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I want it to be real so bad! Maybe someone will build one someday. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I remember as a child visiting Mt Rushmore when the Visitor Center looked exactly as it does in this film. Didn’t visit again until the 1990s after most of the upgrades. Then again a couple of years ago, such a change!!
Oh! I'm so glad you commented because that's something I'd been wondering- if the visitor's center actually looked like that back then. Thanks. It's so cool, it would be worth a tour on its own. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane On the same day we visited Mt Rushmore, the Chief Crazy Horse carving (much bigger than Mt Rushmore) was just beginning and you could get a feel for the outline. The only thing that you could deem as a visitor center back then was a dinky log cabin at the entrance that had brochures and a few postcards. Now that log cabin is long gone and they have the most beautiful visitor center/learning center that gives such great honor to traditions of the tribe, Ogalala Lakota, and other historic findings and amazingly beautiful artwork. It’s a great place to learn a lot!
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane It actually was just like that! I was there when I was only 5 or 6. That would be 1967-68. I remember it so clearly that it's kind of freaky. I can still go back to how it felt to view the monument. Down to the breeze that went through your hair! No matter how long you stood there, it was so impressive that you couldn't believe it was actually there. I can remember being in the visitor center too! I believe my mom bought a napkin holder there, but I have no idea where that is now. When I saw the movie, I instantly recognized it.
You can build one. You can build something like that for under $1 million if you have the land. Might even be cheaper if you have some architecture skills and construction management skills.
@@Siansonea Could be half of that or even less....if you can do some of the technical work yourself or if you build it outside of the US. It's a big project....regardless.
@@Siansonea I hope I didn't discourage you from pursuing any dreams that you have have. Actually I plan to build a retirement home outside of the US. It's not this plan, but it's also a mid-century design with plenty of rooms. My budget is $200K minus the land. I will do a lot of the designs myself and manage the build.
North by Northwest is one of my favourite films and it was so interesting to go around that unique house. Next time I watch this film I will see the house differently. I think it is a characteristic of Hitchcock that he went to such length to have the house absolutely perfect for a scene which lasted only a short time.
@@pamelavance8753 I've read books on him and watched a documentary with him about the house and it hasn't been brought up. But maybe someone on here will know more.
Thank you for sharing with us, I enjoy watching your tours of these old classics houses. I just watched North by Northwest a few weeks ago, one of my favorite Cary Grant's movies and the house is mind blowing.
wow - one of my favorite movies and one of the greatest movie homes ever :) thanks for interpreting the areas of the home the viewer never actually got to see - you did yourself proud marina! :)
Wonderful presentation! It's interesting how Hitchcock completely dismissed reality that a house and the surrounding land could actually exist above the monuments. I can picture him saying something like, "Oh, so what! Let's do it anyway!" I think the Walton's house would be an excellent topic. The show spent so much time in every room that the detail would be easily captured.
Funny you should mention The Waltons. That's the next one up. I can picture Hitchcock saying that. 😅 You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Thank you! It was a labor of love. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I love this house and the movie. You did an amazing job. A couple weeks ago, I watched and old George Burns and Brooke Shields movie from 1979 called Just You and Me, Kid and I fell in love with George Burns home. There is an amazing wrap-around staircase that is open underneath and I really loved how they utilized that space, but the whole downstairs area was really nice. The movie itself was cute and it's on youtube.
Thank you. Glad you liked the tour. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tour. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Thank you so much for making this video and re-creating this house - I was always awestruck by this house (and the movie itself!)...I would love to live in a house like this. The scene where Roger Thornhill's reflection shows in the TV is really classic!
Yes! Great scene. Great movie and fabulous set design. Glad you liked the tour. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Marina, That was fantastic, everything one could hope for. Three suggestions for you, if I may, Amos Burke’s home from the 1963 version of “ Burke’s Law” . Steve McQueen’s apartment in Bullitt. The Baxter House from Hazel. Thanks
@zedwpd I would love to do more Hitchcock sets. There are so many fabulous ones. Rear Window is on my list. I also love Cary Grant's home from, "To Catch a Thief."
@@zedwpd I have made many other homes, too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Love this. You do a very in depth study of the floor plans. It’s obvious you know where windows go and walls and doors. This house has a little of the Brady Bunch House theme only more to it. Thanks Great Job
I've never seen NXNW but this is a great house! On the other end of the spectrum, I've bingeing "3rd Rock From The Sun" lately and their attic apartment seems to be a completely bonkers layout! I'd love to see you make sense of it.
well if that ain't just the sexiest house ever...mid century modern raised to level 11. that's got to be the best job, creating beautiful spaces like that, for movies...can you imagine? Thx Marina, for visualizing and creating it for us to fall in love with.
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You are a master storyteller Marina. An uncanny knack of being able to draw us into the video with your narration. Loved the background music too. Please keep them coming. Blessed Be!
Thank you so much for this tour! Loved it! This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and I love everything about it. You've got Cary Grant, Hitchcock, and Mount Rushmore all in one! I am so glad I ran across your work! Have you considered Uncle Bill's Manhattan apartment in "Family Affair"?
This is one of my favorite houses from one of my favorite movies! You did a fantastic job! I’m trained as an architect and also love to figure out how homes on the screen could actually work. One that has stumped me is Kate and Allie’s apartment. I’d love to see you tackle it!
Glad you enjoyed the tour. Sounds like we share a similar passion. I have a degree in architecture and an obsession in set design. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
My wife and I built a house heavily influenced by the Van Damm House and Frank Lloyd Wright. As pleased as we are with the outcome, I sure wish this had been available in 2019! Outstanding job!
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Thank you for this fascinating video imagining the unseen spaces of the Vandamm house. Terrific job, Marina! I've always loved this house since seeing the movie in 1959 when I was 12 years old. I remember asking my parents to sit through a second showing of the film just to see the house again! My dad said it looked like a Frank Lloyd Wright house and I've been hooked on Wright ever since. Kind of ironic since FLW didn't design it but Robert Boyle certainly incorporated many Wrightian elements. I understand Mr. Boyle had an architecture degree from USC before going into the movie business as an art director in the '30s. He certainly knew his stuff. There's an interesting chapter in the book "The Wrong House: the Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock" where he explains how he designed the Vandamm house specifically to serve the plot of the movie.
Excellent work! This is an incredible analysis of the set design and color. Notice that the original stills (movie) of the day then, was filmed with (Kodak) Ektachrome, which has a rich blue bias.
You did not disappoint! I've been looking forward to this video since you had initially announced it. You are one remarkable woman. I love your attention to detail and you consistently out do yourself in each new video. The joy derived from your work is evident. I really don't mean to diminish your channel, but Mockingbird Lane is worthy of HGTV. It really ought to be a television series to gain a wider audience. I'm sure other TV and film buffs (that haven't made it to TH-cam) would love your work as much as we do. I'm getting ready to start blogging my own design work. I am not yet skilled enough to produce any CGI videos for walk-throughs or fly-overs, but you are definitely inspiring. Keep up the good work. I hope one day to see you cover Blake Carrington's mansion on the original Dynasty series and maybe even Edna's Edibles and her attached home from The Facts of Life. Dynasty though, would be a big project. But, because its based on the real life Filoli mansion in Woodside, California, the exterior and grounds can easily be reproduced. One of the major differences between Filoli and the fictional mansion is the location of the staircase and the living room/drawing room.
