The Last Page (2.20)

[J.J. Walters]

Does anybody happen to know where exactly this is on Hotel Street?



The inside scene at the "Wild Zebra Club" appears to be a real club, and not a set. I know this is a long shot, but does anybody know what club/bar this was filmed in? It's hard to say for sure, but it looks very similar to the one used in "Laura" with Frank Sinatra.




The Swing Club, Club Hubba Hubba, Smith's Union Bar... I wonder which one they used.

[Sam]

Hi James.The location in the first picture is 2-3 doors down from the Hubba Hubba and more from Swing and Union.Those 3 clubs are closer to Nuuanu ave.

In your first pic..the one way sign is Smith St..shown here


Red X is Bar 35..Green line..one way sign...Here is a link to Bar 35/

http://www.bar35hawaii.com/index.php?ma ... eturnid=58

[Sam]

Here's a different view...



Orange line is Smith St...Red x is Bar 35..Blue circle is Hubba...As an aside..Green x is the window at the Mini Garden where Frankie put the guys head through the window in Laura.

[Sam]

I found a youtube commercial for bar 35..It looks like the place although I'm pretty sure it wasn't Bar 35 in the MPI days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnZukiVLuxU

[J.J. Walters]

Thanks Sam!

Bar 35 definitely wasn't around in the '80s. I can't seem to find any indoor pictures online of any of the clubs/bars on Hotel Street circa 1970s or 1980s (or any era for that matter). You would think that a picture or two of Club Hubba Hubba, or The Swing Club, or Tammy's Lounge (or any of them) would have found its way to the Net at some point by now, but alas, that doesn't appear to be the case (although I havn't done an exhaustive search). Although I guess it's not too surprising. I would imagine pictures were probably frowned upon by the owners/bouncers of these kinds of "establishments". A camera flash was probably met with a quick kick out the door!

I really do think that the scene in "Laura" was filmed at the same place as the one in "The Last Page". The lighting was much darker in the scene in "Laura", but the general layout (from what we can see) is very similar. In "Laura", Frank Sinatra is seen entering and exiting The Swing Club, but we don't for sure if the scene that was filmed inside was actually the same place. It could very easily have been a different place.

I'm dying to know what place they used!

[Sam]

I've been researching the buildings on that block of Hotel St.trying to find a history of the former names and the current names of the businesses.Then I'll look for photos but I don't think cameras were allowed in the strip clubs.

The buildings and address now are....all N hotel st

Club Hubba Hubba........25.....closed in 1997 and still closed

Nikki's Arcade................31

Bar 35................................35

Thirtynine Hotel....................39

Next Door............................43

Amy's Place..........................49 n hotel

[Sam]

Hi James,

I saw this on a Hawaii Forum..
If I get time today I'll register on the forum and leave the video link.Hopefully someone can identify the locations,

http://www.hawaiithreads.com/index.php







Quote:
Originally Posted by Exhaulted_Ruler
Anyway, back on topic...Club Hubba Hubba (live Swing music)...never been in there, but a friend of mine's dad used to own that place. Now it's the swank Club 35 or sumtin like that...the one with the tree in the back alley.

ER

No. Club Hubba Hubba is all boarded up. Club 35 used to be the The Swing Club owned by the late Chis Vicari. His daughter now owns the buildings which houses Club 35, Next Door, Amy's, Nicki's Arcade, Mini Garden and Little Village. Also, the old Risque theater building that was burned and now vacant.

The Hubba Hubba building is owned by Alan Stack and family. It will be remodeled soon. The Restaurant where Benny's was will also brought back to it's prime condition. Project is to take at least 1-1 1/2 years.

Auntie Lynn

[Sam]

OOPS..The Swing Club/ Bar 35 is located here...red x..not green circle.

[J.J. Walters]

Thanks again Sam. That looks like a really good Hawaii forum! If you do post the question(s) there, please add these pics from "Laura".







