Large antique photograph - is it Villefranche-sur-Mer?

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    This tinted photograph is 40" long and 18" tall. When I saw it, the first thing that popped into my head was the scene in An Affair to Remember when Cary Grant stops in to see his grandmother in Villefranche-sur-Mer. What do you think? DSCN2257.JPG

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  2. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Is that a palm tree behind him? Do they grow at Villefranche-sur-Mer?

    I am not sure of location but I suppose there are several similar views in different places. He looks like a monk... is there a monastery there?
     
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  3. Bookahtoo

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    There is a monastery there - I have to see if I can do a virtual tour.
    They do have palm trees.
     
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  4. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Thanks -- I hope that some of us can help with this. We seem to do well with crowdsourcing the identification of old photos. :)
     
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  5. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    It's certainly Cote D'Azur.
     
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  6. Mansons2005

    Mansons2005 Nasty by Nature, Curmudgeon by Choice


    I agree
     
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  7. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks Bear.

    What do people think about the size? Do you think it's a panoramic photo or an enlargement?
     
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  8. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Enlargement, I'd say, there's not enough for a panorama. That may not be a monastery he's in: there's covered roads and pathways on the cliffs. Having said that, the town below is very familiar. I'm off to google a bit, but wondering if it's Menton.
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    OK, I think it's Menton. Have a look at some images: there's a massive church above the town with cloisters.
     
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  10. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    This interior and courtyard scenes in the 1957 Affair to Remember of Cary Grant's "Nickie" grandmother's villa were filmed in a studio. The views, panorama shots, were shot at Valliefranche-sur-Mar.


    A to R was a remake of 1939 movie Love Affair with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. I believe in this movie the grandmother is living in Porto Santo in Madeira.

    --- Susan

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    1957 "An Affair to Remember"
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  11. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I love those types of frames and hand tinted photos.
     
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  12. fidbald

    fidbald Well-Known Member

    JMHO.
    looks rather like the coast around Amalfi, Positano etc.
     
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  13. anundverkaufen

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  14. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Oh, well done! I thought he might be Capucin.
     
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  15. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Wow! Thanks Anund and fibald!!!
     
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  16. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

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  17. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks for that link fig.
     
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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    You're welcome, Book. :happy:
     
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