THE WOMAN IN RED (1984)
The Movie
The Woman In Red, directed by and starring Gene Wilder, was a remake of the 1976 French film “Un Éléphant Ça Trompe Énormément” (aka “Pardon Mon Affaire”). At its core the movie was a comedy and despite critics questioning the relevance of its sub-plots it went on to become the most successful of the four films directed by Wilder. The eponymous leading lady was the first film role for an already successful model, Kelly Le Brock. The soundtrack included songs by Little Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick, one of which, ‘I just called To Say I Love You’, won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Most of the filming took place at locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles from October through December 1983 and the movie was released August 15, 1984.
The Story
Teddy Pierce (Gene Wilder), a middle-aged married man who works for the San Francisco Municipal Railway, is smitten by the sight of a beautiful woman, Charlotte (Kelly Le Brock), when he sees her red dress billowing up above her waist as she sways over an air vent in the garage of his office building. Out of character for him, he decides right there and then that he has to have sex with her. When he sees her In his office applying to be the face of the city’s Cable Car Reopening ad campaign, hilarity ensues as his efforts to contact her are accidentally intercepted by a rather plain co-worker, Ms. Milner (Gilder Radner) who, unbeknownst to Teddy, happens to have the hots for him. When finally he does meet Charlotte nothing goes smoothly despite the efforts of his three best buddies to help him out…
The Locations
“How The Hell Did I Get Up Here?” Brocklebank Apartments, 1000 Mason Street, Nob Hill
Teddy Is Smitten CalEdison Building, 601 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles
Teddy’s Besties Public Tennis Courts, Golden Gate Park —- Nancy Pelosi Drive at John F. Kennedy Drive, Golden Gate Park —- 591 Cahuenga Blvd at Clinton Street, Hancock Park, Los Angeles —- Los Angeles Tennis Club, 5851 Clinton Street, Hancock Park, Los Angeles
(More to come … )