Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Rockford Files - Episode: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (1978) ANOTHER FILMING LOCATION MYSTERY SOLVED THANKS TO BILL ANDERSON - Alan Wann's Karate - Georgiana Building Built 1932 - McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant 3500 Olive Ave in Burbank, CA

 
THIS IS THE CORNER OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE & OLIVE AVE (3500 Olive Ave)
in Burbank, CA
The building seen in the below photos has been torn down and replaced with a large high rise which houses the McCormick & Schmick's Restaurant 
SEE ABOVE PHOTO
 
ABOVE PHOTO: Bo Hopkins playing John Cooper exits out of the building seen in the above photo to meet with Jim Rockford.
Here is what we know about this location. The address plates read 3516 & 3516 1/2
Alan Wann's Karate Studios can be seen in the storefront marked 3516 1/2
A barber shop can be seen in the far storefront
There is a Gulf Gas Station sign about a half a block away down the street
This intersection is controlled by a traffic control signal
There is  sign on the building wall that reads:
Georgiana Building - Built 1932
BUT THIS MAY BE A PROP SIGN
 
CAN ANYBODY HELP WITH THE ADDRESS OF THIS FILMING LOCATION?
 

 

The Rockford Files - Episode: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper (1978) FILMING LOCATION: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California

ABOVE PHOTO: Two mob thugs bring John Cooper (played by Bo Hopkins) and Jim Rockford to a cemetery to meet up with a mob boss. In the background of this photo you can see a large stone grave marker which is marked BONYNGE.
This grave marker belongs to Dr. Charles William Bonynge, Sr & family at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

ABOVE PHOTO: Was located on FIND A GRAVE http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38738484 and it matches the grave marker seen in this episode of the Rockford Files. The photo of the young woman is Mary Ann Bonynge Brainerd.

Family links:
 Parents:
  Walter Alfred Bonynge (1855 - 1924)
  Mary Ann Davis Bonynge (1853 - 1915)

 Spouse:
  Juliette Estelle Phelps Bonynge (1881 - 1951)

 Children:
  Thomas William Bonynge (1912 - 1979)*
  Charles William Bonynge (1915 - 1954)*
  Mary Ann Bonynge Brainerd (1917 - 1978)*

*Calculated relationship
 
Burial:
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Inglewood
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Lot 430 Plot Sunny Slope Grave 5