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Madonna - Borderline (1984)
Laurel and Hardy - Perfect Day (1929)
Laurel and Hardy - Perfect Day (1929)
The filming location then and now photo above shows us a part of Los Angeles that in some ways hasn't changed very much at all since Madonna filmed this music video in February of 1984.
The approach to the East 4th Street Bridge over the Los Angeles river running next to South Santa Fe Avenue is still there as is the large building in the background. But the neighborhood (now called the Arts District) has undergone a rebirth and is alive with galleries, cafes and the first high rise "luxury apartments" building has just gone up directly in back of where I stood when I took the "now" photo.
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Laurel and Hardy - Perfect Day (1929)
Laurel and Hardy - Perfect Day (1929)
Laurel and Hardy - Perfect Day (1929)
It's rare that an ordinary home that appeared in a movie made 95 years ago in Los Angeles survives today, let alone looks almost exactly as it did in the film. The movie location then and now photo above shows just such a house!
The filming location is on Vera Avenue on the west side of Los Angeles and remarkably, many of the homes on this street that date back to the 1920s are still standing and in great shape. Unlike many neighborhoods in Los Angeles that fell victim to the building of the Santa Monica I-10 Freeway in the 1960s, this particular block was spared. The freeway is just about 100 feet to the left.
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The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters (1930)
The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters (1930)
The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters (1930)
Here's a great movie location then and now photo comparison illustrating how the west side of Los Angeles has changed in the past 90+ years.
Back in 1930, this neighborhood was primarily single-family homes, with beautiful lawns, trees and shrubs in abundance. Alleys like the one shown above were still unpaved.
This all changed in the late 1950s when the City of Los Angeles rezoned the area for multiple unit dwellings which meant the end of a beautiful neighborhood and resulted in the extremely high-density development we see today with literally every inch of ground paved over.
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Emergency! - Nagging Suspicion (1974)
The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters (1930)
The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters (1930)
Fans of 1970s TV will recognize this filming location as the Fire Station for "Squad 51" from the TV series Emergency!
Practically nothing has changed at this location over the past 50 years. The flagpole is in the same spot, the little wall on the left side of the property is the same as is the station building itself.
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The Twilight Zone - You Drive (1964)
Laurel and Hardy - Another Fine Mess (1930)
Laurel and Hardy - Another Fine Mess (1930)
From the classic TV series.
A man driving home from work is involved in a hit and run accident and attempts to conceal the crime. While the man has no conscience, his car does and it proceeds to stalk him!
The residential neighborhood right across the street from the MGM studios in Culver City, California is where most of the filming for this episode took place. The initial hit and run scene's filming location (shown above) was Carlson Park, while the car "stalking" scenes were filmed a few blocks away. This particular part of Culver City is largely unchanged since this episode was filmed in late 1963 as you can see in the then and now photos and filming locations video documentary on the site.
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Laurel and Hardy - Another Fine Mess (1930)
Laurel and Hardy - Another Fine Mess (1930)
Laurel and Hardy - Another Fine Mess (1930)
While being chased by a cop, Laurel and Hardy hide in an unoccupied mansion. Unfortunately a couple show up looking to rent the place. Mr. Laurel impersonates the butler (AND the maid!) and Mr. Hardy assumes the identity of the owner, Colonel Buckshot.
The photo above shows Stan Laurel as the Butler greeting the couple who has come to rent the house (Thelma Todd and Charles K. Gerrard). This is the entrance to the historic mansion at 3500 West Adams Blvd in the West Adams Historic District of Los Angeles. The mansion was built in 1910 and miraculously is not only standing today, but in great condition and exactly as it appears in the film.
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The Little Rascals - Pups Is Pups (1930)
The Little Rascals - Pups Is Pups (1930)
The Little Rascals - Pups Is Pups (1930)
In this film, we get great views of the industrial side of Downtown Los Angeles adjacent to the Los Angeles River as Wheezer searches for his lost pups.
Most of the area has been transformed into much less gritty-looking light industrial uses today, though as you can see in the photo above, one of the buildings seen in the film at 749 Turner Street (today's Temple Street) is largely unchanged.
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Max Davidson - Dumb Daddies (1928)
The Little Rascals - Pups Is Pups (1930)
The Little Rascals - Pups Is Pups (1930)
Max mistakenly believes his son has murdered a woman. But in reality, his son was rehearsing for a play with a mannequin. Finished with the rehearsal, the son puts the mannequin in a sack. Max takes the sack and heads out to find a place to "hide the body."