I was looking at old studio backlot pictures of Walt Disney Productions today. It might be too similar to the Parent Trap house because of the courtyard and Spanish Colonial architecture, but what about De La Vega Hacienda from Disney's Zorro? Another great ranch house with a massive stone fireplace and vaulted ceilings is the Ponderosa from Bonanza. There are so many homes I look forward to seeing on your channel and in your dream park.
@@Jasona1976 Thank you. I have made many other homes, too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
You didn’t mention in your marvelous narration what several people alluded to in their comments - that there are no homes at all behind the monument - not for many, many miles. In fact, the rock formation upon which the busts were created drops off just behind the heads, with nothing but barren, rocky, unpopulated ground beyond them. Unlike the movie depiction, there is no plateau above and behind the monument upon which any house of any sort could be built, let alone one of such grandeur. But, as you’ve often mentioned, we just have to suspend our disbelief and go along with the storyline. Lovely tour.
Another WONDERFUL job Marina - you are so talented. Thank you for sharing with us. I like how you explain why the set designers and producers are trying to get across to us - example of the name North by Northwest and the location of the stairway. That never crossed my mind. Keep up the great work - I enjoy your videos and education.
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I haven't been getting my notifications! I checked and I am still subscribed. I love Hitchcock movies. You did an amazing job capturing all the details one might miss while watching NBNW . Frank Lloyd Wright is one of my all time favorite architects. Christopher Wren being my favorite as I am obsessed with Churches and their architecture. Now I am going to have to re visit your site to see if I have missed anymore uploads. Cheers ✌ ❤
This house is so beautiful in the movie and your rendering of it is fascinating!!!!! I would like to see either “The Jefferson’s or “The Golden Girl’s” homes.
Marina, I really enjoy your work ! This is one of my favorite movies. I'd also love to see you do a depiction of Uncle Bill's apartment from "Family Affair". Everyone remembers those double front doors with the handles in the middle but did you ever notice that the master bedroom mural is the same one used for Cornel Wilde's hotel suite in the I Love Lucy episode “The Star Upstairs"? Makes sense as Family Affair was shot as Desilu. Cheers from another classic TV fan!
We just finished watching North by Northwest (my first time seeing it) so the timing is perfect as the house is fresh in our minds. Thank you for your wonderful tour of a fabulous house!
Glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite movie homes. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I’ve seen many of your posts, all great. This one is even more spectacular! One of my all time favorite films (see moniker) and how wonderful to have this house come to life. I think I can imagine how painstakingly difficult this type of art must be to produce. Thank you so much for your work!
The Waltons, please. Judy Norton seems approachable on TH-cam. I wonder if she’d want to consult or somehow participate. Thank you for this fantastic tour. Now I want to rewatch the movie.
I adore movies that are set in grand mansions. I love the classic home of the Van Tapp family in The Sound of Music. For me, there is no screen home that encompasses evil and darkness so well as the bizarre mansion in the 1963 movie of The Haunting, directed and produced by Robert Wise. But my all time favourite is the grand country estate in the 1940 movie Rebecca directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I have read the book and watched the movie countless number of times. I simply fell in love with Manderley (the name of the stately home). Alfred Hitchcock was a genius in the way he evoked the disturbing presence of the dead mistress (Rebecca) through the home and its surroundings.
I love that movie and home too. I may have to create a tour of it someday. Maybe around Halloween time. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Thanks Marina! Great tour. Great house design. I love this movie. And it's got such a great house in there. Have you read THE DARKER SIDE OF GENIUS by Donald Spoto? Great Hitchcock biography. Read it when it came out. I need to check out THE ART OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK by same.
I absolutely love your episodes Marina, and this made my Fri night! One of my all time favorite houses in the movies! Yes, it does remind me of Fallingwater, which I've visited, but the inside of that house is small by today's standards. I'll let you in on a little secret, my living room looks a little like the NBNW set. Our fireplace has a stone surround from floor to ceiling and it's an open concept space. Thank you so much for recreating these movie and tv house designs, they're so much fun to see, and such a welcome, feel good respite from everything going on in the world. 😊👌
@@ArchitectureMinute I have made many other homes, too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Marina, you've got to do Walt Disney's office! They have it recreated at the studios, and it's amazing - I've been there! Most of the Disneyland TV shows were filmed with him at his desk.
I am coming to this channel late, and this is the first video I've seen. It was enjoyable, and I will watch another. I do have two comments about the video. One is about the TV, and the other is your chice of painting for Eve's bedroom. The TV: Phillip Vandamm doesn't seem like the sort of chap that sits around watching television. But they are useful, and sensible for someone to have, if only used occasionally. For this, chairs can be brought over. And the TV next to the bar - another functional feature - feels practical. The TV is tasteful for the time, and fits in nicely with the decor. But then for such a home, a TV could be brought out of the closet when needed, and not on display at all. We, the audience only need to see the TV for the reason you mentioned it. So yes, it was really there because of the plot. As for Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, The Kiss, I think this is a mistake. The Kiss is probably the most famous painting at a prestigious Vienna museum. It would hardly be a thing Vandamm could own, and any likeness would be a forgery. I hardly think Eve or Vandamm would put up a poster print. It's a lovely painting, and it does hint at the story in the film, but is too famous for him to have or fake.
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Yay! I've been waiting for this one. I fully appreciate Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect and admire his contribution to the design that is very distinct, but it's not for me usually This house, if it were actually in that environment is perfection! It should be there. N by NW is the best Hitchcock film of many great movies he made. There's something about a Hitchcock movie that you can't mistake. This house is the best of the best in any of the films IMO. Thank you!
