Some of the Movies Connected to Jacksonville

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What we call Dancy terrace ( the bungalow court), was seen in Lonely Hearts as well.  Many scenes were filmed for Like Dandelion Dust on Walnut Street.  "Their" house was on Walnut (also the truck used still is seen around Springfield), the bar was the Walnut Inn, the Downtown was main street and the stars all were very pleasant to deal with.  While not a movie, there was a TV show in the 80's shot in Springfield, about a detective and his backyard was one house in Springfield, the house another and at one time, someone was thrown through a front window of a house in Springfield.  Jacksonville has always managed to be fairly prominent in the industry.

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Good grief!  You didn't include "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" shot here and in Silver Springs in the '50's.  The old Acosta Bridge and the Lobster House were prominent in it.  The Lobster House was about where the St. John's Brewery is now, but it was on a pier out over the water.

It was actually the first sequel, "Revenge of the Creature" (1955), in which the Lobster House and Marineland were featured. IIRC, the two locations are supposed to be nearby in the movie. Really messes with a local's head. I would love to see this in 3D someday.

Didn't remember that it was the sequel, just remember that it scared me out of my young mind.  Probably saw it at the San Marco since we lived just around the corner at the time.

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Marineland and The Lobster House weren't very close, the stars rode a boat down the St. Johns, taking time to take a swim, while the Creature watched.  The jarring thing was that the St. Johns supposedly ran past Marineland.

You should have come to the SunRay Cinema in 5 Points a few months ago, they had a special 3D showing, with the female lead making a personal appearance.

Darn! If I weren't 1,000 miles away, I would have loved that.