Mr. White Death (3.9)

[J.J. Walters]

[robspace54]

The switch from Borgnine to stunt actor in the lifts is so lame. At least they could have lightened Bob Minor's hair to match Borgnine. Sheesh!

Ernest Borgnine plays his typical 'loveable tough-guy' character to a T. I'll bet they had a lot of fun on and off set.

The stack of pineapple boxes at the airport looks just like the one we got ours from the summer of '83 after our first Oahu trip. Took me back a bit!

Rob

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[Pahonu]

[J.J. Walters]

Yeah, I don't think we ever really knew for sure. We just sort of assumed it was the Anderson Estate. It made sense given the fact that several Hawaii Five-0 were filmed there. But detailed comparisons were not done.... until now!

Based on what you've just said, it certainly doesn't appear to be the Anderson Estate. In fact, I know it's not. Nobody knows more about the inside of the Anderson Estate buildings than you Pahonu (except for maybe rubber chicken)! If you say it's not, I believe it.

So, if it's not the Anderson Estate, it's more than likely the Marks Estate (as you've said). They probably filmed ALL of the indoor scenes of the main house there for the Pilot.

Interesting! Thanks Pahonu!

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[rubber chicken]

Yeah, that was written two years ago. Very outdated, and before all the research on this site was done. I had since realized that wasn't the case.

If the den in Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii was indeed at the Marks Estate, as Rick Romer said, then I'm confident the pool table and kitchen were as well.

To be very brief about it, the den is seen in the background during a shot of the pool table room. The kitchen door frame is in the same style as another door that may or may not have led into the pool room, but beside the door is the same wallpaper as the pool room. Romer also said they didn't use many sets for the pilot, so I think we can rule out any trickery for these scenes.

[Pahonu]

For many years I had thought these rooms didn't quite fit with the estate detailing, but I thought you might have some information proving otherwise, like Rick Romer's blog. I honestly haven't had time to work my way completely through his blog. I've probably missed some useful information about the estate.

James, I noticed you changed the corresponding information on the estate page. I was thinking that if you include the gate house garage shot in "The Kona Winds" episode on your list of interior filming locations, it would make sense to also have the main house garage shot at the beginning of "The Eighth Part of the Village" episode. Technically, of course, neither of these are an enclosed space just like the balconies and boathouse lanai are not, but the information is interesting.

I suppose the boathouse storage area is the only fully interior space used for filming on the entire estate! Still, it is a little dissappointing knowing they never showed even a single shot of the inside of the main house in eight years of filming. This would seem to concur with an earlier coment that Ms Anderson restricted access to the interior of the home. I guess Hawaii Five-O episodes will be are only real source of new information.

[J.J. Walters]

Ah, thanks RC and Pahonu!

I've added in "The Eighth Part of the Village" to the 'Robin's Nest' page, and I've updated/corrected several other pages that had incorrectly mentioned the Anderson Estate as the filming location for the "Pilot Movie". I think I've corrected everything, but there may be a page or two out there that still needs attention. There are so many pages now on the site. It's hard for me to keep track of everything!

Ms. Anderson appears to have just completely restricted access to the main house after Hawaii Five-0 ended. It's understandable though. After ten or so times, I'd be pretty tired of film crews stomping through my house, too!

Pahonu, I'm finally going to have some time this week to check out your latest update to the Anderson Estate Google Sketchup file. Sorry its taken me so long to get around to it.

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[Pahonu]

James, you did miss one reference right on the estate page, at the bottom of the main house section in parentheses. Hope you enjoy the model. You might want to update "The Kona Winds" link to the model of the gate house while your at it. I might even have a slightly more updated model to send you. I don't remember now.

[J.J. Walters]

LOL! Typical of me!

I've updated the 'Robin's Nest' page and the "Kona Winds" gatehouse sketchup link.

Had a chance to briefly look at your latest update Pahonu. VERY nice work, as usual! The estate looks absolutely perfect! What fun it is to explore the estate as a 3D model!

I like this view:



You even have the rarely seen tennis court wall!

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[Pahonu]

Thanks for the compliment. It sure would look better with all the foliage, but it's such a pain, and still lacking in realism.

By the way, I finally had a chance to go through much of Rick Romer's blog. Very interesting stuff. I particularly liked the detail about how Eve Anderson's grandparents initially had to arrive by boat to "winter" there because the Kalanianaole Highway didn't reach that side of the island in the 30's. Did anyone else catch that? That would probably explain the now missing dock seen in photos of the estate in early Hawaii Five-O episodes. Now I wonder if the dock was once part of the property. Perhaps, the estate was larger then? Fun to put the puzzle pieces together.