It’s hard to add something to what has already been said about this classic film, but I’ve managed to find a few more surviving locations that haven’t been mentioned before.
Norma Desmond’s (Gloria Swanson) mansion – the northwest corner of Wilshire and Irving Boulevards, Los Angeles, California. It belonged to the wife of J.P. Getty and had stood empty for several years before Billy Wilder chose it for filming of Sunset Boulevard. As everyone knows by now, it didn't have a swimming pool required by the screenplay so it was installed for the purposes of filming. The pool and the mansion were later used in another classic film, Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause. A couple of years after Ray’s film was released, the mansion was torn down. Today, a nondescript office parking lot stands on the site.
Joe Gillis’ (William Holden) apartment building – Alto Nido, 1851 N. Ivar Avenue, Los Angeles, California
The place where Gillis stashed his car – the parking lot on Vine Street, next to The Palace, Los Angeles, California. The camera is looking toward Ivar Avenue.
Gillis drives onto Vine Street toward Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.
Paramount Studios - 5451 Marathon Street, Los Angeles, California. This is the Bronson Avenue gate. You can no longer get close to the famous gate (unless you have a business at the studio or book a tour), it can only be admired from a distance.
Schwab’s Pharmacy – 8024 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. It was Hollywood’s most famous drugstore, a popular hangout for writers, actors, etc., many of those living in the neighboring Chateau Marmont or Garden of Allah. The store had to close in 1983, and was torn down a few years later.
Gillis sees the repo men and makes a sharp U-turn at the junction of Sunset Boulevard and Bel Air Road, Los Angeles, California.
The Desmond mansion’s driveway – 10060 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. It was the Janss mansion at the time but it has since been demolished. Though the driveway was in the section of Sunset Boulevard where the Desmond mansion was supposed to be located, it's a good six miles away from the J.P. Getty mansion actually used in the film.
Norma Desmond buys Gillis new clothes – the 3900 block of Wilshire Boulevard; Perino’s, then located at 3927 Wilshire Boulevard, is seen across the street.
See also...
 Double Indemnity |  The Day of the Locust |
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