Friday, August 8, 2014

Rockford Files - EPISODE: The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club (1975) - Filming Locations: Burbank Community YMCA located at 321 E Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA - Jack In The Box Restaurant 6551 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA - Bob's Big Boy Lankershim Blvd and Kittridge Street in North Hollywood - Eckerman & Heisman Funeral Home and Bud's Flowers both were once located on the 300 Block of Olive in Burbank, CA - George's Automotive Serivce - Green's OK Tire Service is still up and running at 11634 Vanowen Street in North Hollywood - Municpial Light Water Power Building 5108 Lankershim Blvd - ACTORS/ACTRESSES: Blair Brown - Jack Garner - Sharon Ullrick - William Phipps - Chuck Hicks - Joel Fabiani - Byron Morrow - Stewart Moss of Chicago - Paul Stevens - Stuart Margolin (Angel) - James Garner

 
ABOVE PHOTOS: The Bay City Boys Club building was actually the Burbank Community YMCA located at 321 E Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502

ABOVE PHOTO: The Burbank California YMCA, 40 years after the filming of "The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club"


 

 
 


ABOVE PHOTOS: Jim Rockford pulls into a Jack in the Box in this episode. In the background a Bob's Big Boy restaurant and one of the early 7-11 stores can be seen during this filming.
This Jack in the Box is still located at 6551 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA. The Bob's Big Boy is long gone, it once stood across the street from Jack in the Box at Lankershim Blvd and Kittridge Street.

ABOVE PHOTO: The Jack in the Box as it appears in 2014 - 6551 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA.
 
ABOVE SPLIT PHOTOS: Bob's Big Boy was torn down and a Carl's Jr. was built on that location...recently the Carl's Jr. was torn down and now in 2014 the lot is empty at Lankershim Blvd and Kittridge Street.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: In this still image you can see Eckerman & Heisman Funeral Home and Bud's Flowers. Both were once located on the 300 Block of E Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, CA. Neither business are still in operation today.
 

ABOVE PHOTOS: WE NEED HELP LOCATING THIS FILMING LOCATION
Municipal Light Water Power Building
Anybody have any suggestions? Please let us know!
BELOW PHOTO: Another filming mystery solved - Thanks to Don! Municipal Light Water Power 5108 Lankershim Blvd. It's now the Lankershim Arts Center
 
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Green's OK Tire Service is still up and running at 11634 Vanowen Street in North Hollywood also seen is George's Automotive Service behind Green's OK Tire Service.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Green's OK Tire Service is still up and running at 11634 Vanowen Street in North Hollywood (2014 Photo)
 
ABOVE PHOTO: The young and beautiful  played the dual role of Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle
 
ABOVE PHOTO: James Garner's brother Jack Garner is the uniform police officer on the right. Jack Garner played numerous different roles in the Rockford Files series. Many of his roles are documented on this blog.
ABOVE PHOTO: The pretty and perky  played the clerk at the Municipal Water Light Power Co.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Actor  is still with us in 2014 at the great age of 92! God bless William...
ABOVE PHOTO: The late great  played Sy Mosher
(File Photo)
ABOVE PHOTO: Actor (#1) is a familiar face on the Rockford Files, it is actor and stunt man Chuck Hicks. Actor (#2) is . (Fabiani is also the below photo)
 
 
 
ABOVE PHOTO: The late great  played Ted Thatcher
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Her role was unaccredited - Anybody know who the great looking actress is? Let us know please!
 
ABOVE PHOTO: A fantastic actor -  - played the dual roles of Dep. DA Burton Kimball / Mr. Phelps.
Mr. Moss is from my hometown of Chicago, IL.
 
ABOVE PHOTO: (File Photo) Another late great actor  played the role of George Welles perfectly!
 
 
 

4 comments:

Don said...

The Municipal Light Water Power building is near Pasadena Ave. and Broadway, Los Angeles, CA. The building looks a bit different today, more colorful, but the basic features are still there. A more recent photo is at this link: http://decoarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/4086657485/municipal-light-water-power-building-east-los

Don said...

The actual address of the Municipal Light Water Power building is: 2417 Daly St., Los Angeles CA 90031.

Anonymous said...

Good work Don!

Mozilla

Don said...

Finally found the Municipal Light Water Power building location. There is a nice current photo of it at this link:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/michael_locke/5920959792/

Today it is known as Lankershim Arts Center.

It used to be L.A. Department of Water and Power Building, designed by architect S. Charles Lee c.1939

Abandoned by the Department of Water & Power, the Streamline Moderne style building currently houses the Lankershim Arts Center in the thriving NoHo Arts District. Declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 232) in 1980.

Located at 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, California.

(Google Street View reveals the building is partly obscured nowadays by trees out front. The auto repair place seen in the episode today is an AMC. The ice cream parlor a short distance to the right as seen in the episode today is Crown Chili Burger.)