In the then and now filming location photo above, Max is in front of 3830 Main Street in downtown Culver City, California. Main Street was a very popular filming location in the 1920s and early 1930s and if you walk down Main Street today, every building and alley that is seen in the film still stands today.
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Laurel and Hardy - Their Purple Moment (1928)
The Little Rascals - Cat, Dog and Company (1929)
The Little Rascals - Cat, Dog and Company (1929)
Stan and Ollie have been holding money back from their paychecks for months, saving up to sneak out on their wives for a night on the town. They run into some difficulties when the town gossip spots them leaving the house!
When Laurel and Hardy made this film, the location was a quiet, residential street with beautiful craftsman-style homes lining both sides of this street. But in the 1960s, the I-10 Santa Monica Freeway was built directly across the street from this filming location. Fortunately, the alignment chosen spared the side of the street that we see in the film. The house in the background was built in 1923 and is in great condition today.
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The Little Rascals - Cat, Dog and Company (1929)
The Little Rascals - Cat, Dog and Company (1929)
The Little Rascals - Cat, Dog and Company (1929)
In this film, The Little Rascals are racing their dog-powered go-carts but a chance encounter with a woman from the Be Kind To Animals Society convinces them to abandon their go-carts and become animal activists!
The two photos above show us Motor Avenue in The Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. A few of the buildings seen in this 1929 film still survive, however the house appearing directly in back of Joe was a casualty when the I-10 Santa Monica Freeway was built in the early 1960s. It's unfortunate that the planners chose that exact spot to build the highway, as that house appeared in the background of dozens of films in the 1920s and 1930s and would be fascinating to see today.
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The Three Stooges - False Alarms (1936)
Starsky and Hutch - Long Walk Down A Short Dirt Road (1977)
Starsky and Hutch - Long Walk Down A Short Dirt Road (1977)
The Three Stooges are working in a fire house and, predictably, disaster ensues!
The two photos above are from North Larchmont Blvd in Los Angeles and show us that both the building behind Curly (built in 1925) and the vacant lot are unchanged. A rarity in Los Angeles.
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Starsky and Hutch - Long Walk Down A Short Dirt Road (1977)
Starsky and Hutch - Long Walk Down A Short Dirt Road (1977)
Starsky and Hutch - Long Walk Down A Short Dirt Road (1977)
Starsky and Hutch help a country music singer being stalked by a psychopath.
In this particular scene, Starsky and Hutch are trying to get some information from an informant (Scatman Crothers!). The two photos above show how drastically the block opposite The Culver Hotel in downtown Culver City has changed. The building on the right (built in 1921) survives to this day and is easily recognizable. However the entire block in the background has been demolished and replaced with the massive Culver Steps development.
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Will Rogers - Don't Park There! (1924)
Will Rogers - Don't Park There! (1924)
Will Rogers - Don't Park There! (1924)
There have been many changes in the past 100 years in Los Angeles. But the southwest corner of South Spring Street and West 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles is remarkably unchanged. The building closest to the camera is 210 West 7th Street, built in 1913.
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Spandau Ballet - Gold (1983)
Will Rogers - Don't Park There! (1924)
Will Rogers - Don't Park There! (1924)
Next time you are in London, England, stop by the Leighton House museum, the filming location where Spandau Ballet shot most of the music video for their song "Gold." As you can see in the then and now photo comparison above, it's a remarkable place - pretty much as it was in 1983.
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Charlie Chaplin - By The Sea (1915)
The Little Rascals - Bouncing Babies (1929)
The Little Rascals - Bouncing Babies (1929)
This is the oldest film covered on the website. Above, Charlie Chaplin encounters a pretty lady in Palisades Park in Santa Monica, California. The trees are different, but the layout of the park remains the same over 100 years later.
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The Little Rascals - Bouncing Babies (1929)
The Little Rascals - Bouncing Babies (1929)
The Little Rascals - Bouncing Babies (1929)
From the scene where young Wheezer takes his newborn baby brother back to the hospital to trade him for a goat! This filming location then and now comparison photo looks north up Motor Avenue at Tabor Street in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the 95 years since this film was made, there have been massive changes to this location.
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