Rockford Files - Episode: Feeding Frenzy (1976) 28124 Pacific Coast Highway Beach House - Also a Rockford Files Blooper

 

 

ABOVE TWO PHOTOS: There is a ROCKFORD FILES BLOOPER HERE! In the 1st photo the masked bad guy answers the door with no gloves on...as Jim Rockford pushes the masked bad guy back into the beach house, the masked bad guy suddenly has a pair of black gloves.

ABOVE TWO PHOTOS: You can read the address on the ocean front Malibu beach house in the 2nd photo. It reads "28124". Its actual address is 28124 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA.

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This fabulous Malibu beachfront house at 28124 Pacific Coast Highway  was also a filming location for “Charlie’s Angels” starring Farrah Fawcett-Majors.

UPDATE: The Rockford Files - Episode: Dirty Money, Black Light (1977) & Episode: A Fast Count (1978) - Seaburys College of Barbering - Was located at approximately 350 South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA

  The Seaburys College of Barbering - Was once located at approximately 350 South on Main Street in Los Angeles, CA - The building has since been torn down.

 

ABOVE PHOTOS: are still images from the Rockford Files - "Dirty Money, Black Light" episode.

The same barber shop can be seen in the BELOW PHOTOS from the Rockford Files - "A Fast Count" episode.

UPDATE:

The location of the Barber College is between 3rd and 4th on S. Main Street.
The Barber College is directly next door to the boxing gym in "A Fast Count".
You can see when watching "A Fast Count" that the barber pole sign, green window shade, grey painted exterior are all exactly the same as the shots in "Dirty Money Black Light". Also, you can see the windows in the now 'Dish Factory' on S. L.A. Street are the same as the ones when Angel is stuffing money into his socks...over his shoulder.
The building that houses the Barber College and the Gym is now gone.
Thanks for the site and all the info.
Sincerely,
Jeff Morrison (Mozilla)

Craig Wasson played the bumbling student barber Steve Watson, even cutting Angels' neck a few times with slipped scissors during the haircut at the SEABURYS COLLEGE OF BARBERING.

FILMING LOCATIONS - Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995) - Acropolis Picture Movie Studios / Desilu / Cahuenga Studios / Red Studios / Angel Martin's Church "Temple of Holy Light" / United Armenian Congregational Church / GPS Co. / Reproductions 3499 Cahuenga Boulevard West / Queen of Thai Cuisine 819 N Cahuenga Blvd / Goodman Music / West L.A. Music 3501 Cahuenga Boulevard West / Corleone's Restaurant / Robin Rose Ice Cream Shop 215 Rose Ave Venice CA / The Phoenix Nightclub 333 corner of Santa Monica & La Cienega, West Hollywood - James Garner - Renée O'Connor - Stuart Margolin - Joel McKinnon Miller - Richard Romanus

ABOVE PHOTO: Actress Renee O'Connor really made this Rockford Files episode exciting to watch. Although Renee O'Connor is 43 years younger than James Garner their pairing up in this show was fantastic. Renée O'Connor played Laura Sue Dean, an aspiring actress who is about to hit it big with a major motion picture. 

ABOVE PHOTO: What would be a Rockford Files episode be without Angel Martin. Stuart Margolin played Evelyn 'Angel' Martin who magically became a famous TV minister. Angel's holy role ends up getting Jim Rockford and others in hot water.
 

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford and Angel Martin have a strong bond of friendship and love but that never stops the two from going heads up with each other.

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Angel Martin's Church "Temple of Holy Light" is actually United Armenian Congregational Church - 3480 Cahuenga Boulevard West - Los Angeles, CA 90068.

Rockford Files: A Blessing In Disguise (1995)

ABOVE TWO PHOTOS: In these two above photos, Jim Rockford and Laura Sue Dean are seen fleeing Angel Martin's church - In the background you can see the "GPS" Company which is now Reproductions 3499 Cahuenga Boulevard West - Los Angeles, CA and in the bottom photo the Goodman Music Store (which is now West L.A. Music) located at 3501 3499 Cahuenga Boulevard West, Los Angeles, CA

ABOVE PHOTO: Joel McKinnon Miller played Jim Rockford's cable man Mackie. Somehow a porn movie popped up on the TV after Mackie got done installing the cable box.

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Still image showing the gates to the Acropolis Pictures Movie Studios. The Acropolis Picture Movie Studios is actually what was the Desilu/Cahuenga Studios and most recently called Red Studios. 

Desilu Productions, co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, was best known for its hit productions such as I Love Lucy, Star Trek, and The Untouchables.
 

ABOVE PHOTO: Acropolis Pictures Movie Studios as it stands today as Red Studios located at 

846 N Cahuenga Street, Los Angeles, CA.

ABOVE PHOTO: You can see the following businesses across the street from Acropolis Pictures Movie Studios as this vehicle pulls into the entry gates: Queen of Thai Cuisine 819 N Cahuenga Blvd & Cahuenga Pet Hospital 825 N Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA .
 

ABOVE PHOTO: The 800 Block of Cahuenga in Los Angeles, CA as of today (2013)

 

ABOVE THREE PHOTOS: This restaurant was used twice in this episode of the Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise - Corleone's Restaurant was once located at 215 Rose Ave, Venice, CA. Next store to Corleone's you can see the Robin Rose Ice Cream Shop which also shared the same address of 215 Rose Ave, Venice, CA.
 

ABOVE PHOTO: Shows the building that once use to be Corleone's Restaurant & Robin Rose Ice Cream Shop at 215 Rose Ave, Venice, CA (2013 photo).

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Talk show host Morton Downey Jr. played himself in this episode of the Rockford Files.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mort in Chicago years back and he was truly a gentleman and just as funny in person as he was on TV. Mort's chain smoking killed him in 2001 at age 67 of lung cancer. 

 

ABOVE TWO PHOTOS: What would be an episode of the Rockford Files where Jim Rockford and/or his vehicle doesn't get beat??? 

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Richard Romanus played Private Eye Pengulnetti... Jim Rockford has no love for this fellow P.I. who keeps getting under Rockford's skin. The good news is Pengulnetti gets killed before the episode ends! 

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Now I have a few filming locations I need some help with from this episode of A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.....

 

ABOVE PHOTO: The Phoenix Nightclub with the address being marked as "333". I cannot tell if this is a real nightclub front or just a multi-level parking garage "dressed up" to look like a nightclub. 

This filming location was identified by Senor Amor

The building is located at corner of Santa Monica & La Cienega, West Hollywood

It's currently a CVS Pharmacy - years ago it was

 Art Linkletter’s La Cienega Lanes bowling alley, corner of Santa Monica & La Cienega, West Hollywood

It was later, Flippers in the 1970's and early 1980's - a Roller Skating Disco

 

 

 

ABOVE PHOTO: This limo is blown up in the parking lot of The Phoenix Nightclub. There is a green and white street sign in the background but I am unable to read the name of the street.

 

Above Photo: Possibly the skyscrapers seen in the background of this filming scene can aid in the pinpointing of this parking lot and nightclub location. 

ABOVE LOCATION: This mansion has an address of "1400" posted. We can use any help possible in located what street this 1400 belongs to. The Rev. Angel Martin was staying in this mansion for this episode of the Rockford Files. 

 

ABOVE PHOTO: Jim Rockford's house trailer grew once the show started filming TV movies instead of a weekly television series. The trailer was parked at Paradise Cove in Malibu for this episode of "A BLESSING IN DISGUISE".

  

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