Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Sampler

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 An action-packed chase scene from the episode Return of the Turks from the TV series CHiPs!

Cop shows never disappoint when it comes to on location filming and this scene from CHiPs is no exception. Ponch and Jon's pursuit of the bad guys takes them right through the heart of Culver City, California, providing us with great views of the area as it was in 1978.

While the views are great, what we see of downtown Culver City is not. When this scene was filmed, Culver City was in sharp decline. The sun-drenched, bustling streets and stores that we've seen from Laurel and Hardy movies (and others) filmed here in the 1920s and 1930s are dark and mostly deserted. Many of the buildings from Culver City's early days in the 1920s are still there, but by this time, they look worn and tired.

It wouldn't be until the early 2010s when the renovation of the historic Culver Hotel and the massive Culver Steps development was completed that the area once again thrived.

In the filming location then and now photo above, we see the chase passing in front of The Culver Studios at 9336 Washington Blvd. As part of the redevelopment of the area, this section of Washington Blvd has been turned into a pedestrian mall that attracts hundreds of people each day.

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CHiPs - Return of the Turks - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

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CHiPs - Return of the Turks - Complete Filming Locations Then and Now Documentary Video

 Made in 1925, The Love Bug is another of the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movies that did quite a bit of on location filming.

Many of the locations used in the movie are within the two blocks centered around the intersection of Woodbine Street and Motor Avenue in the Palms section of Los Angeles. The series did so much filming in this particular area that the filmmakers have created a virtual time-capsule of this part of the city.

After watching these films from the 1920s and early 1930s, if you were to walk these same streets in Palms today, you would find it hard to believe that this neighborhood was once a sleepy residential area with plenty of open space. Today, it's an urban landscape where every inch of land has either been paved over or built up.

HOWEVER... in the closing scene of this movie, we see The Gang running down Woodbine Street just a block east of Motor Avenue and those trees visible at the left hand side of the frame are still standing today, 100 years later! This is truly remarkable as another new, high density apartment building was built on the lot adjacent to these trees a few years ago and yet, the developer kept the trees standing.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The Love Bug - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The Love Bug - Complete Filming Locations Then and Now Documentary Video

 Charley Chase starred in his own series of short comedy movies in the 1920s up through the mid-1930s at the Hal Roach Studios. On The Wrong Trek is one of the last in the series.

Many of the Charley Chase movies from the 1920s and early 1930s filmed outdoors in and around Culver City, California. By 1936, filming on location had become the exception at the Hal Roach Studios, however this movie has several scenes shot outside the confines of the studio.

In the then and now filming location photo comparison above, Charley, his wife (played by Rosina Lawrence) and his mother-in-law (Bonita Weber) have stopped at a gas station. The location is 9850 Exposition Blvd in the Palms section of Los Angeles.

At first glance, you would be hard-pressed to see that this is the same location 90 years later. The bridge in the background seen in the frame from the film was the Pacific Electric Railway's Santa Monica "Air Line" single-track crossing over National Blvd at Exposition Blvd. The bridge still stands today, though a second railway bridge has been built a bit closer to the camera to accommodate the second track of today's "Expo Line" light rail corridor.

Also in the frame from the movie, you can see wide open spaces on the other side of the bridge. Today, the massive 10 lane Interstate 10 highway bridge occupies the space.

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Charley Chase - On The Wrong Trek - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

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Charley Chase - On The Wrong Trek - Complete Filming Locations Then and Now Documentary Video

 Buster Keaton, like his peers Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin, filmed many scenes from his movies throughout the Los Angeles area. Watching these films today, they're still great comedies but also a fascinating look into the past.

The High Sign filmed on location in three of the Los Angeles area "beach towns" along Santa Monica Bay: Redondo Beach, Long Beach and Venice Beach.

Of the three, Venice Beach has been the most popular filming location over the years, with hundreds of movie and TV episode scenes filmed there. For a great look at Venice Beach in the early 1930s log into the site and click here: 

Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Fish Hooky - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

In the scene above, Buster Keaton is standing in front of 1811 Ocean Front Walk in Venice Beach. In 1921, the area had not yet been completely built up, though it would be just a few years after this movie filmed there. 1811 Ocean Front Walk (built in 1916) still stands today, though it has been extensively remodeled.

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Buster Keaton - The High Sign - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

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Reefer Madness - the legendary cult classic movie from the 1930s!

The movie was filmed on a very low budget, with most scenes filmed at the United Artists studios at 1041 North Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood, California. The one scene filmed on location was shot on Santa Monica Blvd. just outside the studio.

