The Day of the Locust (1975)

dir. John Schlesinger

San Bernardino Arms where Tod Hackett (William Atherton) meets wannabe actress Faye Greener (Karen Black) – this was a studio set built on the Paramount backlot and was modeled on the Parva-Sed Apta Apartments at 1817 N. Ivar Avenue, where author Nathaniel West stayed in 1935 and where he began writing The Day of the Locust.

The movie studio – 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.

The used cars lot – Still searching for this location.

Tod and Faye taking pictures in front of a Hollywood mansion – Still searching for this location. The second shot is a view onto the street from the mansion's driveway.

The Hollywood sign – just two letters of the sign were recreated in a more accessible area of Hollywood Hills.

Tod and Faye driving after a party – Still searching for this location

Madame Audrey’s brothel – 1240 Cerro Crest Drive, Beverly Hills, California.

Tod gives Harry Greener (Burgess Meredith) a lift – Whitley Avenue looking south, Los Angeles, California.

Harry tries to sell his patented medicine to a lady – 6642 Whitley Terrace, Los Angeles, California.

Harry peddling his medicine in another house – 6735 Wedgewood Place, Los Angeles, California.

Homer Simpson’s (Donald Sutherland) house – 4911 College View Avenue, Los Angeles, California

The Big Sister’s temple interior – Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

Harry’s funeral – Mausoleum of the Golden West, Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 Florence Avenue, Inglewood, California

Claude Estee’s (Richard Dysart) house – Ennis-Brown House, 2607 Glendower Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

The movie premiere - Grauman's Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Bouilevard, Los Angeles, California. This section of the boulevard was recreated at the studio, with the addition of a non-existing street directly in front of the theater.

See also...

Sunset Boulevard

The Player

Don't Look Now (1973)

dir. Nicolas Roeg

John and Laura Baxter’s (Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) house – Baas Manor Farm, Baas Hill, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, UK.

The restaurant where the Baxters meet two mysterious sisters and Laura faints – Ristorante Roma, Cannaregio 122, Venice, Italy. It’s located near the Ponte degli Scalzi on the Canal Grande

As Laura is being taken away in a water ambulance, the crowd is watching from the Ponte dei Scalzi

The eastward view of the Canal Grande from the Ponte dei Scalzi

Laura goes to pray in a church – San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti, Fondamenta Mendicanti, Venice, Italy. The interior was filmed in the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, known in the Venetian dialect as San Zanipolo.

The church that John is restoring – San Nicolo dei Mendicoli, Campo San Nicolò 1907, Venice, Italy. The mosaic that John restores was a prop and is not to be seen in the church.

The hotel where the Baxters are staying – Hotel Gabrielli, Riva degli Schiavoni 4110, Venice, Italy. Only the hotel exterior and lobby were used for the filming. The room interior was shot at the Bauer Hotel, Campo San Marco 1459, to the west of the Piazza San Marco

John walks through the Piazza San Marco.

John walking home after narrowly escaping death in an accident - Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Cannaregio, Venice, Italy

The hotel where the sisters are staying – La Fenice et des Artistes, San Marco 1936, Campiello della Fenice, Venice, Italy

John Baxter follows the mysterious red-coated figure – Calle di Mezzo at Rio di San Severo, Venice, Italy

Baxter meets his doom – Palazzo Grimani, Calle di Mezzo, Venice, Italy

John Baxter’s funeral – Campo San Stae, Venice, Italy.

The view from Campo San Stae to the Canal Grande

See also...

Obsession

The Sixth Sense