You captured it, Marina. Your recreation of this masterpiece is a masterpiece unto itself. For me, this set is one of special interest for its academic value every bit as much as for its design value, and it feels like you gave this tour all of the care and research it deserves. Hitch was a creative genius, and it seems like in order to examine this set, we need a tour guide who has some understanding, and YOU'VE DONE IT. I'm barely 10 minutes into the video, and I've already seen 3 or 4 things I completely missed when I examined this set before. I really love your ability to see around every corner. It shows you have a trained and skilled eye. "...But I don't care. I choose to suspend belief in the face of great in the face of great cinematic design." Well-spoken, Marina! The exact location of the kitchen always mystified me, but it turns out I was close. Not being a design professional myself, I (in my imagination) envisioned the kitchen to be designed more in the era which the movie was made. The Brady Bunch kitchen is actually more what I envisioned the space to look like (Lol)! Of course, we all know that the set of the Brady Bunch home was designed to look like it was influenced by FLW, so I guess that's why my brain went there. It wasn't until after I toured Falling Water that I began to understand FLW a little better, and also began to understand the VanDamm house (how I should have envisioned it) a little bit better. So before you took us into that space, I absolutely envisioned, of course, the stone walls, the gridded cabinet-to-ceiling windows, and even some modern 1960's appliances - AND YOU CAME THROUGH! I was getting all anxious to see what kind of treatment you gave that space, and you did not disappoint. Would you call it 1930's modernism? As for the counter treatments, I would have chosen white formica instead of stone, but maybe that's where I depart from the authenticity of metaphor, and let my personal preferences and biases get in the way (because part of me still wants BRADY BUNCH!) LOL. Now, the upstairs surprised me a little bit, because I was envisioning a much larger space, perhaps with a couple more bedrooms and one more bath. It's so hard to do with what little they gave us in the exteriors and the set plan. So wonderful. Thanks for uploading this, Marina. Many of us were awaiting this with bated breath, and you did not disappoint. Thank you for giving it the treatment and care it deserves. ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words. I absolutely love that you had already envisioned so much of the home in your head. And, you're right - there would be more rooms upstairs, I just had to stop at some point, it was taking too long. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I forgot to include my vote: I’m really interested in The Jeffersons apartment. In an earlier episode, Louise states that their penthouse had 7 bedrooms (if memory serves), and yet Lionel and Florence shared the same bedroom door 😂. And never mind the fact that the only other bathroom in the place besides the master was the half bath adjacent to the front door. 😂 So much fun to explore these places.
I love your videos about these great iconic homes from tv and movies past. There was a tv show I remember from the early 80's. The show was called Too Close for Comfort with Ted Knight. I was always curious about the floor plan of that iconic house. It always stood out in my mind over the years because the exterior was red and was located in San Francisco. I also remember the daughters on that show living in another part of the house with that crazy early 80's paint stripe color room. If you ever have time could you break down that house?
Marina, another amazing video, and a movie buff's dream. I really appreciate your intense attention to details large and small, and the tours are well fleshed out with explanatory stills from the film. Your design in unseen rooms just feels like a natural extension of the existing set, and very organic. I'm going to share this in the Hitchcock group on Facebook, and hope it brings you more viewers. I think you should do some self promotion there as well, as there are diverse interest groups that would love your other tour videos.
I don't think i've ever watched NXNW, but I do really enjoy your home tour videos. Thanks for all your research and development on the projects. The end results are amazing! :)
Wow what a home! Now , could this be the inspiration for the Brady home? That famous staircase with the stone wall behind are beautifully recognizable.
I got to see Frank Lloyd Wright’ Falling Water house many years ago. The house in North by Northwest is gorgeous - thank you for doing this! The glimpse you showed of the house in Imitation of Life really brought back memories of watching that movie repeatedly with my mom - we would cry and cry and cry during that final scene. I do vaguely remember that Sandra Dee’s bedroom was really pretty! Will you be doing that house too?
Definitely someday. I love it and have featured it in some of my Cinematically Inspired Design episodes. You can find all of those grouped here: www.mockingbirdlane.design/cinematically-inspired-design
Mockingbird Ln., Mockingbird Lane that’s the Munsters I thought there was something familiar about that. Thanks for this upload you guys and look from all of us on Staten Island New York what a great look back.
Excellent work. Having seen the film, but not memorized it :), do any scenes in the home take place in the daytime with full sunlight? I would love to see the light coming through the windows. I see the emerging light over the mountains, but is that definitely the orientation? The stone work is amazing, and also very convenient for climbing. Staying with the theme; interiors of the Bates Motel and home would also be amazing...
I do plan on doing the Bates motel and the house on the hill. I visited them 2 years ago and took plenty of pics. We only saw the Vandamm home at night. That was partly due to the fact that Hitchcock wanted the matte paintings of the exterior to look more realistic. I made a tour of Eve's room in daylight. Perhaps I'll put that on my website, along with the main floor in daylight.
This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and I've always admired this setting in the movie. I've always enjoyed how he brought the set into the movie. The attention to detail is unreal. It's almost as if the set is a character in the movie along with the actors. This (and your other videos) offer a new level of immersion in the show or movie. As a history buff, I like the background information you provide in the videos. I liked the house in the movie and after watching this video, I want to move into it. Great job bringing it to life..
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. I love the set design in almost every Hitchcock film. I plan on doing Rear Window and Rope. Someone recently suggested Rope and I realized that I wanted to walk around in that one too.
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I have seen a number of the tours you've done on your channel and I've enjoyed watching them. I started with all the shows that I enjoyed watching as a kid and then branched out to the other videos. I like the immersive experience they present. I'd like to see other Hitchcock sets in videos. If you do the Bates Motel, I'll watch it but only with all the with all the lights in my house turned on. 🙂
Hello, your videos and comments are captivating. I completely enjoy your final design of movie / tv homes based on limited information. If you get an opportunity I would love to see the home from the 1960 movie "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" with Doris Day and David Niven. I recall they purchased a big old fixer upper out in the country away from NYC. Seems like a fun home to work with. Keep up the good work. Thanks.
Hitch usually filmed in Technicolor which makes the reds and oranges pop against the earth tones as you mention. Another awesome tour, thank you. Oh, and would like to suggest All in the Family for a TV house.
A beautiful job! I'd imagine that this film, shot in the IMAX forerunner, VistaVision, must have really shown off the phenomenal artwork rendered in creating the original mattes. You "followed a tough act" splendidly!
Love FLlW buildings and Hitchcock movies and NxNW may be my favorite. Thanks for doing this evocative virtual tour of the Van Damme house. I have always been intrigued by it and was so disappointed when I discovered it was a movie magic house inside and out. Thanks for bringing it to Life! You have convinced me it is not very Wrightian after all. FLlW would never brace his cantilevers. Also there is not enough horizontality, compression-release or flow about the set design. Few of the details are consistent with FLlW’s vocabulary. With this said I’d love to live here. P.S. It’s Fallingwater
Thanks for your insights. Someone else pointed out that it's Fallingwater. Now I know 😊 I love this home so much. Wish we had gotten to see more of it. But I guess leaving the rest to the imagination is fun too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Glad you enjoyed it. I have made many other homes too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I’m so grateful this video fell on my lap today!! You did and absolutely fabulous job. I truly appreciate the time and effort you took to do this. I can’t wait to see your other videos. If you haven’t already done the Golden Girls Home please please please do it. Again thank you so much!!
Great video. I enjoyed the tour. Always love the film; a favorite. Also Eve Kendall and I shared the same profession; industrial design. I've always wonder what the rest of the house would be like if it was actually real. Wonderful assumptions on your part for the details and possible layout of those interiors not seen in the film. Thanks.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. It's one of my favorite movies too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
Wonderful! Now do Gene Tierney's 'Laura" set, all of her floorplan, the living room with the fireplace with her portrait over it, her bedroom, bath, kitchen, etc.
Thank you for doing this house! I always thought it was so unique. You asked for more suggestions for movie homes...would you do Bunny Watson's apartment from the movie Desk Set? I always thought it looked so warm and cozy for a single lady as the character was in the movie (Katharine Hepburn played her).
