Hollywood on the Hudson

Ironweed Filming

Sure, there’s been a lot of excitement over films being shot in Albany and Schenectady in the past few years, but were any of those film sets deemed worthy of being preserved on a picture postcard? This one was published in 1987, depicting the filming of “Ironweed,” with the following legend on the obverse:

A Break in the Action
The trolley car stands idly by after the strike scene from William Kennedy’s book ‘Ironweed’ has been completed. Three blocks of working trolley line were laid on Lark street for the trolley scenes. Many area items were borrowed for the filming to lend authenticity to the Ironweed era.

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