> 'Gaily, Gaily' was set in the late 1900s and
> is about the early literary life of
> newspaper figure Ben Hecht. Some scenes were
> shot in Chicago, but most was filmed on the
> Universal 'Victorian Street' backlot...

A number of scenes were also filmed in Milwaukee. One street scene featured a rubber-tired horsecar "running" along tracks painted on the pavement (the cobble stones were painted too). I haven't seen the film for a long time, but I am certain that at least one of the steam railroad scenes was filmed there. My high school buddies and I were among the many extras in the daytime street scenes. The RR scene I am thinking of was shot at night.

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