I'm a huge midcentury and modernist house fanatic. I just found this channel searching for FLW houses. Very very cool. Just a suggestion for you(I'm selfish and adore this house). The house from Glass bottom boat, I think that's the name. The house is gone. It was called ridgetop by brian Fowler. 1261 angelo in los Angeles. Some jerk tore it down to build his Pritzker estate. I'm going to binge on this channel all night. Cant wait to some more content. Excellent work. Cheers
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane type in Frank lloyd Wright house then filter for any videos from today and it was the 1st one. I'm really enjoying these videos. I'm almost 50 so I grew up watching those shows. I you get time the house I mentioned really deserves a look. Thanks for taking a min to reach out to a fan. Godspeed
This caught my eye because of "North by Northwest" in the title and my being a devotee of Hitchcock. I also consider NBNW one of the best movies ever made. You're right about Hitchcock's attention to every detail in his movies. Since he began his career in the silent era, he learned very early the importance of telling a story visually. The less dialog, the better (and fewer title cards!) Hence the liberal use of spectacular set designs and photography in all his work. And speaking of matte, there is a scene earlier in this movie with Cary Grant standing out on a rural road (this is the prelude to the iconic crop duster scene.) The establishing shot is taken from a high vantage (crane shot) but, since this was really shot in California and not mid-west farm country, there was a distant city visible on the horizon. So, matte to the rescue! Robert Burks, the director of photography, "erased" it with a matte! Imagine, a matte shot from a crane! But, like everything else, it worked perfectly! Anyway, thanks for posting this!
Thank you for putting out these videos. Love Frank Lloyd Wright's work and this was a wonderful inspiration. Also a big fan of the Parent Trap video you put together as well. If you ever want to do a Craftsman style home, I would recommend the film Zathura. The entire film takes place in a Greene and Greene inspired house. The apartment in Auntie Mame (1958) would be fun too, with all its makeovers.
Just stumbled upon your channel. Excellent! I read that for this movie, no glass panes were used in the window frames. Everything about this movie is so stylish; not just the sets. Two other movie houses worthy of investigation: 1.) Thomas Crown's town house in the Pierce Brosnan version of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999). 2.) Amanda's (Cameron Diaz) house in The Holiday (2006).
Another triumph by Marina! Thanks so much for doing countless hours of research and then translating that into videographic walkthroughs for us. For future projects, would you consider doing Jessica's home from Murder, She Wrote?
I have not seen North by Northwest yet, but I will be checking it out for sure. I would like to see either the Bob Newhart Apartment with its elusive Den/guest room or the Love Boat with all its iconic sets where many a stars gave some memorable performances. As a kid I always dreamed of taking that cruise one day and seeing those places of the ship first hand. 😊❤️🚢⚓️👍
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane so many guests stayed there from Bob’s sister to Jerry, I always wanted to see it. Plus the whole apartment was of that Smart 70’s age of design. Warm colors and simple. 👍
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Eva Marie Saint and Cary Grant.... I never talk about love on an empty stomach....
I love this movie and house.... Glamourous...
Glamorous describes it all well. 😊
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YES YES YES. Loved this movie and wished this house was real.
Me too!
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This made up for my disappointment of expecting to see this iconic house when visiting area around My. Rushmore. Thanks!
I want it to be real so bad! Maybe someone will build one someday.
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Well now I don’t have visit Mt Rushmore. Or, at least I won’t be disappointed.
I remember as a child visiting Mt Rushmore when the Visitor Center looked exactly as it does in this film. Didn’t visit again until the 1990s after most of the upgrades. Then again a couple of years ago, such a change!!
Oh! I'm so glad you commented because that's something I'd been wondering- if the visitor's center actually looked like that back then. Thanks. It's so cool, it would be worth a tour on its own.
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane On the same day we visited Mt Rushmore, the Chief Crazy Horse carving (much bigger than Mt Rushmore) was just beginning and you could get a feel for the outline. The only thing that you could deem as a visitor center back then was a dinky log cabin at the entrance that had brochures and a few postcards. Now that log cabin is long gone and they have the most beautiful visitor center/learning center that gives such great honor to traditions of the tribe, Ogalala Lakota, and other historic findings and amazingly beautiful artwork. It’s a great place to learn a lot!
@@Mrsakris Awesome! I hope i can go someday.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane It actually was just like that! I was there when I was only 5 or 6. That would be 1967-68. I remember it so clearly that it's kind of freaky. I can still go back to how it felt to view the monument. Down to the breeze that went through your hair! No matter how long you stood there, it was so impressive that you couldn't believe it was actually there.
I can remember being in the visitor center too! I believe my mom bought a napkin holder there, but I have no idea where that is now. When I saw the movie, I instantly recognized it.
@@Tam5115 Sounds marvelous. Thanks for sharing your memories.
Still just as fashionable today as it was then. Love it.
Oh, I sooo agree. I'd gladly move in as is.
Absolutely beautiful! I wish my father was still alive to see this. He was a craftsmen and a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright ❤️
A craftsman's dream for sure!
Love this house, if it wasn't fictional and in South Dakota, I'd totally live there. :D
Yes. Me too!
You can build one. You can build something like that for under $1 million if you have the land.
Might even be cheaper if you have some architecture skills and construction management skills.
@@streetcar6080 well, someone with a million dollars could build one. Alas...😟
@@Siansonea Could be half of that or even less....if you can do some of the technical work yourself or if you build it outside of the US.
It's a big project....regardless.
@@Siansonea I hope I didn't discourage you from pursuing any dreams that you have have. Actually I plan to build a retirement home outside of the US.
It's not this plan, but it's also a mid-century design with plenty of rooms. My budget is $200K minus the land.
I will do a lot of the designs myself and manage the build.
Thank you! you read my mind! I’ve always loved this home!!
Yay! I have always loved it too. It was so fun to finally get to walk around inside of it, like a real home.
North by Northwest is one of my favourite films and it was so interesting to go around that unique house. Next time I watch this film I will see the house differently. I think it is a characteristic of Hitchcock that he went to such length to have the house absolutely perfect for a scene which lasted only a short time.
would love to see the Bank's home from Mary Poppins (1964)/Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Both great choices! It would be fun to compare them too.
I have been in love with this house for a long time, it is probably the most stylish in the history of cinema. ❤️
It truly is. It's a masterpiece.
You did a great job interpreting the unseen spaces. Nice job!
Thank you. It was so fun to do. I'd always been curious what the rest of the home might have looked like.
Only a person who loves what they do can be as brilliant at as you are at it 🤗
Thank you for the lovely, and sometimes heartwarming, home tours 🥰
😊 Thank you!
WOW, this was absolutely mesmerizing. This house layout is sensational. Thank you, so very much.👏🤗
I wish Robert Boyle were still around. I have so many questions for him. The set design was phenomenal!
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane perhaps he left notes?
@@pamelavance8753 I've read books on him and watched a documentary with him about the house and it hasn't been brought up. But maybe someone on here will know more.
Thank you for sharing with us, I enjoy watching your tours of these old classics houses. I just watched North by Northwest a few weeks ago, one of my favorite Cary Grant's movies and the house is mind blowing.
