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So Goes My Love aka A Genius in the Family (1946)

Directed by: Frank Ryan

Cast: Myrna Loy, Don Ameche, Rhys Williams, Bobby Driscoll

IMDb page about So Goes My Love aka A Genius in the Family

Studio(s): Universal Studios Hollywood

Universal Studios Hollywood: Colonial Street sets (Maxim House / Munster House, Harvey House) were first built on Stage 12 for this movie.

So Goes My Love - In Production

1 - Set for So Goes My Love under construction on Stage 12, 1945. It's now more commonly known as the Harvey house.)

So Goes My Love - In Production - 2 - A northern view of the Maxim home from So Goes My Love (later to become the Munsters house) being assembled on the backlot. April 1950)

2 - A northern view of the Maxim home from So Goes My Love (later to become the Munsters house) being assembled on the backlot. April 1950)

3 - Looking NW after grading, paving and landscaping, April 1950. Colonial Street as it was until 1981.

4 - The completed Maxim home on Colonial Street, 1950

5 - Sets for So Goes My Love ready for filming on Stage 12, 1945 (from Herald-Examiner Collection, LA Public Library)

6 - Movie poster

7 - Sets under construction on Stage 12

8 - Publicity still from So Goes My Love

9 - Still from So Goes My Love, shot on Stage 12.

(Known in the UK as "A Genius in the Family")

This movie (based on the book "A Genius in the Family" by Hiram Percy Maxim) is significant mainly as it marks the beginning of Universal's best known location - Colonial Street.

The house sets featured in the film were built on Stage 12, then after filming (around April 1950) the sets were moved to the north edge of the backlot, where they remained until they were moved to the current Colonial Street (Wisteria Lane) in 1981.

Thanks to Dennis Dickens for additional photo research.