Maps of Movies
Marty (1955)
Where Marty says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A film shot almost entirely in the Bronx, yet the ballroom dance floor, the house and the church steps were Hollywood sets
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Scenes and places
Marty's butcher shop on Arthur Avenue (1955)
Marty, a 34-year-old butcher, serves customers who all ask the same thing: when is he getting married? His brothers and sisters are all married, and he laughs it off. The question follows him from the counter to the rest of his Saturday.
Set in Marty's butcher shop — The neighborhood butcher shop where Marty works and the customers keep asking when he will marry. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The Italian-American shopping street in the Bronx where the film's neighborhood life plays out.
Filmed at Arthur Avenue, Little Italy, Bronx (Retail Market at 2344, shop at 2374) — The opening street shot looks toward the Arthur Avenue Retail Market; the butcher shop scenes were filmed at 2374 Arthur Avenue. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Stardust Ballroom (1955)
Pushed by his mother, Marty goes to the Stardust Ballroom expecting another dull Saturday. He ends up talking with Clara, a science teacher who is crying outside after her blind date walked out on her. They dance and keep talking.
Set in Stardust Ballroom — The Saturday-night dance hall where Marty meets Clara, who is crying after her blind date left her. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A real dance hall name in the story: the screenplay renamed the Waverly Ballroom of the original television play.
Filmed at 1930 Boston Road, West Farms, Bronx (exterior) — Exterior: Marty and Clara leave the ballroom through the door at 1930 Boston Road, next to the RKO Chester theater. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Samuel Goldwyn Studios (now The Lot), Hollywood (interior) — Interior dance-floor scenes were shot on a studio set; the film's on-set filming took place at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The walk past the RKO Chester (1955)
Marty and Clara walk out into the busy street, still talking. For once Marty is not the butt of the joke.
Set in Boston Road outside the ballroom — The street outside the ballroom, where Marty and Clara walk and talk. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A corner near the Bronx Zoo's southern side that is now rebuilt.
Filmed at RKO Chester Theatre block, Boston Road and West Farms Road, Bronx — Marty and Clara walk past the RKO Chester (demolished in 2010) and cross toward West Farms Road. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Walking down Fordham Road (1955)
Marty and Clara keep walking through the lit-up streets, comfortable with each other now.
Set in Fordham Road — A busy shopping street the pair walk along. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The old RKO Fordham theater here was torn down in 1987.
Filmed at East Fordham Road at the former RKO Fordham Theatre, Bronx — The pair stroll west past the RKO Fordham Theater (215 E. Fordham Road) and Albrecht’s department store (213). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The diner where Marty talks (1955)
Over coffee, Marty finally starts talking and cannot stop. He tells Clara about his father, the army, and the butcher shop he wants to buy. She tells him she thinks he is a good man.
Set in A diner — Where Marty pours out his life story and ambitions to Clara.
No filming location for this scene is recorded in the sources found.
Angie searches the hill road (1955)
Marty's best friend Angie goes looking for him, wondering where he has gone on a Saturday night.
Set in A hill road — A street where Marty's friend Angie looks for him. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A hillside stretch near the Grand Concourse.
Filmed at East 204th Street near Grand Concourse, Bronx — Angie's search for Marty runs along a hill road here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The friends and the nurses (1955)
Marty's friends call him over and offer him a date with an extra nurse. He looks back at Clara and decides he cannot leave her.
Set in White Plains Road — Marty's friends call him over from their parked car near the elevated subway. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Under the elevated tracks of the Bronx's White Plains Road line.
Filmed at 3530 White Plains Road at Gun Hill Road station, Bronx — Marty leaves Clara in front of a hardware store at 3530 White Plains Road to talk to his friends parked near the Gun Hill Road station. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The walk back to Marty's house (1955)
Marty suggests they walk back to his house so he can get some money, and the two stroll there quietly.
Set in The street to Marty's house — A street on the way to Marty's house. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The real mirror-reversed street: the film flipped the image, so Marty's tie pattern appears flipped.
Filmed at Grand Concourse near East 203rd and 204th Streets, Bronx — The pair stroll back to Marty’s home, passing 3050 Grand Concourse. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Marty's house (1955)
At home, Marty awkwardly tries to kiss Clara and she pulls back, then explains she likes him. His mother comes in, displeased to find a strange woman in her kitchen.
Set in Marty's house — The Piletti home, where his mother meets Clara.
No filming location for the house interior is recorded in the sources found.
The bus stop where Angie finds them (1955)
Angie finally finds Marty waiting for a bus with Clara and complains that he has been looking all over for him. Marty introduces them, then says he is taking Clara home.
Set in A bus stop on Boston Road — A bus stop where Marty waits with Clara and Angie finds them. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A busy corner by the elevated station at West Farms Square; the blog author says he is cautious about this exact spot.
Filmed at Boston Road and East Tremont Avenue, West Farms, Bronx — Angie walks past 1055 E Tremont Avenue and sees Marty on the other side of Boston Road waiting at a bus stop with Clara. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Clara's apartment building (1955)
Marty walks Clara to her door. They agree he will call her the next day, after Mass, and they say goodnight with a slightly awkward pause.
Set in Clara's apartment building — The building where Clara lives with her father.
A residential street; the sources give a street address but no coordinates.
Slapping the bus-stop sign (1955)
Alone after leaving Clara, Marty is overjoyed. He slaps the bus-stop sign and runs across the street looking for a cab instead of waiting.
Set in A bus stop on the Grand Concourse — A bus stop on a median strip where Marty cannot hold in his joy. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A median-strip bus stop on the Grand Concourse that the blog calls iconic.
Filmed at 3065 Grand Concourse, Bronx — Marty slaps the bus-stop sign in front of 3065 Grand Concourse and runs east across the street looking for a cab. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Mass the next morning (1955)
Before Mass the next day, Marty's mother, worried about being left alone, belittles Clara to him.
Set in The church where Marty's family hears Mass — The church where the family goes to Mass the next morning.
A 19th-century church in Quebec City that is also seen in a 1953 Hitchcock film.
Filmed at Église Saint-Zéphirin de Stadacona, Quebec City — The establishing shot of the church is reportedly footage lifted from Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess; the church-steps scene was filmed on a set at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The phone booth (1955)
Back with his friends that evening, Marty finds the same old rut: no one knows what to do tonight. His friends run Clara down and try to pull him back into the group.
Set in A phone booth — A phone booth Marty runs to after a night with his friends.
No filming location is recorded in the sources found.
Characters
- Marty Piletti — A good-natured, socially awkward 34-year-old butcher in the Bronx who lives with his widowed mother.
- Clara Snyder — A plain high school science teacher whom Marty meets at the Stardust Ballroom.
- Mrs. Teresa Piletti — Marty's mother, who badgers him to marry but fears being left alone.
- Ange — Marty's best friend, with whom he spends every empty Saturday night.