No listing price was set, but Yano Anaya, the child actor who played Grover Dill in the original film, said in January that Jones wanted to get $15 million for the properties.
How much was the Christmas Story house bought for?
Film buff Brian Jones, who purchased the house on W. 11th Street in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood for $150,000 on eBay in 2004, announced a year ago that he put the fictional home of Ralphie Parker up for sale, along with the Bumpus House next door, a museum/gift shop across the street and some other nearby lots.
While some movie fans had speculated it could be one of the movie's cast members, the new owner of the house at 3159 West 11th Street is somebody who has been connected to the property for years. His name: Joshua Dickerson. "I love everything Cleveland and there's nothing more cleveland than a Christmas story house.
Did Peter Billingsley buy the Christmas Story house?
Some have been speculating that Ralphie actor Peter Billingsley could be the new buyer. But is he? We got the answer as he stopped by WKYC Studios for an interview Thursday morning ahead of the film's 40th anniversary celebration event in Cleveland. “I can confirm that I did not purchase the house.
Worth the stop! We were passing through Cleveland and decided to stop because our family LOVES the movie A Christmas Story. It was well worth the stop!!! We bought tickets for admission to tour the house and our amazing tour guide, Bill (aka Sally🤣) really made our tour fun!
What the owner of A Christmas Story House is telling NBC about selling iconic property
Did the Christmas story house ever sell?
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The house from “A Christmas Story” has been sold. But who bought it and how much they paid for it remains a mystery. “A Christmas Story House & Museum is pleased to announce that we have reached a deal for a change of ownership,” the current owner wrote on the property's Facebook page.
The sequel wasn't filmed here in Cleveland like the original. Replicas of the house and the surrounding homes like the neighboring Bumpus House were built on a set in Hungary, where A Christmas Story: Christmas was filmed.
The house from the movie, located in Cleveland, Ohio, still stands as a tourist attraction and became a bed and breakfast plus museum after its sale in 2004. "A Christmas Story" was set in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, according to several travel blogs and movie fandom sites.
Peter Billingsley has also earned a name in the production and direction of many movies and TV shows. After A Christmas Story, Peter's career transitioned to behind-the-scenes work as a producer and director. He reached his $13.5 million net worth through a long stint in the entertainment industry.
Plot. The film takes place in 1946, six years after the events of the original film. Ralphie is now fifteen years old, and all he wants is a used 1939 Mercury Eight convertible for Christmas.
What year was the house built in A Christmas Story?
Originally built in 1895, the house underwent a series of facelifts both before and after filming. In 2004, San Diego-based entrepreneur Brian Jones — a longtime fan of the film — bought the home on eBay and renovated it to once again match the scenes from the movie.
This wonderful old Victorian home located at 3159 W. 11th Street in Cleveland Ohio, was used for all the exterior shots of the movie. It's an interesting story how it came to be restored to its former movie-house glory. The owner, Brian Jones, grew up watching the movie each year.
The entire movie wasn't shot in Cleveland. Instead, a sound stage in Toronto was used for many of the indoor scenes. The rooms of the older house are small, and filming on set allowed the camera crew room to capture the actors.
The Griswold home at 727 West Kenneth Road in Glendale, CA, has an estimated home value of $3,128,300. Other estimates put the purchase price at $4.7 million, with an estimated monthly payment of $33,678, which is a bit beyond the average homebuyer's budget, with or without the 25,000 twinkle lights.
"You're going to be so disappointed," Zack Ward, who played coonskin cap-wearing bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 film, told The New York Post's Page Six when asked about his royalty checks. "It's basically about $1,800 every two years … and it comes in in Canadian money because we shot in Canada."
By the time he made hearts melt at age 11 in A Christmas Story, Billingsley had a fair amount of acting experience, including in the 1981 comedies Honky Tonk Freeway and Paternity.
What town was A Christmas Story supposed to be filmed in?
The film is set in Hohman, Indiana, a fictionalized version of Shepherd's hometown of Hammond, the only Hoosier city to border Chicago. The name is derived from Hohman Avenue, a major street in downtown Hammond. Local references in the film include Warren G.
Though Ralphie grows up in Hohman, Ind. — an homage to Shepherd's hometown of Hammond, Ind. — director Bob Clark found 1980s Hammond rather charmless (sorry, Hammond) and so found a substitute: Cleveland.
The classic film, set in the 1940s, tells the story of 9-year-old Ralphie (played by the bespectacled Peter Billingsley) and his desperate quest to get the object of all his Christmas desires: a Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle.
A Christmas Story has prevailed over other holiday films because it feels like a real depiction of childhood, and the reason it does is that it is mostly based on a true story. A Christmas Story is based on semi-autobiographical stories by Jean Shepherd. Jean Shepherd co-wrote the film.
