Greene & Greene Gamble house, in the movies

[Bill Dufour]

Just found out the Gamble house(1908) in Pasadena was used for exterior shots in the movie Back to the Future as Doc Browns house. Since it still has all the original furnishings no filming is allowed inside.
The interior shots were filmed at another Greene and Greene house, the Robert R. Blacker house(1908) also in Pasadena.

Bill D
https://gamblehouse.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Blacker_House

[Patty Hann]

Just found out the Gamble house(1908) in Pasadena was used for exterior shots in the movie Back to the Future as Doc Browns house. Since it still has all the original furnishings no filming is allowed inside.
The interior shots were filmed at another Greene and Greene house, the Robert R. Blacker house(1908) also in Pasadena.

Bill D
https://gamblehouse.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Blacker_House

I rewatch that scene (scenes?) a lot....the one where Doc first yanks Marty inside to read his mind, and the one following (after "so long , future boy!" :D ) where Marty shows Doc the video with... (wait for it)....1.21 gigawatts!

Just the other day (after another rewatch) I wondered about the house and meant to look it up in the related trivia.
Thanks for posting about it.

[Rick Potter]

Just watched a video on You Tube about the Delorean used in the movie. It was really well done and followed a recent restoration of the movie car. Put out by Hagarty Drivers Foundation.

They also have one on the Chrysler Turbine cars in the '60's, also well done.

[Patty Hann]

Just watched a video on You Tube about the Delorean used in the movie. It was really well done and followed a recent restoration of the movie car. Put out by Hagarty Drivers Foundation.

They also have one on the Chrysler Turbine cars in the '60's, also well done.

They kept the Flux Capacitor installed, right? Please say they kept the Flux Capacitor, please, please :D :rolleyes:

[Stan Calow]

I wonder why. Maybe intended to show how quirky the professor was?

[glenn bradley]

Also seen in Zathura and others. One of the beautiful 'ultimate bungalows'.

[Lee DeRaud]

Just watched a video on You Tube about the Delorean used in the movie. It was really well done and followed a recent restoration of the movie car. Put out by Hagarty Drivers Foundation.
I'm wondering what percentage of the Deloreans still on the road have been done up as BTTF cars.

[andrew whicker]

whoa! check it out:

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102139155/delorean-motor-company-electric-vehicle

[Bill Dufour]

I wonder if the Winchester house in San Jose has been in many movies? Sure seems likely since it is privately owned as a museum. Mrs. Winchester is credited with inventing the drive through covered porticco.
It is Queen Anne style which predates craftsman style.
Bill D.
https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/

[Lee DeRaud]

I wonder if the Winchester house in San Jose has been in many movies? Sure seems likely since it is privately owned as a museum.
There was a 2018 movie about it, but they said most of it was filmed on soundstages: the house itself is quite cramped inside, which makes filming difficult.

[Jim Koepke]

One that has always amazed me is the Carson Mansion in Eureka, California:

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From Wikipedia:


The Carson Mansion is a large Victorian house located in Old Town, Eureka, California. Regarded as one of the premier examples of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, the house is "considered the most grand Victorian home in America."

Somewhere in my accumulated stuff there is a print of an elevation drawing of this old lady.

jtk

[Patty Hann]

One that has always amazed me is the Carson Mansion in Eureka, California:

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From Wikipedia:



Somewhere in my accumulated stuff there is a print of an elevation drawing of this old lady.

jtk
I want to live there.

[Bill Dufour]

Is that the lumbermans's club in Eureka? My sisters house in Fortuna looks nothing like that.
Bill D

[Jim Koepke]

Is that the lumbermans's club in Eureka? My sisters house in Fortuna looks nothing like that.
Bill D

It is currently owned by the Ingomar Club > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingomar_Club < they purchased it back in 1950.


The building was purchased for $35,000 in 1950 by local community business leaders, and now houses the Ingomar Club

Prices have since gone up quite well.

jtk

[Alan Lightstone]

Wow. I didn't know the Greenes studied architecture at MIT. Go tech!!!