1932 Duesenberg SJ La Grande Phaeton [J-116]

1932 Duesenberg SJ La Grande [J-116] in Sunset, Movie, 1988

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2006-10-04 12:47	I would guess Dusenberg...
Raul1983 ◊ 2006-10-04 13:31	I think we have this same Duesenberg in another movie /vehicle_52141-Duesenberg-SJ-La-Grande-1932.html -- Last edit: 2006-10-04 13:33:07
hss1929 ◊ 2017-12-08 02:10	The car in Sunset (a Blake Edwards dud that opened on a Friday in our town and closed two days later) is a 1929 Duesenberg Derham Phaeton, J-116, 2136. Same car as used in the Elvis Presley movie Spinout 20 years earlier. The wheels were changed from the painted red ones to the chrome ones in the meantime. I know this to be true as I am the one who rented the car to the production company who were making Sunset and my father rented the car to MGM for Spinout. I still have a copy of the movie review for Sunset from the San Francisco Chronicle. The headline was "Only the Cars Shine in Sunset." -- Last edit: 2017-12-08 02:14:17
hss1929 ◊ 2017-12-08 02:15
hss1929 ◊ 2017-12-08 02:18	Same car again in 2007 after subsequent re-restoration by a later owner.