![]() It was one of the few sets built to be photographed from both the front and the rear. The house stood on Lot Two of MGM Studio, and was referred to as the Vinegar Tree House. I thought it must have been a matte painting, but a reader named John gave us the scoop about the exterior: They bought it anyway.Īnd they lived there for the rest of their lives. When they couldn’t get in to see it, they bought this one instead!Įveryone thought they were crazy, he says, but they didn’t care. ![]() John Kerr, one of their sons, says that his parents had actually planned to look at a house that was for sale across the street. The book was based on the true adventures of the Walter and Jean Kerr family. When the family sees the old house they’re moving into for the first time, even the dog looks skeptical. Let’s take a closer look at the house from the movie before and after they remodeled it!ĭoris Day’s Fixer Upper in “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies” Kate and Laurence Mackay have a great apartment in New York City, but after their family of six outgrows it, they buy an fixer upper in the suburbs. One of my favorite Doris Day movies is the 1960 family comedy Please Don’t Eat the Daisies. It’s fun to see her remodeling an old house with her husband, played by David Niven. ![]()
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