Where was the house?

Me thinks in Inglewood, Calif. -- the Century Drive-In either that or Gondwanaland.

What is the sound an imploding pimp makes?

I wondered what that big blank structure was that loomed over the neighborhood... a movie screen, of course!

I'm thinking the house was in the Valley, given the house number, the "newness" of the house, and the "newness" of the street (in 1957). The address was 11170 which would put it somewhere between Vineland and Tujunga Aves. There was a drive-in theatre in that area, North of Magnolia, possibly where the North Hollywood Park is. There was also another located near the Burbank Airport. I have a city atlas from 1951 with a page showing the location of drive in theatres around Los Angeles. It doesn't give the theatre names or addresses, just shows approx. locations. The North Hollywood one may have been torn down to make room for the 170 and the Burbank one may have been torn down for airport expansion. The one in our neighborhood (Atwater Village) was razed to make room for the 5.

Wish I could upload a photo. I have a scan of the Drive In Theatres page.

Anyway, my guess is to look at streets in the 11100 blocks between Magnolia and Chandler, Victory Blvd. and San Fernando Road. I think there was a curve in the street the house was on... that might make the best candidates Welby Way and Archwood Place.

Raymond Burr's house did look more like a Brentwood kind of neighborhood.

AHA! I believe I found it!

Address: 11170 Fairbanks Way, Culver City. The theatre was the Studio Drive-In and was located at 5250 Sepulveda Blvd.It closed in 1993 and the screen came down in 1998. Although the street has matured since '47 all of the houses you can see in the film are still there.

I had been looking in the Valley because one synopsis of the film mentioned that the couple lived in the Valley. But you know Hollywood... they meant the Culver City Valley no doubt.

Link to Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5250+Sepulveda+Boulevard,+Culver+City,+CA&sll=33.998499,-118.397652&sspn=0.004768,0.006899&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=5250+S+Sepulveda+Blvd,+Culver+City,+Los+Angeles,+California+90230&ll=33.999653,-118.397751&spn=0.001192,0.001725&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=33.999572,-118.397793&panoid=tdSe3OA-3z8450QAQz5GeQ&cbp=12,118.58,,0,13.96

It looks like Torrance, CA, and that could be 'The Roadium' (still there but they don't show movies anymore—it's a swapmeet.

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