From the outside, we see Frank enter/exit the Swing Club and Magnum enter/exit Club Hubba Hubba. The inside area near the entrance is very similar in both, but it appears to be two different places (we're led to believe that in the sequence, as well). It wouldn't surprise me at all if these were both filmed at the Swing Club and Club Hubba Hubba. In Frank's scene, you can see an adult book/movie store sign through the open door. This sign doesn't appear anywhere on the side of the street where Swing and Hubba (hehe) are located, so that would be further evidence that the indoor scene was filmed there. Benny's Danceland is also a candidate, as that was right next to Hubba.

I'd be willing to bet anything the scene in "The Last Page" was filmed at one of these two places.

Hotel Street. What a time, what a place. The Times Square of the Pacific.

[Sam]

Hi James

I sent the video from "Laura" to the cats at Bar35.Got a reply today.

Hi George,

This may seem like a strange request but I have a question for you.

Here is a short video of Frank Sinatra from a 1986 episode of Magnum PI. that appears to show him in the Swing Club

My research shows that Stewarts Bar35 was once the Swing Club...Can you tell from the video if that was indeed the case...also Selleck enters a bar..Was that the Club Hubba Hubba??? Are the interior shots taken in Hub Hub?

http://magnum-mania.com/Video/Tonight_T ... night.html


Thank You
Sam


Sorry for the delay... We had a few people take a look. We think it's definitely the outside of the Swing Club, and we're pretty sure it's some of the inside. As for Hubba Hubba, looks like the outside... but I remember them having a fabulous large stage. I don't see that in the clip. Wish we could be more help.

Miki

[J.J. Walters]

Cool, thanks Sam!

I've seen other mentions of Club Hubba Hubba having a large stage, as well. So, it appears to be the Swing Club!

[Little Garwood]

I voted this a [9.0]. An excellent episode that had me teary eyed by story's end, particularly the B&W still shots of Hurst and Eddie. I could empathize with how losing a comrade in that way could be devastating. Hurst's sobbing over Eddie was deeply moving. I hate to see a grown man cry.

The ending was worthy of Hawaii Five-O, which never shied away from a downbeat finale. Is it a coincidence that longtime Five-O alum Kam Fong was also involved here? Probably, but I love seeing Five-O cast members on MPI, especially in an intense episode like this.

[MaiTaiMan]

Very good episode! The Vietnam backstory was done very nicely, and everyone gave awesome performances. I'll always remember Joanna Kerns as Mrs. Seavers from "Growing Pains"...but it's interesting to see her in more serious roles--and she's so young here!

I also love the tie-ins with "Hawaii Five-0". In this episode you see the WoFat Chop Sui restaurant that "5-0" creator Leonard Freeman saw and used the name for McGarrett's main nemisis--WoFat! Also guest starring is former "5-0" cast member Kam Fong--this time playing (and superbly I might add) a bad guy/drug lord.

[Croix de Lorraine]

5. While Rick is trying to get information on Kam Chung from Mr. Hiramoto, he is getting a massage and he tells Mr. Hiramoto that he doesn't expect the information "gratis" and that if Mr. Hiramoto is ever in Brooklyn and needs anything to give him a call. Brooklyn? I thought Rick was from Chicago. I don't recall any other geographical reference to Rick, other than Chicago and Vietnam.

Actually, this isn't the only time they mention Brooklyn as Rick's home town. In season 1 episode The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii he tells the gangster he knows him from Brooklyn, though it might be just one of his bullshit stories.

[TheLads]

I justed watched this espisode from the DVD and it certainly is powerful. It has no breast beating scenes - things just play out.

The final lines where she asks, "When will the war end?" and TM answers - "I don't know" say SO much. For some it never ended, and never will.

I don't think Taylor getting blown up at the end was all that accidental. He must have known that he'd be going to his death, and part of him probably wanted to, because he'd finally be free of the responsibility he felt over Ed's death, and the war.