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Herbie, The Love Bug
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"The Love Bug" (1969) was one of Walt Disney's most successful live action films. It featured a VW Beetle with incredible abilities. Three sequels were made and the car owned by Cars of the Stars featured in all four films.
Herbie VW Beetle
It can be seen in its original ‘Herbie goes Bananas’ appearance in Keswick and is fitted with many gadgets that bring the car to life, e.g. gears and pedals in the rear of the car, which enabled an unseen driver to make the car appear driverless. It also has doors and boot which open automatically and numerous other modifications.
In the film ‘Herbie Goes Bananas’ (1980) Herbie is a stowaway on board a luxury liner and on his discovery the ship’s egocentric and eccentric commander Captain Blythe has Herbie walk-the-plank.
THE CAR
The car featured here in Scotland is of much cleaner appearance and was featured in the film ‘Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo’ (1977).
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Original film Herbie showing painted on rust! outside our Keswick museum |
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LINKS Visit the official Walt Disney website
THE FILMS
The Love Bug (1969)
Directed by Robert Stevenson. Produced by Bill Walsh.
Written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi
Starring Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson,
Buddy Hackett, Joe Flynn
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Directed by Robert Stevenson. Produced by Bill Walsh.
Written by Bill Walsh and Gordon Buford
Starring Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers,
Keenan Wynn, John McIntire, Huntz Hall
The Love Bug (1977)
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Produced by Ron Miller, Jan Williams
Starring Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, Jacques Marin, Roy Kinnear, Bernard Fox
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Produced by Kevin Corcoran, Ron Miller, Don Tait
Written by Gordon Buford and Don Tait
Starring Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman,
Charles Martin Smith, Stephen W. Burns, John Vernon, Elyssa Davalos, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Rocco
and most recently...
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Directed by Angela Robinson.
Produced by Robert Simonds. Written by Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring Lindsay Lohan, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer
with Matt Dillon and Michael Keaton |