In this scene, we see a car being driven at high speed by actor Warren McCollum in front of what was then 7291 Santa Monica Blvd.  The building dates back to 1929 and for most of its existence was a tire shop. At some point, this particular block was redesignated the "7300 block" and today the building is 7335 Santa Monica Blvd. 

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Reefer Madness - Filming Locations - Photo Gallery

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Reefer Madness - Filming Locations Documentary Video

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The dog catcher has Stymie's dog Petey and Stymie needs to come up with $5 by the end of the day to save him. Stymie's prayers for the $5 are answered when a gust of wind blows a $5 bill out of a lady's hands and it lands right in front of Stymie!

The above filming location then and now photo shows Stymie and the Gang in the alley between Motor Avenue and Vinton Avenue, just south of Woodbine Street in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. In 1932 when this Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie was made, this area had a distinctly small-town look, with plenty of open spaces and charming wood-frame houses that dated back to the early 1900s. 

Today, the single family houses are long gone, replaced by apartment buildings and virtually every inch of land has been built on and paved over. The only building that still exists in both the "then" and the "now" views of this filming location is the Palms Elementary School, which you can see at the end of the alley.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The Pooch - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The Pooch - Filming Locations Documentary Video

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Harold Lloyd takes us along for a ride as he rushes to get to his amateur theatre group's performance. Filmed almost entirely on location, this movie is an amazing time capsule of the Los Angeles area in 1920.

The photo above is a great illustration of just how much the Los Angeles area has changed in just 100 years. We're looking north up National Blvd at the intersection of Manning Avenue in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. Wooded areas, open fields and telegraph poles dominate the 1920 view, while the present-day view shows the "progress" that has been made since 1920.

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Harold Lloyd - Get Out And Get Under - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Harold Lloyd - Get Out And Get Under - Filming Locations Then and Now Documentary Video

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Charlie Chaplin sneaks into an upscale golf resort and havoc ensues!

As with many of the Charlie Chaplin short comedy movies, this one makes ample use of on location filming. The then and now photo above shows us one of the scenes from the "golf course." Shot on the banks of the Los Angeles River (prior to it being made into a concrete flood control channel), we get a great view of the river in its natural state. Today, this location is the Rio de Porciuncula Picnic Area at 3207 Los Feliz Blvd on the east bank of the Los Angeles River. The view is looking north.

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Charlie Chaplin - The Idle Class - Filming Locations Then and Now Photo Gallery

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Charlie Chaplin - The Idle Class - Filming Locations Documentary Video

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 This groundbreaking music video from Madonna generated quite a bit of controversy when it was released in late 1986. Despite misgivings that the subject matter of the video went over the line, MTV did give this video heavy airplay and that probably helped the song reach #1 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the USA on February 7, 1987. 

The first half of the music video was filmed inside a studio, but the second half was shot on location on West Court Street just a short distance from downtown Los Angeles. An active oil well on the site of the adult theater set kept this otherwise vacant lot empty until just a few years ago when an apartment building was finally built on the site.

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Madonna - Open Your Heart - Music Video Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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A great entry in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie series, the climactic final scenes were shot outside on location in a large field off Overland Avenue in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The photos above show how the area has changed over the years. Several of the original homes that were seen in the 1931 film managed to survive until the mid 2010s. Today, the field is no more. Several apartment houses sit on the site and those homes visible across the street in the 1931 and 2015 photos shown above have finally been replaced by a massive new apartment building.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Fly My Kite - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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This 1955 movie stars Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers and Katie Johnson as Mrs. Wilberforce. A gang of criminals (led by Alec Guinness) robs a bank's armored car and uses kindly little old lady Mrs. Wilberforce to (unknowingly) transport the stolen money back to her house. There's a lot more to the plot, and I strongly encourage you to watch this movie - it's very funny, in a British kind of way!

The photo above shows us Alec Guinness walking towards Mrs. Wilberforce's house. The view is looking north from in front of 34 Argyle Street in London. Every building seen in the film in 1955 at this filming location is still around today, and largely unchanged.

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The Ladykillers - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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The Ladykillers - Filming Locations Video

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The Three Stooges are employed as fire fighters in this comedy short from 1936. As was typical of the early Three Stooges movies, several scenes were filmed on location.

This particular scene's filming location was at the north end of North Larchmont Blvd near Melrose Avenue. As you can see in the then and now movie location photo above, not very much has changed over the decades, with the exception of the Los Angeles Railway trolley tracks no longer running down the middle of the street.

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The Three Stooges - False Alarms - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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A number one hit in the USA in the summer of 1991, the music video for the Boyz II Men song Motownphilly was filmed on location using filming locations in the group's home town of Philadelphia. This music video is a great time capsule of the center city area, and most of those locations have held up quite well and look just as nice today as they did back then.

