I've wanted to see this film for years! Thank you for putting it online, for everyone to have access! It was great seeing moving footage of some of the historic buildings downtown - including some that no longer exist. I've seen still photos, but it's an entirely different experience on film! The old hotel, the hardware shop, the first location of the Harrison's drugstore, and both of the churches with Victorian spires. And all the beautiful groves and ranches. Beautiful!
I remember Harrison's had a soda fountain in the back and we took our sons there for treats. It had a very cool quintessential American small town vibe. I think it's called Cafe des Artistes now and of course Harrison's is an art gallery.
I was a kid, when this movie was shot and some of it was at my home, Gum Tree Lane. My dad Floyd Ahrend was GIJoe. It was very exciting for me, as an 11 year old girl.
Hi, I was wondering if you knew which part of the film (or specific minute mark) features Gum Tree Lane? I can't recognize the area since it has changed so much. Thanks
In the 1921 D.W. Griffith silent film classic "Orphans of the Storm," scenes of the French countryside were shot in Fallbrook. sandiegohistory.org/county-htm/
An amazing fact about this story is that the lawsuit on this issue from 1952 was just settled on October 15, 2017. It is the longest litigation in U.S. history. FPUD (the water district,) and Camp Pendleton have finally agreed to a water sharing arrangement as part of the settlement. FPUD still owns much of the land north of the Santa Margarita bridge crossing along Sandia Creek Drive to this day, they acquired the land to be under the reservoir behind the dam that was never built. Frank Capra was a big olive grower on his Red Mountain Ranch in Fallbrook. Ironically, the U.S. Government destroyed the American olive market when they allowed cheaper Italian olives to flood the market in the U.S. to help the Italian economy recover in the immediate post war era.
Thanks for putting this up on TH-cam. There are many Frank Capra biographers and fans who have never seen nor heard of this. Also it doesn't show up as a credit for Mr. DeMille either. I wrote a Wikipedia page for this film years ago to help include the work in the historical record for both of these Hollywood legends.
Thanks for the Wikipedia page, I know it was helpful to us in describing this film. Have you seen "The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille" it is outstanding?
I'm going to check that film out, great Hollywood history. I used to drive my buggy on the dunes up in that part of the Central Coast. Also, I just learned that "All Quiet on the Western Front" trench warfare scenes were filmed on the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, close to Crystal Cove.
After having”Capra Way” catch my way over and over a billion times on the way out of town...... I just thought I should see if it was related to Frank! Turns out there’s way more to the situation than I imagined!!!!! Neat-O
in the early 70's MCB Camp Pendleton needing more water just pumped it from the ground. When I was there in 1974-76 the so-called river was just trickle through the Base.
An interesting movie, but more for the glimpse it provides into the recent past than the movie itself. It is also interesting because if there is one thing CA has mismanaged worse than currency, it is water and the farms ARE DYING, so it looks like The People lost in the long run. I grew up in the 70's and the 50's always seemed to me to be the USA's Golden Age. I know it wasn't perfect, but the level of insanity today has reached a level I didn't think was possible, but here we are.
I'm not sure where you guys got your copy, I thought the only copy was on 16mm film at the Fallbrook Historical Society. I did a 16mm to video transfer for the society 14 years ago as a favor and they have that tape copy. The film I transferred is complete at the head, and the intro by DeMille isn't cut off at the beginning like your version. The film fades up and he clearly says "This is Cecil B. Demille..."
Here's a recent news article on the FPUD/USMC lawsuit, settled after 66 years of litigation. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-fallbrook-settlement-20171211-story.html
I've wanted to see this film for years! Thank you for putting it online, for everyone to have access!
It was great seeing moving footage of some of the historic buildings downtown - including some that no longer exist. I've seen still photos, but it's an entirely different experience on film! The old hotel, the hardware shop, the first location of the Harrison's drugstore, and both of the churches with Victorian spires. And all the beautiful groves and ranches. Beautiful!
+Cheryl Spelts We were amazed to add this to our archive and happy to share with the world.
This film has been in our Fallbrook Historical Society for years. You just needed to ask to see it.
