Addams family house
Does anybody know (or think) that the "Simmons haunted house" was the same house used for The Addams Family? It would be interesting because Vic Mizzy wrote the music and theme songs for both productions.
shareIt wouldn't surprise me as studios often re-used the same houses on their respective lots for different movies and television shows.
shareDefinitely the same house, or 'mansion' !
Actually, it never really existed.
The exterior was a Matte Painting, used over and over.
see below:
http://www.tvacres.com/homes_addams.htm
The 'Simmons Mansion' in TGAMC was a set facade house built for the movie 'So Goes My Love' in 1946 and used in movies, tv shows, and commercials ever since. The house was located on 'Colonial Street', Universal Studios residential set street.
That house in the Addams Family series was a combination of a real home (the bottom), and matte painting (the top). While both house designs were of a similar architectural style, they were not the same house.
The Simmons Mansion, or the 'Allison Home' as it is know by the studio, remained largely recognizable as the same house seen in TGAMC until 1988 when it was altered the Tom Hanks film 'The Burbs'. To modernize the house for the film, the oval window in the tower (organ loft in TGAMC) was removed. Other details were also altered to make the house look a little less 'victorian'.
In 2004, the Allison home received it's most drastic alterations to date when the entire street was revamped for use in the 'Desperate Housewives' TV series. The old Simmons Mansion was now the home of Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria). The distinctive tower top was replaced with a shorter peaked roof, and many other details again were changed, including the color (now yellow).
Mark