The filming location then and now photo above is from an early scene in the music video. That's the Delaware River and New Jersey in the distance. The group is dancing at Penn's Landing.

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Boyz II Men - Motownphilly - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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A great example of a movie inadvertently giving us a look at a historic site as it was in the distant past, the Laurel and Hardy movie Going Bye-Bye! filmed on location right in front of the old City Hall building in Culver City, California. This building appeared in dozens of movies and TV episodes throughout the 20th century up until it was torn down in the mid 1990s.

The above movie location then and now photo shows the entrance to the building as it was in 1934, and the replica of that entrance that occupies the site today.

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Laurel and Hardy - Going Bye-Bye! - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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The first of the Our Gang / The Little Rascals "talking" movies, Small Talk featured several scenes filmed outdoors, on location.

The Laurel and Hardy movie Going Bye-Bye! gave us a great look at the front of the old City Hall building in Culver City, California. This Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie gives us a look at the side of the building on Duquesne Avenue. Today, a new City Hall building occupies the site, with part of the original building's footprint now an outdoor plaza as you can see in this then and now filming location photo.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Small Talk - Filming Locations Photo Gallery 

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Small Talk - Filming Locations Video

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In the early 1930s, producer Hal Roach was looking to duplicate the success of his Laurel and Hardy movies with a female version of the team. Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd took the roles of Laurel and Hardy, respectively, and this movie is one of the best in the series.

This particular scene was filmed on location at the Pacific Electric Railway's Fletcher Viaduct just to the north of Downtown Los Angeles. Originally an all wood trestle built in 1904, in 1927 the center section was replaced with a steel section and this is what we see in the movie. The viaduct lasted until 1959 and today, all that remains are the concrete footings, which have been designated by Los Angeles as a cultural monument.

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Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts - Sneak Easily - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Punk rock band The Stranglers came up with a most UN-punk song in Golden Brown which prominently features a harpsichord!

For the music video, Leighton House in London was chosen as the filming location, and more specifically the Arab Hall. Read more about this magnificent room by clicking here: Leighton House Arab Hall

The music video cuts between footage shot at Leighton House and stock footage filmed in Egypt and the Middle East. 

When this music video was released in 1982, another English band - Spandau Ballet - likely took notice and used the Arab Hall at Leighton House as the filming location for the music video for their song Gold in 1983. 

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Spandau Ballet - Gold - Filming Locations Video

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Spandau Ballet - Gold - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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The Stranglers - Golden Brown - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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 The Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie The First Seven Years is another of the early "talkie" films in the series, with most of the movie filmed outdoors. This time, the filming location was the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. 

Back in 1930 when this movie was made, the Palms had a very small town look about it. Single family homes with beautiful lawns lined the tree-lined streets. Then, in the 1950s, the City of Los Angeles rezoned the Palms neighborhood for "multi-family units" which meant that one by one, the beautiful homes dating back to the early 1900s were demolished and in their place, architecturally uninspiring apartment buildings took their place. 

The then and now filming location photo above shows Mary Ann on location on the front lawn of 3415 Mentone Avenue. Today, the lawn has been paved over as part of the parking lot for the apartment building (built in 1968) that now occupies the site. The tree seen in this movie was cut down in the 1970s. The small patch of grass visible near the center of the photo is where the tree used to stand.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The First Seven Years - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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This Laurel and Hardy movie location is the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills. 

The park was a popular filming location in the silent movie era and also appeared in TV series and contemporary films like 2016's La La Land (which will be covered here on the site in the future). Charlie Chaplin's 1921 movie The Idle Class filmed here - you can see the then and now documentary video for this film in the Buster Keaton / Harold Lloyd / Charlie Chaplin Movie Locations Videos section of the site by clicking here: 

Charlie Chaplin - The Idle Class - Filming Locations Video

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Laurel and Hardy - Pack Up Your Troubles - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Charley Chase starred in a very popular series of short comedy films in the 1920s and 1930s, many of them filmed in the downtown core of Culver City, California.

In this filming location then and now scene from the movie, the camera is on the Culver Blvd side of the historic Culver Hotel, looking west. The hotel - which is now over 100 years old - has been beautifully restored and is exactly as it was when this movie was filmed in 1925. 

What isn't the same is Culver Blvd. In the top photo, the poles visible held the wires used by the Pacific Electric Railway which at the time ran right down the middle of Culver Blvd. In those days,  Culver City residents could hop on a train to the beach or east to downtown Los Angeles. 

