. Same street scene occurred about 3/4's of the way through. Set in 1964 so all the cars were memorable. Likewise Meryl Strep as the head nun. I never had to write the multiplication tables 10 times. The sisters at Holy Ghost did have a fondness for making the entire class write out whole chapters of the geography book and "I must not talk" 500 times if one person continued yapping after we were told to be quiet though.

Cabrina Dieters
Murfreesboro TN
1961 Cruiser
1950 Starlight Coupe

[4961Studebaker]

Going to add these here.

Zip Van for several seconds in the 1965 Jimmy Stewert movie Dear Brigitte

Two Larks both 61 one white one jonquil yellow hard top in the Las Vegas chase scene of James Bond Diamonds are Forever.

How fitting Doubt was mentioned last year and I saw the movie yesterday. Here's a picture of the Lark as mentioned in post above.


ChopStu

[Dave Bates]

A few more.The main car in the Jamie Foxx movie "Held Up"is a 57 Golden Hawk.Also the Clint Eastwood movies "Every which way but loose"and "Any which way you can" has a number of background Studes.There is a couple of C-cabs in "Phenomenon".