Frank Lloyd Wright House in Female
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Female
gregory_may_jr — 17 years ago(February 01, 2009 07:37 AM)
Back in the '80s, my Grandma, Virgina May used to take us grandkids up to LA to visit different "touristy" things Once we visited the Ennis House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
While watching the movie Female, it was neat to recognize this house! I went to IMDb to verify that, and what a thrill to have my Grandmother remember this way!
It's a worth while tour. If you ever get a chance to see this house, do! It's grand.
The movie was way ahead of it's time! The story is one that could have been in the late '80s, since there was a lot of "those type" of movies made about women juggling to "have it all" at that time.
She broke a cardinal rule, though, is "Don't mix work with pleasure!" I think if she separated this more, she could have lived more peacefully. -
turtletommy — 17 years ago(March 31, 2009 08:51 PM)
Funny, as soon as I saw those very distinctive exterior blocks on the house I thought "that looks like a Frank Lloyd Wright design I've seen before"! The movie really showcased a lot of neat design- be it the Wright, Art Deco, and beautiful period automobiles such as the Cord and Packard.
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Devans00 — 16 years ago(April 16, 2009 09:06 PM)
There were lots of cool scenes around the Ennis House in the film. The Art Deco fan in me was salivating at the architecture, home furniture & decor, offices, swimming pool and fashions of this movie.
Is that sweeping spiral staircase actually part of the Ennis House? It didn't look too functional since it took up a lot of space in the residence. I'm thinking it was a set made for the movie.
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turtletommy — 16 years ago(February 17, 2010 10:39 AM)
Guess a way to show grandiose opulence at that time.
Interestingly a look inside the actual Wright house whose exterior was used for her house shows the film's interior shots were clearly a set. Totally different architecture as well. The exterior pool was built in 1940 so that wasn't there for the filmmakers to use.
http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm