IN THAT STORY YOU SAW MOVIE PROPS FROM HARRY POTTER AND OTHER WELL KNOWN FILMS... BUT HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES WERE FILMED?
IN THIS WEEK'S KNOW OHIO, WE PRESS PLAY AND DISCOVER OHIO'S ROLE IN FEATURE FILMS.
WE START JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM OUR STUDIO ON EUCLID AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, WHERE MANY SCENES WERE FILMED FOR THE AVENGERS MOVIE 'AVENGERS ASSEMBLE'.
MANY LOCATIONS IN CLEVELAND WERE USED AND FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE MOVIE - INCLUDING PUBLIC SQUARE AND THE ROTUNDA OF THE CLEVELAND TRUST BUILDING. IN ADDITION TO CLEVELAND, NASA'S SPACE POWER FACILITY IN SANDUSKY PLAYED THE ROLE AS THE LAB IN THE MOVIE.
CLEVELAND MAKES ANOTHER APPEARANCE IN 'CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER'. THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART IS SHOWCASED AS A WEAPONS FACILITY THAT IN THE FILM IS ACTUALLY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
AMONG MANY OTHER MOVIES THAT WERE FILMED IN THE STATE, THE 1983 HOLIDAY CLASSIC 'A CHRISTMAS STORY' TOOK PLACE IN TREMONT... JUST A FEW MILES FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND.
THE VICTORIAN HOUSE FROM THE MOVIE HAS BEEN RESTORED AND RENOVATED AS A MUSEUM - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YEAR ROUND.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO VISIT HOLLYWOOD, LOOK NO FURTHER THAT SOME OF THE AREAS RIGHT HERE IN OHIO... IN FACT, A NEW ACTION MOVIE IS SET TO BE FILMED IN AREAS AROUND CLEVELAND AND LAKE ERIE IN THE COMING MONTHS.