The carriage house in the photo dates to 1880 and is around the corner from us. It appears in the movie "The Verdict" with Paul Newman, although the movie takes place in the Boston area. As you will learn in subsequent "YOTBIP" entries, many Brooklyn Heights movie scenes are meant to evoke other cities and eras.
Dear Reader, I am learning that publishing a blog is serious work. I spent 45 minutes trying to research some of the details for today's entry and now realize I will have to do additional research to ensure that I am giving correct information. I have a serious guidebook which says that the house in the photo, 151 Willow Street, was Arthur Miller's home before he married Marilyn Monroe. However, after much research I cannot confirm that this is true. Another site says the Miller lived at 155 Willow Street which is a lovely red brick Federal house from 1826. Aside from which house he lived in, Miller produced such fantastic work while living in Brooklyn that he'll deserve a very long blog entry on his Brooklyn plays and his trials with HUAC and McCarthyism. A revival of his play "A View From the Bridge" (yes, that bridge) just opened to strong reviews this week and there will no doubt be other articles about Arthur Miller for me to use as research. It is as if I am taking a literature course just by following up on Brooklyn authors and it is quite a wonderful course.
Now, go find where "The Sentinal" was filmed.
ReplyDeleteClose to this carriage house, on Henry St., is a wonderful old bldg., with gaslights in the front. I think it's on the west side of Henry...south of Montague.
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