Agree- the house alone could win an Oscar 😊
wow - one of my favorite movies and one of the greatest movie homes ever :)
thanks for interpreting the areas of the home the viewer never actually got to see - you did yourself proud marina! :)
Thank you so much.
Beautiful home. Thanks for showing it to us.
Glad you liked the tour.
Amazing work, thank you!
I’m sure the original designers and Hitchcock would be impressed 👏🏻
I would LOVE to have been able to have interviewed both Robert Boyle and Alfred Hitchcock. I have so many questions.
Your episodes are beyond amazing! And, this one is absolutely stunning - I love the added touches you shared with us!
Thank you. I have soooo much fun making them.
Wonderful presentation! It's interesting how Hitchcock completely dismissed reality that a house and the surrounding land could actually exist above the monuments. I can picture him saying something like, "Oh, so what! Let's do it anyway!" I think the Walton's house would be an excellent topic. The show spent so much time in every room that the detail would be easily captured.
Funny you should mention The Waltons. That's the next one up.
I can picture Hitchcock saying that. 😅
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Love fireplace and furniture
Yes! Every single piece of this set is amazing
You have done stunning research and amazing patience replicating the home in lovely detail
Thank you! It was a labor of love.
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I will and subscribe I put your link to Alfred Hitchcock appreciation society they will be thrilled with your work
@@peterhagan8454 😊
I love this house and the movie. You did an amazing job. A couple weeks ago, I watched and old George Burns and Brooke Shields movie from 1979 called Just You and Me, Kid and I fell in love with George Burns home. There is an amazing wrap-around staircase that is open underneath and I really loved how they utilized that space, but the whole downstairs area was really nice. The movie itself was cute and it's on youtube.
Thanks. I love tips like that. I'll check it out.
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One of my favorite Hitch films a absolute masterpiece.
I agree! One of my favorites.
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Major Fallingwater inspo, incredibly well done Marina, truly impressive.
Thank you. Glad you liked the tour.
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This is one of our favorite movies. Thanks for creating this video! You are a blessed and gifted lady.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tour.
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Thank you so much for making this video and re-creating this house - I was always awestruck by this house (and the movie itself!)...I would love to live in a house like this. The scene where Roger Thornhill's reflection shows in the TV is really classic!
Yes! Great scene. Great movie and fabulous set design. Glad you liked the tour.
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane Yes I've been binging on your videos, you did a great job! I hope you're going to do more.
@@CoopyKat Yes. Hopefully many more.
Marina, That was fantastic, everything one could hope for. Three suggestions for you, if I may,
Amos Burke’s home from the 1963 version of “ Burke’s Law” .
Steve McQueen’s apartment in Bullitt.
The Baxter House from Hazel.
Thanks
Thanks. Great suggestions. And now I'll need to check out the apartment from Bullit. It's been awhile.
Absolutely brilliant! You are so talented, I wait patiently for your videos and it's always worth it! 👏🏼
😊
This one sure took awhile. Glad you liked it.
The house in North by Norhwest is awesome as is the movie. Thanks for the great tour!
Glad you enjoyed the tour.
All the Hitchcock movie homes please. Even Scotty's tiny NY apartment in Rear Window.
@zedwpd I would love to do more Hitchcock sets. There are so many fabulous ones. Rear Window is on my list. I also love Cary Grant's home from, "To Catch a Thief."
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Love this. You do a very in depth study of the floor plans. It’s obvious you know where windows go and walls and doors. This house has a little of the Brady Bunch House theme only more to it. Thanks Great Job
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I've never seen NXNW but this is a great house! On the other end of the spectrum, I've bingeing "3rd Rock From The Sun" lately and their attic apartment seems to be a completely bonkers layout! I'd love to see you make sense of it.
AWESOME! I love that you allowed us to view this house! You did an amazing job! 💕
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. I'm working on The Waltons right now.
well if that ain't just the sexiest house ever...mid century modern raised to level 11. that's got to be the best job, creating beautiful spaces like that, for movies...can you imagine? Thx Marina, for visualizing and creating it for us to fall in love with.
So glad you loved it. I've been smitten with this house for many years. It was fun to finally get to model it.
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You are a master storyteller Marina. An uncanny knack of being able to draw us into the video with your narration. Loved the background music too. Please keep them coming. Blessed Be!
Wow. Thank you so much.
Spectacular! Keeps getting better and better. Also great insight on Hitchcock genius.
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for this tour! Loved it! This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and I love everything about it. You've got Cary Grant, Hitchcock, and Mount Rushmore all in one! I am so glad I ran across your work! Have you considered Uncle Bill's Manhattan apartment in "Family Affair"?
Thank you.
Yes, I plan on doing Uncle Bill's penthouse. In fact, I currently have it on the roster for early next year.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane That sounds awesome! I can't wait to see it.
This is one of my favorite houses from one of my favorite movies! You did a fantastic job! I’m trained as an architect and also love to figure out how homes on the screen could actually work. One that has stumped me is Kate and Allie’s apartment. I’d love to see you tackle it!
Glad you enjoyed the tour. Sounds like we share a similar passion. I have a degree in architecture and an obsession in set design.
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My wife and I built a house heavily influenced by the Van Damm House and Frank Lloyd Wright. As pleased as we are with the outcome, I sure wish this had been available in 2019! Outstanding job!
Oh, wow. I'd love to walk through a real-life home like that. I'm glad you liked the tour.
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Thank you for this fascinating video imagining the unseen spaces of the Vandamm house. Terrific job, Marina! I've always loved this house since seeing the movie in 1959 when I was 12 years old. I remember asking my parents to sit through a second showing of the film just to see the house again! My dad said it looked like a Frank Lloyd Wright house and I've been hooked on Wright ever since. Kind of ironic since FLW didn't design it but Robert Boyle certainly incorporated many Wrightian elements. I understand Mr. Boyle had an architecture degree from USC before going into the movie business as an art director in the '30s. He certainly knew his stuff. There's an interesting chapter in the book "The Wrong House: the Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock" where he explains how he designed the Vandamm house specifically to serve the plot of the movie.
I love that as a 12 year old you requested to watch the movie again, just to see the house! Boy, can I relate 😊
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Excellent work! This is an incredible analysis of the set design and color. Notice that the original stills (movie) of the day then, was filmed with (Kodak) Ektachrome, which has a rich blue bias.
I didn't know that. Thanks.
You did not disappoint! I've been looking forward to this video since you had initially announced it. You are one remarkable woman. I love your attention to detail and you consistently out do yourself in each new video. The joy derived from your work is evident. I really don't mean to diminish your channel, but Mockingbird Lane is worthy of HGTV. It really ought to be a television series to gain a wider audience. I'm sure other TV and film buffs (that haven't made it to TH-cam) would love your work as much as we do. I'm getting ready to start blogging my own design work. I am not yet skilled enough to produce any CGI videos for walk-throughs or fly-overs, but you are definitely inspiring. Keep up the good work. I hope one day to see you cover Blake Carrington's mansion on the original Dynasty series and maybe even Edna's Edibles and her attached home from The Facts of Life. Dynasty though, would be a big project. But, because its based on the real life Filoli mansion in Woodside, California, the exterior and grounds can easily be reproduced. One of the major differences between Filoli and the fictional mansion is the location of the staircase and the living room/drawing room.
