Something that always piqued my curiosity, but I never investigated:

We're all familiar (or we should be) with the establishing shot of Louis' Restaurant seen in GF1.

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But, what was that store directly to the right? Well, it was Vavolizza's Travel Service. A travel agency, and a close examination of the (unlit) neon sign in the window reveals it handled airline tickets as well as steamship bookings. Probably rail tickets, too.

It appears to still exist in the Bronx, but Vavolizza Travel is now on E. Tremont Ave. rather than on White Plains Rd. (the location at the time GF1 was filmed).

Interesting.

Makes me wonder if the Corleone family availed themselves of Vavolizza's services to arrange Michael's passage to Sicily after the Sollozzo/McCluskey hit? confused


Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."