Bette Davis - Three On A Match (1932) - Filming Locations

Watch the Bette Davis - Three On A Match filming locations video above, then scroll down to learn more about the filming locations shown in the video.

Historical Production & Location Reference

Production & Preservation Note: This scene from Three On A Match captured Hollenbeck Park on film in 1932 at a time when the park retained much of its original, lush landscaping and its ornate pedestrian bridge over the northern part of the lake.

The Plot

Based on an old superstition that if three people use the same match, tragedy will befall each of them.

Matching Up The Filming Locations

This scene from Three On A Match was filmed at the beautiful Hollenbeck Park in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights. The movie is a great time capsule of the park as it looked during most of the early part of the 20th century and captures several notable features on film:

• The Sixth Street Bridge: Located at the southern end of the park. This impressive looking structure shows up a few years earlier in the Laurel and Hardy comedy movie Men O'War and lasted until Interstate Highway 5 was built next to the park in the early 1960s.
• The Island In The Lake: The island in the middle of the Hollenbeck Park lake is one of the few original features of the park that still exist.
• The Pedestrian Bridge Over The Lake: Toward the northern end of the Hollenbeck Park lake, a beautiful, arched wooden pedestrian bridge once stood. The bridge appears in many films going back as far as the 1920s, including Laurel and Hardy's Men O'War. Of all the original park structures that no longer exist, this one is perhaps the most famous and is greatly missed by film historians.

Despite the changes over the decades, the park retains much of its original layout and is an excellent stop on any tour of Los Angeles filming locations.