We should at all times remember that things are not always what they seem. Take today’s Mystery Photo, with its statement building, palm trees, beautiful fountain and flower….but where is it? You may be surprised. Send your findings to ebrack2@gmail.com, and include your hometown.
Last week’s Mystery was from Juliette, Ga., which several people recognized, perhaps from the clue about movies, since this is where several movies have been made. Ooops: we lost the name of the person who sent in the photo. Please let us know!
Lou Camerio of Lilburn sent in: “This is Juliette, Ga. in Monroe County which happens to be where I grew up. We lived between Bolingbroke and Loraine. Many movies were filmed in and around Juliette, including Fried Green Tomatoes.”
Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville wrote: “That is Juliette, the small town made famous by Fannie Flagg’s 1987 novel, Fried Green Tomatoes. The storyline is supposed to be in a fictitious town in Alabama, but instead, the movie was shot in the colorful town of Juliette because of the Whistle Stop Cafe, which serves fried green tomatoes. It put the little town of Juliette on the map of places to visit and experience the cuisine of the South along with sweet tea and Southern hospitality.”
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex., got down to details: “Today’s mystery photo is of Verna Cora’s Antiques and Collectible at 436 McCrackin St. in Juliette, Ga. The photo was taken across from the Whistle Stop Café, the iconic café in the 1991 American comedy-drama film, starring Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates.
“After the filming of Fried Green Tomatoes, the sets used for the town’s main street were renovated into a tourist district, complete with a fully operational Whistle Stop Cafe. With the tax incentives offered by Georgia to the film industry, the town of Juliette became a popular filming location for other movies, including:
- Cockfighter (1974) starring Warren Oates
- A Killing Affair (1986) starring Peter Weller
- The War (1994) with Kevin Costner
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) starring Laurence Fishburne.”
Others recognized the photo include Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; Paige Havens, Hoschton; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Ron Baker, Stone Mountain; Elizabeth Truluck Neace, Dacula; and Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill.
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: ebrack2@gmail.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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