Thank you. Glad you enjoy my work. I sure have fun making these tours.
I will most likely get to Dynasty one day.
I was looking at old studio backlot pictures of Walt Disney Productions today. It might be too similar to the Parent Trap house because of the courtyard and Spanish Colonial architecture, but what about De La Vega Hacienda from Disney's Zorro? Another great ranch house with a massive stone fireplace and vaulted ceilings is the Ponderosa from Bonanza. There are so many homes I look forward to seeing on your channel and in your dream park.
@@david_walker_esq I plan on the Ponderosa. But the Zorro one is new to me. I'll check it out. Thanks
I love the film...have seen it many times....your tour of the home is accurate and exquisite. Thanks!!
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You didn’t mention in your marvelous narration what several people alluded to in their comments - that there are no homes at all behind the monument - not for many, many miles. In fact, the rock formation upon which the busts were created drops off just behind the heads, with nothing but barren, rocky, unpopulated ground beyond them. Unlike the movie depiction, there is no plateau above and behind the monument upon which any house of any sort could be built, let alone one of such grandeur. But, as you’ve often mentioned, we just have to suspend our disbelief and go along with the storyline. Lovely tour.
Thank you for adding that information 😊
Another WONDERFUL job Marina - you are so talented. Thank you for sharing with us. I like how you explain why the set designers and producers are trying to get across to us - example of the name North by Northwest and the location of the stairway. That never crossed my mind. Keep up the great work - I enjoy your videos and education.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed this episode 😊
Thank you so much one of my favorite films also loved that house. Thank you for sharing this home Thank you marina.
I love that house. It would be great if it was built in real life. Excellent job Marina!
I would love to walk through a real life one.
On July 4th, Ms. Saint will be 100. She has had both an extraordinary personal and professional life. Really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Wow! I knew she was close but didn't realize it was that soon.
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Thanks for doing this ‼️‼️‼️
I always thought this house was so totally groovy since the first time I saw it😝😜😆🤪
I fell in love with it the first time I saw it too 😍
I haven't been getting my notifications! I checked and I am still subscribed. I love Hitchcock movies. You did an amazing job capturing all the details one might miss while watching NBNW . Frank Lloyd Wright is one of my all time favorite architects. Christopher Wren being my favorite as I am obsessed with Churches and their architecture. Now I am going to have to re visit your site to see if I have missed anymore uploads. Cheers ✌ ❤
Hmm. Wonder what's up. Glad you checked back.
Very cool - thanks! Would love for you to do The Sopranos house.
Glad you liked the tour.
This house is so beautiful in the movie and your rendering of it is fascinating!!!!! I would like to see either “The Jefferson’s or “The Golden Girl’s” homes.
You're in luck. Next up is The Waltons, but right after that is The Jeffersons
Marina, I really enjoy your work ! This is one of my favorite movies. I'd also love to see you do a depiction of Uncle Bill's apartment from "Family Affair". Everyone remembers those double front doors with the handles in the middle but did you ever notice that the master bedroom mural is the same one used for Cornel Wilde's hotel suite in the I Love Lucy episode “The Star Upstairs"? Makes sense as Family Affair was shot as Desilu. Cheers from another classic TV fan!
Oh my! I love tidbits like that. I plan on doing the Family Affair penthouse fairly soon, perhaps early next year.
We just finished watching North by Northwest (my first time seeing it) so the timing is perfect as the house is fresh in our minds. Thank you for your wonderful tour of a fabulous house!
I'm so glad you liked it. 😊
Very clever and well-done look at what has got to be one of the most intriguing houses in all of cinema. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite movie homes.
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I’ve seen many of your posts, all great. This one is even more spectacular! One of my all time favorite films (see moniker) and how wonderful to have this house come to life. I think I can imagine how painstakingly difficult this type of art must be to produce. Thank you so much for your work!
@@R._Thornhill I'm glad you're enjoying it, Mr. Thornhill 😉
Perfect. Just perfect. Thank you
The set design is a masterpiece.
The Waltons, please. Judy Norton seems approachable on TH-cam. I wonder if she’d want to consult or somehow participate.
Thank you for this fantastic tour. Now I want to rewatch the movie.
That happens to be the next home up on my roster. I would love it if I could interview Judy. I've watched her behind-the-scenes videos on TH-cam.
I adore movies that are set in grand mansions. I love the classic home of the Van Tapp family in The Sound of Music.
For me, there is no screen home that encompasses evil and darkness so well as the bizarre mansion in the 1963 movie of The Haunting, directed and produced by Robert Wise. But my all time favourite is the grand country estate in the 1940 movie Rebecca directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I have read the book and watched the movie countless number of times. I simply fell in love with Manderley (the name of the stately home). Alfred Hitchcock was a genius in the way he evoked the disturbing presence of the dead mistress (Rebecca) through the home and its surroundings.
I love that movie and home too. I may have to create a tour of it someday. Maybe around Halloween time.
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Thanks Marina! Great tour. Great house design. I love this movie. And it's got such a great house in there. Have you read THE DARKER SIDE OF GENIUS by Donald Spoto? Great Hitchcock biography. Read it when it came out. I need to check out THE ART OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK by same.
I haven't read that one. Thanks for the tip.
Yes!!! Thank you!
So glad you liked it. 😊
Magnificent. I've been hoping for someone to do a walk through video on this for years. This is the greatest movie home design set of all time.
I would love to walk through a real life version of this home!
WOO-HOO!! I looove this home!
Me too! It's divine.
So glad you did this, one of my favorite movies! Plus highlighting the colors! Wonderful 🤩🍫🍫🍫
There was so much material there, I had to keep cutting away at it, or it would have been 2 hours long. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane then I can look forward to another video!
I absolutely love your episodes Marina, and this made my Fri night! One of my all time favorite houses in the movies! Yes, it does remind me of Fallingwater, which I've visited, but the inside of that house is small by today's standards. I'll let you in on a little secret, my living room looks a little like the NBNW set. Our fireplace has a stone surround from floor to ceiling and it's an open concept space. Thank you so much for recreating these movie and tv house designs, they're so much fun to see, and such a welcome, feel good respite from everything going on in the world. 😊👌
Thank you. Wish you could post a picture of your living room.
Well done! Your detective work on creating the unseen areas of the film is brilliant.
@@ArchitectureMinute Thank you so much.
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Marina, you've got to do Walt Disney's office! They have it recreated at the studios, and it's amazing - I've been there! Most of the Disneyland TV shows were filmed with him at his desk.
Sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out. Thanks.
I am coming to this channel late, and this is the first video I've seen. It was enjoyable, and I will watch another.
I do have two comments about the video. One is about the TV, and the other is your chice of painting for Eve's bedroom.
The TV: Phillip Vandamm doesn't seem like the sort of chap that sits around watching television. But they are useful, and sensible for someone to have, if only used occasionally. For this, chairs can be brought over. And the TV next to the bar - another functional feature - feels practical. The TV is tasteful for the time, and fits in nicely with the decor.
