Barbra makes a "cameo" appearance in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. If you blink, you'll miss it. Incidentally, the newpaper rack was intended for the "Carrie Nations" album display and not the Hello, Dolly! soundtrack (but considering how the movie did at the box office, you never know).
This is a screen capture from the schlock film, "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". During a montage highlighting the Hollywood scene, there is a quick shot of the above image showing a part of the 20th Century Fox studio and surrounding area. If you enlarge the image and look closely at the bottom of the screen, you can clearly see the Hello, Dolly! New York street set (at an angle you didn't see in the movie). Since "Beyond" came out during the summer of 1970, this shot was probably filmed in late '69 when the set was still in tact.
This is an open end radio special interview "platter". Not to be confused with a record I suppose.
This is the same photo from Part 9 except I added a blur filter to better match the shot.
As you can tell, the railroad tracks have been removed for quite some time. The trainshed consisted of 20 tracks and has not been restored. The area is visible but blocked off from the public. Is this the exact numbered train track from the movie? There's no way I can tell for sure since they all look the same. This one was from the middle and had the best view down to the end of the shed (they all had growth that blocked the view).
As you can see, I had trouble accessing the site, but I pretty much got the angle correct. The area is fenced off for a new park. After construction is completed in 2012 the area will be open (and unobstructed) to the public.
I've been posting these "Don't Rain on my Parade" shots to match the order as they appear in the movie. You might be wondering about the scene when she sings "I march my band out. I beat my drum . . . ." I looked all around for that location and couldn't find it. I showed my photos of that scene to an employee at the station and he replied that it's not located here! He said that shot might have been filmed on Ellis Island. For now, it remains a mystery. I'll keep looking.
Currently, the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal is one of the main attractions at Liberty State Park. You can visit the terminal for free . . . .with no "tipping".
In spite of what you might think, I didn't go around singing Don't Rain on My Parade in the station. I did, however, hum it to myself.
The Jersey Central Railway Station in Jersey City doubled for the Baltimore train station. While it is no longer an active train station, it is still open to the public and well maintained (especially compared to the Funny Lady train station I posted about in March). I was squealing with delight when I entered the station!
I know you're probably tired of burry pictures by now, but here's another. After Gayle left the convention center, I got this photo of Barbra's SUV with her entourage gathering around it before they left. The guy in white is Richard Jay Alexander.
After the interview I went around to the underground garage entrance just in time to catch Gayle King leaving the event.
More blurry photos. You can now see why I never became a professional papparazzi photographer.
Don't adjust your monitor, the photo is fuzzy. When it became apparent the interview was ending, I whipped out my camera to take some photos. And yes, I know there were signs saying no photographs were allowed. And as it turned out, all the photos I took turned out this way! I guess there's a message there (I'm not sure what it is, but I'm sure there's one there somewhere!).
