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I have been yearning for the Tucson I knew and loved in the 70's.

I should be receiving "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from Netflix today,
which I have seen a few times over the years. I'm sure most of you have seen
it, too. One of my favorite lines in the movie comes from a very young Jodie
Foster, when she says "Tucson's the WEIRD capital of the world...WEIRD!!!"

If you have not seen this movie, check it out. It is beautifully filmed by
Martin Scorsese. "Alice" is played by the marvelous Ellen Burstyn. Watch
the movie twice. The first time, just for the sake of a GREAT movie. The
second time, check out all the Tucson landmarks featured in the movie.

From: Cherlyn Strong

I have been yearning for the Tucson I knew and loved in the 70's.

I should be receiving "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from Netflix today,
which I have seen a few times over the years. I'm sure most of you have seen
it, too. One of my favorite lines in the movie comes from a very young Jodie
Foster, when she says "Tucson's the WEIRD capital of the world...WEIRD!!!"

Probably because in 1966, Life magazine published a front cover article on Charles Schmidt, "The Pied Piper of Tucson". A wannabe Charles Manson type who had his "gang" kill Gretchen and Wendy Fritz, a local physicians daughters.

The Life magazine cover showed a telscopic shot of Speedway that made it look like seedy bars and billboards every few feet. More about the story here:

Tucson during the '60's was also the "retirement" home to such notables as Joe Bonanno and Salvatore "Lucky" Luciano, reputed mafia bosses. There were a lot of businesses that mysteriously blew up in the middle of the noght during that time period.

George Cohn

Hi again,Was there or was there not a bowling alley in
Hidden Valley that burned shortly after it opened???
--- George Cohn <gwcohn@...> wrote:

From: Cherlyn Strong

I have been yearning for the Tucson I knew and

loved in the 70's.

I should be receiving "Alice Doesn't Live Here

Anymore" from Netflix today,

which I have seen a few times over the years. I'm

sure most of you have seen

it, too. One of my favorite lines in the movie

comes from a very young Jodie

Foster, when she says "Tucson's the WEIRD capital

of the world...WEIRD!!!"

Probably because in 1966, Life magazine published a
front cover article on Charles Schmidt, "The Pied
Piper of Tucson". A wannabe Charles Manson type who
had his "gang" kill Gretchen and Wendy Fritz, a
local physicians daughters.

The Life magazine cover showed a telscopic shot of
Speedway that made it look like seedy bars and
billboards every few feet. More about the story
here:

Tucson during the '60's was also the "retirement"
home to such notables as Joe Bonanno and Salvatore
"Lucky" Luciano, reputed mafia bosses. There were a
lot of businesses that mysteriously blew up in the
middle of the noght during that time period.

George Cohn

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Too cool! The DVD player allowed me to freeze and zoom in on street signs
in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore".

When Alice passes the "leaving New Mexico sign" in the movie, you can
clearly see a drive-in on the left. It is the Apache Drive-in. As she
approaches the intersection, you can see that she is driving north on Benson
Highway and she passes Ajo Way. I didn't know New Mexico's state line was
at Ajo Way and Benson Highway (hahaha, kidding). However, if you can get a
shot of this scene, it is a good one to add to the drive-in photos.

So gosh darn many things in that movie that I won't type up everything.
These are the things I need verification about if anyone else watches the
movie. I think that when she is in "Socorro, NM" at the beginning of the
movie, her house is really in the Sam Hughes neighborhood, but need
verification. Also, she goes to the U-Totem, I am sure it was one that was
in the University area, but couldn't zoom in close enough to read the street
sign. When Alice's husband is killed in the auto accident in NM, it has to
be the 4th Ave or Stone Ave? underpass. Perhaps someone who actually was
old enough to drive at the time can identify which underpass it was. I can
identify everything else in the movie, but am unsure about these couple of
things in the first 15 minutes of the movie.

It did make me depressed to watch the movie since Tucson has changed so
much. But, at least so much was captured on film to remind us of Tucson in
the early 1970's.