I remember Harrison's had a soda fountain in the back and we took our sons there for treats. It had a very cool quintessential American small town vibe. I think it's called Cafe des Artistes now and of course Harrison's is an art gallery.
I was a kid, when this movie was shot and some of it was at my home, Gum Tree Lane. My dad Floyd Ahrend was GIJoe. It was very exciting for me, as an 11 year old girl.
Hi, I was wondering if you knew which part of the film (or specific minute mark) features Gum Tree Lane? I can't recognize the area since it has changed so much. Thanks
In the 1921 D.W. Griffith silent film classic "Orphans of the Storm," scenes of the French countryside were shot in Fallbrook. sandiegohistory.org/county-htm/
An amazing fact about this story is that the lawsuit on this issue from 1952 was just settled on October 15, 2017. It is the longest litigation in U.S. history. FPUD (the water district,) and Camp Pendleton have finally agreed to a water sharing arrangement as part of the settlement. FPUD still owns much of the land north of the Santa Margarita bridge crossing along Sandia Creek Drive to this day, they acquired the land to be under the reservoir behind the dam that was never built.
Frank Capra was a big olive grower on his Red Mountain Ranch in Fallbrook. Ironically, the U.S. Government destroyed the American olive market when they allowed cheaper Italian olives to flood the market in the U.S. to help the Italian economy recover in the immediate post war era.
Fascinating! Amazing too...
Thanks for putting this up on TH-cam. There are many Frank Capra biographers and fans who have never seen nor heard of this. Also it doesn't show up as a credit for Mr. DeMille either. I wrote a Wikipedia page for this film years ago to help include the work in the historical record for both of these Hollywood legends.
Thanks for the Wikipedia page, I know it was helpful to us in describing this film. Have you seen "The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille" it is outstanding?
I'm going to check that film out, great Hollywood history. I used to drive my buggy on the dunes up in that part of the Central Coast. Also, I just learned that "All Quiet on the Western Front" trench warfare scenes were filmed on the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, close to Crystal Cove.
After having”Capra Way” catch my way over and over a billion times on the way out of town...... I just thought I should see if it was related to Frank! Turns out there’s way more to the situation than I imagined!!!!! Neat-O
in the early 70's MCB Camp Pendleton needing more water just pumped it from the ground. When I was there in 1974-76 the so-called river was just trickle through the Base.
An interesting movie, but more for the glimpse it provides into the recent past than the movie itself.
It is also interesting because if there is one thing CA has mismanaged worse than currency, it is water and the farms ARE DYING, so it looks like The People lost in the long run.
I grew up in the 70's and the 50's always seemed to me to be the USA's Golden Age. I know it wasn't perfect, but the level of insanity today has reached a level I didn't think was possible, but here we are.
The Person doing the foreward is the director Cecil B De Mille surprised he's not credited in the credits at the end .. nor even mentioned
I love your F-14 Tomcat as your profile pic Colin!
He says his name at the very beginning, but the audio only cuts in at his surname. If you listen carefully you can hear it.
I'm not sure where you guys got your copy, I thought the only copy was on 16mm film at the Fallbrook Historical Society. I did a 16mm to video transfer for the society 14 years ago as a favor and they have that tape copy. The film I transferred is complete at the head, and the intro by DeMille isn't cut off at the beginning like your version. The film fades up and he clearly says "This is Cecil B. Demille..."
Our 16mm original is part of our film archive.
Here's a recent news article on the FPUD/USMC lawsuit, settled after 66 years of litigation. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-fallbrook-settlement-20171211-story.html
I have a copy too, on video tape. From the historical society.
The Vail family as in Vail Ranch in Temecula?
Make California's waters great again
Ok, now I'm confused from reading the description. Was Capra a "good guy" in this or a "bad guy"?
He was a good guy. I was the little girl in the movie and my dad was on the water board. They were friends with the Capras.
@@12katbug The NY Times doesn't seem to think so. www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/books/it-wasn-t-such-a-wonderful-life.html
Senator Richard Nixon!!
Propaganda.