Madison Square Garden (1925) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==In popular culture== * The 1936 Western musical film ''[[Rhythm on the Range]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], was filmed in part at MSGIII during the 1935 rodeo.<ref>{{AFI film|4871|Rhythm on the Range}}</ref> * The 50th Street Garden never held a national [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] or [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States presidential nominating convention|presidential nominating convention]], because neither party met in New York to select their presidential candidates between 1924 and 1976. Despite this, some of the climactic scenes of the [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] film ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (1962), in which a [[brainwashing|brainwashed]] assassin attempts to kill a presidential nominee at a convention, was filmed at the third Garden.<ref>{{AFI film|22239|The Manchurian Candidate}}</ref> * MSG III was featured prominently in the story of [[Ron Howard]]'s film ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' (2005), although exterior montage shots glorified it by placing it against the [[Times Square]] signs on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], when in fact the building was one block west.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} * Several [[Warner Bros.]] cartoons referred to the arena as "Madison Round Garden", and the [[Popeye]] cartoon ''[[Brotherly Love (Popeye cartoon)|Brotherly Love]]'' referred to the Garden as "Patterson Square Garden."{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} * A 1958 episode of the [[CBS]] [[crime drama]] [[television series]] ''[[Richard Diamond, Private Detective]]'' entitled "Rodeo", starring [[David Janssen]], is a dramatization of the murder of a rodeo performer, Ed Murdock, played by [[Lee Van Cleef]], who seeks to reclaim the top prize at Madison Square Garden before he retires to an isolated ranch. His wife, Marcy ([[Barbara Baxley]]) conspires with Charles Decker ([[Harry Lauter]]) to have him murdered and to frame another rodeo performer for the crime. [[Dan Blocker]] appears in the episode as Cloudy Sims, still another rodeo cowboy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686454/|title="Rodeo", ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective'', February 20, 1958|publisher=[[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> * The [[Damon Runyon]] story "The Hottest Guy In The World" revolves around a fictional event where a baby is captured by a [[circus]] [[gorilla]] named Bongo who snatches the baby from a [[baby carriage]] and climbs up to the roof of the third Garden on the 49th Street side. The baby is saved by the character Big Jule shooting Bongo between the eyes, sending him backwards onto the roof.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/guys-and-dolls/oclc/1076409262/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br|title=Formats and Editions of GUYS AND DOLLS. [WorldCat.org]|website=www.worldcat.org}}</ref> * The Garden was featured in the 2023 film [[Sweetwater (2023 film)|Sweetwater]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page