Old Movie Locations

**Mad Koala Bear** · January 23rd, 2010, 10:55 PM

I always like watching old ( and new movies) where I recognise a less than obvious location. A favourite movie of mine is 'Wrong Arm of the Law' a 1962 British comedy with Peter Sellars and a host of great character actors of the day. Much of it was shot in obscure west London locations with which I'm familiar, including a security van heist outside a pub in a quiet backstreet. I doubt if there is another VEF'er here who went to The Lord Hill in Uxbridge during its short time as a strip pub around 2007, but there it is in the background. My pleasure is all the greater for it being a pub I used to take a stripper friend for her gigs.

Anybody have a movie location memory with a sexual/porn/knee trembler connection?

The pictures are of the pub in the film with a disconsolate Tutte Lemkov and Lionel Jeffries waiting for the van to arrive.

**bawjaws** · January 24th, 2010, 09:39 PM

this is a brilliant site for Carry-On movie lovers. This is the link to the locations page with lots of "then and now" location photos from the movies
http://thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_film_locations/

**DTravel** · January 25th, 2010, 06:16 AM

I live near San Francisco, so there are a lot of scenes in various productions that are shot in this area. There was one porn film that had a scene involving some guy in a car that was shot about half-a-dozen blocks from where I live currently. (Its not recognizable anymore, there's been some redevelopment in the ~20 years since that was shot.) And much of American Graffiti was shot on Fourth Street, the main business street in the city I live in.

peterthepainter · January 25th, 2010, 04:10 PM

A lot of the "Confessions of....." series, i.e. Confessions of a Driving Instructor were filmed in or around Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire, which was the real location of the "Elstree" Film Studios. Likewise much of the early episodes of the Avengers, were filmed there.

Extempus · January 29th, 2010, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DTravel

And much of American Graffiti was shot on Fourth Street, the main business street in the city I live in.

The climactic race scene was filmed on Frates Road, which I drove by for 2½ years when I commuted out that way, but I didn't find that out until many years later. I understood they filmed a lot of it in Petaluma IIRC.

**DTravel** · January 29th, 2010, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Extempus

The climactic race scene was filmed on Frates Road, which I drove by for 2½ years when I commuted out that way, but I didn't find that out until many years later. I understood they filmed a lot of it in Petaluma IIRC.

(Regarding filming of American Graffiti) Lucas filmed in both places, as well as a bunch of other places in San Francisco and Marin. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/locations

Extempus · January 29th, 2010, 04:49 AM

No wonder it didn't look like 1962 Modesto... lol

copernicus · January 31st, 2010, 04:30 PM

Cardiff is the place to go for Dr Who & Torchwood locations

seneca · January 31st, 2010, 06:26 PM

I live in Las Vegas, and there are just too many to list. One thing that always gets me though, and I have seen it many times, and that is in a movie, someone will be driving past, say the Horseshoe Casino, which is downtown on Fremont St, and the next casino they will pass is something like Ceasars Palace, which is on the Strip some 7 miles from downtown, but they cut it together to make it look like it is a block away.

**Mad Koala Bear** · February 1st, 2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mabaline

My favourite English porn actress at Point Dume, Malibu, California (do I need to put USA?).

She looks familiar. Didn't there used to be a thread about her on here?

January 23rd, 2010, 10:55 PM	#1
Mad Koala Bear Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 869 Thanks: 30,809 Thanked 10,733 Times in 850 Posts	Old Movie Locations I always like watching old ( and new movies) where I recognise a less than obvious location. A favourite movie of mine is 'Wrong Arm of the Law' a 1962 British comedy with Peter Sellars and a host of great character actors of the day. Much of it was shot in obscure west London locations with which I'm familiar, including a security van heist outside a pub in a quiet backstreet. I doubt if there is another VEF'er here who went to The Lord Hill in Uxbridge during its short time as a strip pub around 2007, but there it is in the background. My pleasure is all the greater for it being a pub I used to take a stripper friend for her gigs. Anybody have a movie location memory with a sexual/porn/knee trembler connection? The pictures are of the pub in the film with a disconsolate Tutte Lemkov and Lionel Jeffries waiting for the van to arrive.

January 25th, 2010, 06:16 AM	#3
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January 24th, 2010, 09:39 PM	#2
bawjaws Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 971 Thanks: 13,806 Thanked 12,964 Times in 957 Posts	this is a brilliant site for Carry-On movie lovers. This is the link to the locations page with lots of "then and now" location photos from the movies http://thewhippitinn.com/carry_on_film_locations/

January 25th, 2010, 04:10 PM	#4
peterthepainter Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	A lot of the "Confessions of....." series, i.e. Confessions of a Driving Instructor were filmed in or around Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire, which was the real location of the "Elstree" Film Studios. Likewise much of the early episodes of the Avengers, were filmed there.

January 31st, 2010, 04:30 PM	#8
copernicus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 155 Thanks: 1 Thanked 801 Times in 127 Posts	Cardiff is the place to go for Dr Who & Torchwood locations

January 31st, 2010, 06:26 PM	#9
seneca Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8 Thanks: 1 Thanked 55 Times in 7 Posts	I live in Las Vegas, and there are just too many to list. One thing that always gets me though, and I have seen it many times, and that is in a movie, someone will be driving past, say the Horseshoe Casino, which is downtown on Fremont St, and the next casino they will pass is something like Ceasars Palace, which is on the Strip some 7 miles from downtown, but they cut it together to make it look like it is a block away.