But then for such a home, a TV could be brought out of the closet when needed, and not on display at all. We, the audience only need to see the TV for the reason you mentioned it. So yes, it was really there because of the plot.
As for Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, The Kiss, I think this is a mistake.
The Kiss is probably the most famous painting at a prestigious Vienna museum. It would hardly be a thing Vandamm could own, and any likeness would be a forgery. I hardly think Eve or Vandamm would put up a poster print.
It's a lovely painting, and it does hint at the story in the film, but is too famous for him to have or fake.
Thank you 😊 One of my favorite movie homes
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Yay! I've been waiting for this one. I fully appreciate Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect and admire his contribution to the design that is very distinct, but it's not for me usually
This house, if it were actually in that environment is perfection! It should be there. N by NW is the best Hitchcock film of many great movies he made. There's something about a Hitchcock movie that you can't mistake. This house is the best of the best in any of the films IMO.
Thank you!
One of my favorite Hitchcock films. And Robert Boyle really delivered.
You captured it, Marina. Your recreation of this masterpiece is a masterpiece unto itself. For me, this set is one of special interest for its academic value every bit as much as for its design value, and it feels like you gave this tour all of the care and research it deserves. Hitch was a creative genius, and it seems like in order to examine this set, we need a tour guide who has some understanding, and YOU'VE DONE IT. I'm barely 10 minutes into the video, and I've already seen 3 or 4 things I completely missed when I examined this set before. I really love your ability to see around every corner. It shows you have a trained and skilled eye. "...But I don't care. I choose to suspend belief in the face of great in the face of great cinematic design." Well-spoken, Marina! The exact location of the kitchen always mystified me, but it turns out I was close. Not being a design professional myself, I (in my imagination) envisioned the kitchen to be designed more in the era which the movie was made. The Brady Bunch kitchen is actually more what I envisioned the space to look like (Lol)! Of course, we all know that the set of the Brady Bunch home was designed to look like it was influenced by FLW, so I guess that's why my brain went there. It wasn't until after I toured Falling Water that I began to understand FLW a little better, and also began to understand the VanDamm house (how I should have envisioned it) a little bit better. So before you took us into that space, I absolutely envisioned, of course, the stone walls, the gridded cabinet-to-ceiling windows, and even some modern 1960's appliances - AND YOU CAME THROUGH! I was getting all anxious to see what kind of treatment you gave that space, and you did not disappoint. Would you call it 1930's modernism? As for the counter treatments, I would have chosen white formica instead of stone, but maybe that's where I depart from the authenticity of metaphor, and let my personal preferences and biases get in the way (because part of me still wants BRADY BUNCH!) LOL. Now, the upstairs surprised me a little bit, because I was envisioning a much larger space, perhaps with a couple more bedrooms and one more bath. It's so hard to do with what little they gave us in the exteriors and the set plan. So wonderful. Thanks for uploading this, Marina. Many of us were awaiting this with bated breath, and you did not disappoint. Thank you for giving it the treatment and care it deserves. ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I absolutely love that you had already envisioned so much of the home in your head.
And, you're right - there would be more rooms upstairs, I just had to stop at some point, it was taking too long. 😊
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I forgot to include my vote: I’m really interested in The Jeffersons apartment. In an earlier episode, Louise states that their penthouse had 7 bedrooms (if memory serves), and yet Lionel and Florence shared the same bedroom door 😂. And never mind the fact that the only other bathroom in the place besides the master was the half bath adjacent to the front door. 😂 So much fun to explore these places.
I love your videos about these great iconic homes from tv and movies past. There was a tv show I remember from the early 80's. The show was called Too Close for Comfort with Ted Knight. I was always curious about the floor plan of that iconic house. It always stood out in my mind over the years because the exterior was red and was located in San Francisco. I also remember the daughters on that show living in another part of the house with that crazy early 80's paint stripe color room. If you ever have time could you break down that house?
I love getting tips like this. I don't remember that show. But, I'll check it out.
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Marina, another amazing video, and a movie buff's dream. I really appreciate your intense attention to details large and small, and the tours are well fleshed out with explanatory stills from the film. Your design in unseen rooms just feels like a natural extension of the existing set, and very organic. I'm going to share this in the Hitchcock group on Facebook, and hope it brings you more viewers. I think you should do some self promotion there as well, as there are diverse interest groups that would love your other tour videos.
Thank you so much. Glad you're enjoying the tours.
I don't think i've ever watched NXNW, but I do really enjoy your home tour videos. Thanks for all your research and development on the projects. The end results are amazing! :)
Thank you. If you like Hitchcock movies, you'll probably like this one. He really did put in all of his signature moves into this film.
*Very* nice job on North by Northwest 😃 Very excellent + Very satisfying 😌 -- a house tied with the Parent Trap house to me!!
The Parent Trap house is my all-time favorite movie home, but this one is not far behind.
Wow what a home! Now , could this be the inspiration for the Brady home? That famous staircase with the stone wall behind are beautifully recognizable.
There are definitely similarities!
Another movie I never saw but I will check it out to see if I want to see it. Very definitely a beautiful home and so unusual.
Let me know what you think. I love the movie.
Fantastic!!! Thank you!!
Glad you liked the tour. It was 2 months in the making.
I got to see Frank Lloyd Wright’ Falling Water house many years ago. The house in North by Northwest is gorgeous - thank you for doing this! The glimpse you showed of the house in Imitation of Life really brought back memories of watching that movie repeatedly with my mom - we would cry and cry and cry during that final scene. I do vaguely remember that Sandra Dee’s bedroom was really pretty! Will you be doing that house too?
Definitely someday. I love it and have featured it in some of my Cinematically Inspired Design episodes. You can find all of those grouped here:
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Mockingbird Ln., Mockingbird Lane that’s the Munsters I thought there was something familiar about that. Thanks for this upload you guys and look from all of us on Staten Island New York what a great look back.
Excellent work. Having seen the film, but not memorized it :), do any scenes in the home take place in the daytime with full sunlight? I would love to see the light coming through the windows. I see the emerging light over the mountains, but is that definitely the orientation? The stone work is amazing, and also very convenient for climbing. Staying with the theme; interiors of the Bates Motel and home would also be amazing...
I do plan on doing the Bates motel and the house on the hill. I visited them 2 years ago and took plenty of pics.
We only saw the Vandamm home at night. That was partly due to the fact that Hitchcock wanted the matte paintings of the exterior to look more realistic.
I made a tour of Eve's room in daylight. Perhaps I'll put that on my website, along with the main floor in daylight.
This is one of my favorite Hitchcock movies and I've always admired this setting in the movie. I've always enjoyed how he brought the set into the movie. The attention to detail is unreal. It's almost as if the set is a character in the movie along with the actors. This (and your other videos) offer a new level of immersion in the show or movie. As a history buff, I like the background information you provide in the videos. I liked the house in the movie and after watching this video, I want to move into it. Great job bringing it to life..