Unfortunately, the network of Pacific Electric Railway lines were abandoned in the 1950s. The tracks running down the middle of Culver Blvd were still in place (though mostly covered over by asphalt) as late as the 1980s. We catch a glimpse of them in the 1977 episode Moving Violation of the TV series CHiPs which you can see on page 2 in the TV Series Filming Locations Photo Galleries section of the site by clicking here: CHiPs - Moving Violation - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Charley Chase - His Wooden Wedding - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Spanky and Alfalfa have a plan to skip school and go fishing, but instead they have to stay home and look after Spanky's little brother Junior.

This Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie was one of the last made at the Hal Roach Studios before production moved to MGM Studios. The film crew went out on location in the local neighborhood just a few blocks from the studio and filmed a good chunk of this movie at a real home's backyard and in the alley next to that home. The house is still there today (though an addition was added at some point which takes up some of the backyard) and the alley survives as well. It even looks like the original 3 car garage seen in this then and now filming location photo comparison is still there.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Canned Fishing - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Mr. Hardy is installing a radio antenna on the roof (Mrs. Hardy wants to listen in on Japan!). Things are going well... until Mr. Laurel stops by to "help." The on location then and now photos above show Mr. Hardy stuck on top of a ladder in a runaway car being "driven" by Mr. Laurel. This movie location is Washington Blvd in Culver City, just west of The Culver Hotel.

The first of the movie locations used in the filming of this Laurel and Hardy movie was a newly built residential neighborhood in Culver City, California. Mr. Hardy's "house" though was just a set, built on a vacant lot at 4175 Madison Avenue. The runaway car scenes were filmed on Washington Blvd in downtown Culver City, Exposition Blvd in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the film wraps up on the campus of the University of Southern California near downtown Los Angeles.

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Laurel and Hardy - Hog Wild - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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This Season 1 episode finds the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise engaged in a battle with an alien race called The Gorn. Unfortunately, the battle is taking place in an area of space inhabited by beings who despise violence. They beam Captain Kirk and The Gorn Captain to a desolate planet where they can settle their differences directly in a fight to the death.

The desolate planet scenes were filmed on location about a 45 minute drive north of downtown Los Angeles at the iconic Vaszquez Rocks. A very popular location not only for several Star Trek productions (Voyager, Picard and more), but also westerns and serials going back to the 1930s (and likely before). 

Charley meets a beautiful woman (June Marlowe, best known as "Miss Crabtree" from The Little Rascals / Our Gang movies) but she won't go on a date with him until he gets permission from her father. Charley ends up meeting a lunatic who he mistakes for the woman's father and things start to get crazy!

The then and now filming location photo above shows Charley literally bumping into the lunatic at the corner of Whitley Avenue and Franklin Avenue in Los Angeles. The building, built in 1924, looked great in the movie and still looks good today as you can see. 

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Charley Chase - Fast Work - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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Joe and Chubby are vying for the affections of pretty Jean Darling. Each tries to buy her a bottle of soda pop but complications arise!

This Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie made use of this filming location at the corner of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street that appeared in dozens of films in the series. If you browse the then and now movie location photo galleries in The Little Rascals Filming Locations Photo Gallery  section of the site, you'll see just how popular this spot was as a filming location.

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Our Gang / The Little Rascals - Boxing Gloves - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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 It's the holiday season and Laurel and Hardy are in Big Business selling Christmas trees door-to-door - with predictable results!

This film was shot entirely on location on the streets of Culver City, California and the nearby Cheviot Hills section of Los Angeles. Fortunately (amazingly!) the house at 10281 Dunleer Drive that is nearly destroyed by the end of the movie is still standing and almost completely unchanged since 1929.

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Laurel and Hardy - Big Business - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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This film is an early Pathe "talkie" comedy short that has a very basic premise: A man (Nat Carr playing the character Max Ginsberg) buys a new car and tries to take his family out for a drive but instead ends up causing a huge traffic jam. The local traffic cop is not amused.

Filmed almost entirely on location, the movie location for the film's traffic jam sequences was Main Street and Culver Blvd in Culver City. This was a very popular film location for comedies made in the 1920s and early 1930s and is easily recognized in several Laurel and Hardy films, plus a few of The Little Rascal movies. This intersection was also extensively used once again by TV series in the 1970s/80s such as Hunter, Charlie's Angels and Starsky and Hutch. 

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TV Series Filming Locations Photo Gallery 

 The second half of the film takes place at the home of the traffic cop, just a few blocks from the movie location of the traffic jam. The house at 9020 Carson Street seen in the film was just a few years old at the time this movie was made and today it appears virtually unchanged, as you can see in this movie location then and now photo comparison above.

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Nat Carr - Traffic Tangle - Filming Locations Photo Gallery

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