THE CAR IN THE MOVIE
Does anyone know what kind of car it is they drive during the middle portion of this movie?
thank you.
They call it an "Isotta", an Italian car.
I don't think I want to go to the pictures. Oh?Why not? I've seen everthing worth seeing.
I thought, it was "Isetta", but as I just looked up this was a little car by BMW what means a German car quite unlike the car in the film. Furthermore, English is not my maternal language, so I don't understand every little word in those American movies and can't guarantee for having perceived the pronunciation in the right way. I'm also in no way a car specialist, but I didn't find a car called "Isotta" in the web. Perhaps, they didn't want to use a real name of a car and altered "Isetta" to "Isotta" and said it was from Italy. I'm going to ask my brother who is quite versed in cars - even old ones.
shareIt was made by Isotta-Fraschini...here is a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotta-Fraschini
I don't think I want to go to the pictures. Oh?Why not? I've seen everything worth seeing.
Thank you! So, this is clear now. I only wonder why I didn't find it in Wikipedia as it is obviously there.
Now, I checked this again and found it myself. Don't know what was wrong before. Was a bit hasty, maybe.
;-))
The Isotto Franchese (I think) is the same make of limousine that is driven by Max von Mayerling and owned by Norma Desmond in SUNSET BOULEVARD.
shareThere is also one, I believe, in the 1944's Murder, My Sweet (adapted from Marlowe's Farwell My Lovely) by Raymond Chandler starring William Powell.
I recognized the sunburst grill work. Great movie in its own right.