Original title: Behind the Candelabra. Play trailer Biography Drama Music. Director Steven Soderbergh. Top credits Director Steven Soderbergh. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer UK Trailer. First Trailer. Clip Video Photos Top cast Edit. Michael Douglas Liberace as Liberace. Eric Zuckerman Lou as Lou. Randy Lowell Director as Director. Garrett M. Brown Joe Carracappa as Joe Carracappa. Steven Soderbergh. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. If the couple did not actually commission the property, they were at least its first owners.
The Sarners still own the property to this day. The 7-bedroom, 4. According to an August MyDesert. As you can see below, the entire property is surrounded by double-sided Greek goddess statues, which, according to the Radiant Writing blog , are holdouts from the George and Rosalie days. All it looked like to me was a morgue. The home had lion statues guarding both sides of the front door and was surrounded by a wrought iron fence, reminiscent of the Haunted House at Disneyland.
The most haunting thing about the always dark house was the presence of the Romanesque goddess bust type statues placed within 3 feet of each other along the scary fence. I mean look at the clothes they are wearing! While stalking the house, I was floored to discover that the backyard is partially visible from a neighboring street. On a Behind the Candelabra side-note — I did not even recognize Debbie Reynolds in the role of Frances Liberace and, in fact, had no idea it was her until after I had finished watching the movie and was researching its locations online.
Talk about a fantastic make-up job! And be sure to check out my other blog, The Well-Heeled Diabetic. The world famous Kauffman House which I blogged about here is located right around the corner at West Vista Chino. But more on that later. The land for the parish was purchased from the Southern Pacific Railroad and temporary services were held there beginning in LaVies commissioned Albert Martin, the prolific architect who gave us St.
Vincent de Paul Church which I blogged about here , St. The Spanish Revival-style structure was completed in A rectory was added to the property in and a parish center in Our Lady of Solitude has had a few brushes with celebrity in its past.
Apparently , President John F. Kennedy attended mass there whenever he was in town. It is also rumored that Liberace was an Our Lady of Solitude parishioner, although I am unsure if there is any validity to that. In the scene, Scott parked in the lot located directly across the street from the church. As Scott watches the rather colorless ceremony, he starts to envision a funeral service that would be fitting of his flamboyant former lover. In his imagination, the church altar lifts away to reveal a lit stage.
Showmanship himself wearing a pink bedazzled suit and flying off into the great beyond. Behind the Candelabra took a few liberties with the scene, though. The real story is as follows: Liberace passed away at The Cloisters, his Palm Springs home which I blogged about here , at p. According to a Daily News Wire Services article published a few days later, his body was removed from the house within hours and taken directly to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion online about the Our Lady of Solitude service and which celebrities attended it.
The first was the February 6th service at Our Lady of Solitude. When I first saw the locale pop up onscreen, in all of its retro glory, I was convinced that it was a set that had been fabricated for the shoot. I, of course, immediately added the site to my To-Stalk List and dragged the Grim Cheaper right on over there this past Saturday morning. And I am very happy to report that the building is just as fabulous in person!
Palm Springs City Hall was originally constructed beginning in and was designed by architects E. Stewart Williams. Locating pianos became urgent business for the shoot. The painted Greek bust on the corner pedestal was also owned by Liberace and was placed in its original spot. The design of the L. Black lacquer, animal prints, Asian prints, red velvet tufted sofas, track lighting, and, of course, crystal candelabra were used in the den, with furniture arranged exactly as it was when Liberace lived there.
For his blockbuster shows at the Las Vegas Hilton, Liberace was known to make his entrance draped in a foot-long sequin-lined fox cape after being driven onstage in a foot Rolls-Royce by his chauffeur and lover, Scott Thorson.
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