November 18, 1983 film release: A Christmas Story (American comedy starring Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella) Tyler Schwartz: “It was a Canadian movie by and large. All the interiors were filmed in Scarborough, all the outside scenes around Toronto (and St. Catharines) and people should embrace that and be proud of that.” Linda Barnard: “Schwartz will be sharing his stories with a crowd of like-minded people in Cleveland Nov. 29 and 30 at A Christmas Story convention and 30th anniversary celebration. The exterior of the Parker’s yellow-frame house - which is open for tours - and the now-shuttered Higbee’s department store where the visit-to-Santa scenes were shot, are located in the Ohio city.” LMH: “I’m no fan of x-mas, but I’m a big fan of classic seasonal films, of which this is certainly one. So while in Cleveland in 2011, I paid a visit to Ralphie Parker’s house and took a window seat with the old man’s ‘major award’”...
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:09:10 +0000
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