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. I love the set design in almost every Hitchcock film. I plan on doing Rear Window and Rope. Someone recently suggested Rope and I realized that I wanted to walk around in that one too.
Sounds like you already know, but if not -
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@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane I have seen a number of the tours you've done on your channel and I've enjoyed watching them. I started with all the shows that I enjoyed watching as a kid and then branched out to the other videos. I like the immersive experience they present.
I'd like to see other Hitchcock sets in videos. If you do the Bates Motel, I'll watch it but only with all the with all the lights in my house turned on. 🙂
@@michaelbourgoin2368 Haha. That's fair.
Hello, your videos and comments are captivating. I completely enjoy your final design of movie / tv homes based on limited information. If you get an opportunity I would love to see the home from the 1960 movie "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" with Doris Day and David Niven. I recall they purchased a big old fixer upper out in the country away from NYC. Seems like a fun home to work with. Keep up the good work. Thanks.
I love that home. Interestingly, I've loved almost every movie home Doris Day starred in. She must have had "a type."
Hitch usually filmed in Technicolor which makes the reds and oranges pop against the earth tones as you mention. Another awesome tour, thank you. Oh, and would like to suggest All in the Family for a TV house.
Thanks. It's on my list.
A beautiful job! I'd imagine that this film, shot in the IMAX forerunner, VistaVision, must have really shown off the phenomenal artwork rendered in creating the original mattes. You "followed a tough act" splendidly!
Love FLlW buildings and Hitchcock movies and NxNW may be my favorite. Thanks for doing this evocative virtual tour of the Van Damme house. I have always been intrigued by it and was so disappointed when I discovered it was a movie magic house inside and out. Thanks for bringing it to Life! You have convinced me it is not very Wrightian after all. FLlW would never brace his cantilevers. Also there is not enough horizontality, compression-release or flow about the set design. Few of the details are consistent with FLlW’s vocabulary. With this said I’d love to live here. P.S. It’s Fallingwater
Thanks for your insights. Someone else pointed out that it's Fallingwater. Now I know 😊 I love this home so much. Wish we had gotten to see more of it. But I guess leaving the rest to the imagination is fun too.
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This was great. Thanks for all your hard work
Glad you enjoyed it.
I have made many other homes too. You can see all of the other TV and movie home tours I've made here: th-cam.com/users/MarinaCoavideos?view_as=subscriber
I’m so grateful this video fell on my lap today!! You did and absolutely fabulous job. I truly appreciate the time and effort you took to do this. I can’t wait to see your other videos. If you haven’t already done the Golden Girls Home please please please do it. Again thank you so much!!
I'm glad you found the channel. 😊
Great video. I enjoyed the tour. Always love the film; a favorite. Also Eve Kendall and I shared the same profession; industrial design. I've always wonder what the rest of the house would be like if it was actually real. Wonderful assumptions on your part for the details and possible layout of those interiors not seen in the film. Thanks.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the tour. It's one of my favorite movies too.
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Wonderful! Now do Gene Tierney's 'Laura" set, all of her floorplan, the living room with the fireplace with her portrait over it, her bedroom, bath, kitchen, etc.
Great idea.. I have another Gene Tierney movie I want to do too - Leave Her to Heaven.
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Thank you so much! This is amazing!
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Thank you for doing this house! I always thought it was so unique. You asked for more suggestions for movie homes...would you do Bunny Watson's apartment from the movie Desk Set? I always thought it looked so warm and cozy for a single lady as the character was in the movie (Katharine Hepburn played her).
Great suggestion. I need to go back and watch it again.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane Thank you for considering it!
I'm a huge midcentury and modernist house fanatic. I just found this channel searching for FLW houses. Very very cool. Just a suggestion for you(I'm selfish and adore this house). The house from Glass bottom boat, I think that's the name. The house is gone. It was called ridgetop by brian Fowler. 1261 angelo in los Angeles. Some jerk tore it down to build his Pritzker estate. I'm going to binge on this channel all night. Cant wait to some more content. Excellent work. Cheers
Thanks for the kind words. And it was fun to hear you found it by searching FLW homes.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane type in Frank lloyd Wright house then filter for any videos from today and it was the 1st one. I'm really enjoying these videos. I'm almost 50 so I grew up watching those shows. I you get time the house I mentioned really deserves a look. Thanks for taking a min to reach out to a fan. Godspeed
@@gregoryfranks7347 Oh, I will definitely check it out. Thanks. I love tips like this. It's how I find new homes. 😊
This caught my eye because of "North by Northwest" in the title and my being a devotee of Hitchcock. I also consider NBNW one of the best movies ever made.
You're right about Hitchcock's attention to every detail in his movies. Since he began his career in the silent era, he learned very early the importance of telling a story visually. The less dialog, the better (and fewer title cards!) Hence the liberal use of spectacular set designs and photography in all his work. And speaking of matte, there is a scene earlier in this movie with Cary Grant standing out on a rural road (this is the prelude to the iconic crop duster scene.) The establishing shot is taken from a high vantage (crane shot) but, since this was really shot in California and not mid-west farm country, there was a distant city visible on the horizon. So, matte to the rescue! Robert Burks, the director of photography, "erased" it with a matte! Imagine, a matte shot from a crane! But, like everything else, it worked perfectly!
Anyway, thanks for posting this!
Glad you enjoyed the tour. And thank you for adding that information!
I love your videos. Thank you!
Thank you so much. 😊
Thank you for putting out these videos. Love Frank Lloyd Wright's work and this was a wonderful inspiration. Also a big fan of the Parent Trap video you put together as well. If you ever want to do a Craftsman style home, I would recommend the film Zathura. The entire film takes place in a Greene and Greene inspired house. The apartment in Auntie Mame (1958) would be fun too, with all its makeovers.
Thanks for the ideas!
Great video! Really enjoyed it!
Thank you!
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Just stumbled upon your channel. Excellent! I read that for this movie, no glass panes were used in the window frames.
Everything about this movie is so stylish; not just the sets.
Two other movie houses worthy of investigation:
1.) Thomas Crown's town house in the Pierce Brosnan version of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).
2.) Amanda's (Cameron Diaz) house in The Holiday (2006).
GREAT suggestions! Glad you found the channel.
Another triumph by Marina! Thanks so much for doing countless hours of research and then translating that into videographic walkthroughs for us. For future projects, would you consider doing Jessica's home from Murder, She Wrote?
Yes, I sure would.Thanks for the suggestion.
I have not seen North by Northwest yet, but I will be checking it out for sure. I would like to see either the Bob Newhart Apartment with its elusive Den/guest room or the Love Boat with all its iconic sets where many a stars gave some memorable performances. As a kid I always dreamed of taking that cruise one day and seeing those places of the ship first hand. 😊❤️🚢⚓️👍
I will definitely be doing the Newhart apartment. It was HUGE. And I want to go back in the mystery room too.
@@MarinaCoatesMockingbirdLane so many guests stayed there from Bob’s sister to Jerry, I always wanted to see it. Plus the whole apartment was of that Smart 70’s age of design. Warm colors and simple. 👍
@@dennistietz9363 Yes.