Studebakers In The Movies

[evilhawk]

There was an Avanti in the background in last nights episode of "Rods N Wheels". It was in the scene where they were trying to sell a cobbled together 67 Mustang GT for $25k. It was a black Avanti or early Avanti II. It was a good looking car.

[KSKOMO]

Watched STAND BY ME the other night, several STUDES in the movie including a 50 champ convertible

[WinM1895]

There was an Avanti in the background in last nights episode of "Rods N Wheels". It was in the scene where they were trying to sell a cobbled together 67 Mustang GT for $25k. It was a black Avanti or early Avanti II. It was a good looking car.

It had a roof side emblem, so I believe it was a Studebaker Avanti.

These clucks claimed the Mustang was a real GT, but I wonder how they determined this. There are 10 times as many fakes as there are real GT's.

The only way to prove it...is to get the hidden VIN, use it to get a Marti Report, which the clucks made no mention of.

[southbend]

These clucks claimed the Mustang was a real GT, but I wonder how they determined this. There are 10 times as many fakes as there are real GT's.

They aren't fakes. They call them "tribute cars" these days. They just don't always advertise them as such.

Back to Studes in movies. I'm relying on my quickly fading memory here. Years ago I recall seeing on TV the "Dick Tracy" movie starring Warren Beatty. In a very quick crash scene, I recall what looked to me to be a '37 coupe (judging by the grille and the bat-wing rear window) being t-boned (sadly) by an airborne four door sedan of some non-Stude make. Can anyone out there prove or disprove my memory?

[JBOYLE]

A white GT show up at 16 minutes into this episode of Adam-12.

http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi1436615449?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1

It's from 1970, so if it survived that long I wonder if it's still with us?

Also the episode features a 69 Shelby GT 350 in blue and a neat Challenger convertible, several Porsches and a C3 Corvette.

[evilhawk]

It had a roof side emblem, so I believe it was a Studebaker Avanti.

These clucks claimed the Mustang was a real GT, but I wonder how they determined this. There are 10 times as many fakes as there are real GT's.

The only way to prove it...is to get the hidden VIN, use it to get a Marti Report, which the clucks made no mention of.

Im sorry to get off subject with this, but I agree with you. I have my doubts the car was a true big block GT. If it was, wouldnt they have atleast tried to give it a proper restoration instead of simply throwing some paint on it and selling "as is"? Rods N Wheels has to be the most obviously scripted car related "reality show" on TV.

[fatboylust]

Jackass Mail (1942): a cameo appearance.
The Final Tribute (1955):

[WinM1895]

Jackass Mail (1942): a cameo appearance.

Jackass Mail (MGM:1942), starred Wallace Beery. I've seen the film multiple times, don't recall seeing any cars in it.

[fatboylust]

WinM1895: Jackass Mail: The car shows up just moments before the credits when the young grandson of the Wallace Beery character ask his mother if grandfather was a horse thief, while standing in front a statue of his grand parents, with the Studebaker in the background. Caught me by surprise too.

[WinM1895]

WinM1895: Jackass Mail: The car shows up just moments before the credits when the young grandson of the Wallace Beery character ask his mother if grandfather was a horse thief, while standing in front a statue of his grand parents, with the Studebaker in the background. Caught me by surprise too.

It never fails, Beery's (Wallace, Noah, Noah Jr.) names were constantly misspelled by TV Guide, newspapers and etc.

And to make matters worse, when Noah Beery Jr. died, Forest Lawn goofed by passing out memorial cards for Noah Berry Jr.

I attended his funeral which was held at Forest Lawn in Glendale. When his daughter complained they had misspelled her dads name, I added .. "as usual."

Jim Rogers, Will Rogers youngest son, was a long time friend of Pidge's (Noah Jr's nickname), told an amusing story about goats.

[plee4139]

It's not a film, but a show called "Re-Inventors" on the Smithsonian channel shows a Studie buried in snow up to its hood.

[WinM1895]

Smithsonian Channel 199 - Time/Warner San Gabriel Valley.

[Commander Eddie]

Was watching TMC this afternoon and saw a short movie from 1950 called Experiment Alcatraz. Much to my surprise near the beginning of the movie there is a great shot of a late 40's Studebaker almost all alone in a big parking lot. Later in an interior shot from a building in Lake Tahoe I was watching cars go by outside a large picture window and a nice light colored 1950 Studebaker rolled by. I tried to find some screen shots online but was unable to. It may play again if anyone is interested. Watch your program guide.

[WinM1895]

In the Tuesday LA Times, there is a front page story on the fading business district of Pacific Palisades. Continued on page A10, there's a pic taken in 1956 of Swarthmore Avenue.

Front & center, there it is, staring you in the face: 1950 Studebaker!

[jbroomer]

Well theres the Porky's I and II which had a 2R wrecker and another 2R in the parking lot.
The made for USA network TV movie, "What the Deaf Man Heard" had James Earl Jones driving a large M-series truck as a local junkman.

Last night watch a program called" Great Performances" on PBS, couple shots of a 2R pickup in the background of the behind the scenes of the making of the "Wild Ones" (Monty Clift, Marylin Monroe, Clark Gable)

The short lived TV series from 2003, Wonderfalls, a 65 Studebaker sedan.

The Wonderfalls car was for sale locally not too long ago