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- There is no Silver Falls, Ohio; the movie was actually filmed in and around Cincinnati.
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There is no Silver Falls, Ohio; the movie was actually filmed in and around Cincinnati.
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- Ralphie's house (Cleveland) When the Cleveland house where the movie was filmed (at 3159 W. 11th St.) went up for sale on eBay in 2004, Christmas Story fanatic Brian Jones bought it for $150,000.
- The Bumpus house (Cleveland) The Bumpuses were never seen in the movie, but their presence next door was still strongly felt due to the frequent barking from their hound dogs, who famously steal the Parker family's Christmas turkey.
- Viewing of the leg lamp (Cleveland) Director Bob Clark actually cameos in the movie as "the Swede" who questions the Old Man (Darren McGavin) about his "major award," that unforgettable lamp that adult Ralphie (Shepherd, serving as narrator) describes as "the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
- Higbee's department store (Cleveland) The Christmas parade scene that opens the movie was filmed just outside of Cleveland's legendary Higbee's department store — where Ralphie spies the Red Ryder BB gun through the window — on the public square at 3 a.m.
A Christmas Story film location: the 'Leg Lamp' still proudly displayed in the Parker house: West 11th Street, Cleveland, Ohio. The Parker family home is 3159 West 11th Street in Tremont, just south of downtown.
- Jeff Suess
- Local History Writer
- House from ‘A Christmas Story’ – Cleveland. A Christmas Story House and Museum, 3159 W. 11th St., Cleveland; www.achristmasstoryhouse.com. Have you ever wanted to experience an old-timey Christmas like in “A Christmas Story”?
- Russian wedding scene in ‘The Deer Hunter’ – Cleveland. St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral, 733 Starkweather Ave., Cleveland; www.sttheodosius.org.
- The prison from ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ – Mansfield. Ohio State Reformatory, 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield; www.mrps.org. Frank Darabont’s 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” is regarded as one of the most beloved films of all time – quite a feat for a prison picture.
- Sites from ‘Rain Man’ – Cincinnati. Dixie Terminal, 49 E. Fourth St., Cincinnati. Pompilio’s Restaurant, 600 Washington Ave., Newport, Kentucky; pompilios.com.
Bob Clark, the director of the movie, loved the location because you could see the smokestacks from the nearby steel mills, giving the filming the Rust Belt feel he wanted. The house where parts of the movie were filmed still sits on that sleepy street in Tremont, as A Christmas Story House.
Nov 17, 2022 · The iconic yellow Victorian house is specifically located at 3159 West 11th Street in Tremont, a neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Bob Clark, the director of the movie, reportedly...
Dec 5, 2022 · As it's been over 30 years since A Christmas Story's release, the filming locations look quite different than they did in the early '80s, and it's fun to see what the settings have become now.
