Huge swaths of the hill were razed to make way for a new vision of downtown-one that included high-rises and monorails. Bunker Hill, the once-tony-then-derelict neighborhood a block away, was undergoing a change of its own at the time. The market is less of a "market" as it quickly becomes a high-end food hall (the politics of this we'll leave for another time), and stalls like Economy Meats (seen in the clip) have been replaced by decidedly un-economy options (Belcampo took over Economy's stall a few years ago) and patrons of the market have shifted from neighborhood locals to Angelenos writ large, and even tourists.īut as Grand Central Market continues to evolve (for better or worse), Wexler's and Hale's snapshot serves as a charming reminder of a moment in the market's life.Īlso of note: Grand Central Market wasn't the only spot in downtown L.A. At 100 years old, the Grand Central Market has definitely changed since the 1960s. Some other things that are indicative of that specific time period: you rarely see any plastic in the clip (most bags are paper), and there are a lot of people smoking cigarettes.īy 1963, Grand Central Market had been serving downtown as a public, open arcade market where shoppers could grab everything from meat and eggs, to vegetables and fresh-cut flowers, and a cheap meal as well. The clip, now held by the National Archives, describes the 10-minute piece as portraying "activity in Los Angeles" and "shows vendors, representing the melting pot that is America, selling their wares to people of all ages and all walks of life."Īgainst the playful, jazzy score of Richard Markowitz ( Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West) we see vendors setting up their stalls for the day, women with up-dos, and men in collared shirts and hats. But that same year, Wexler teamed up with director William Hale ( Red Alert, The Streets of San Francisco) to film a day-in-the-life clip (above) of downtown L.A.'s Grand Central Market for the United States Information Agency. Parker passed away in July 1993 at the age of 88.In 1963, Haskell Wexler was just getting to work as a cinematographer on his first Hollywood film-Elia Kazan's America, America-and was still a few years away from winning his first Oscar for Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.
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Parker more recently acted in "Andy Hardy Comes Home" (1958). Movie 'Grand Central Murder (1942)' description: Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York. She also appeared in "The Hardys Ride High" (1939) and the Lewis Stone comedy "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" (1939). Nearing the end of her career, she continued to act in the dramedy "Out West With the Hardys" (1938) with Lewis Stone, the drama "Judge Hardy's Children" (1938) with Lewis Stone and "Love Finds Andy Hardy" (1938) with Mickey Rooney.
She also appeared in the Wallace Beery comedic adaptation "Ah, Wilderness!" (1935). Her film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "The Trail Drive" (1934), the Jeanette MacDonald adaptation "Naughty Marietta" (1935) and "High School Girl" (1935).
She also appeared in "Riders of Destiny" (1933), "Gun Justice" (1933) and "Unknown Valley" (1933). Parker kickstarted her acting career in various films such as "Rainbow Trail" (1932), "Tombstone Canyon" (1932) and "The Jungle Mystery" (1932). Grand Central Station The Dining Car will be hosting its first Thanksgiving Dinner in its new location on Thanksgiving Day with the meal being served from 10:45 a.m. Cecilia Parker was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career.
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