Famous Hollywood Locations: Descriptions and Photographs of 382 Sites Involving 289 Films and 105 Television Series [Hardcover]

Leon Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0899508863 | ISBN-13: 978-0899508863 | Publication Date: July 1993 | Edition: 1St Edition

This is a photographic guide to 382 sites in and around Los Angeles that have been used in film and television. Some are well known; others are obscure. The sites are grouped geographical, and each entry includes the exact address and photographs of what the location looks like today.

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"answers so many questions asked through the years by film buffs.... Recommended" -- Classic Images

"will earn respect and admiration of any film buff" -- Movie Collectors World

About the Author

Leon Smith, is a retired Los Angeles Police Department detective. He is also the author of Movie and Television Locations (2000, $38.50). He lives in California. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 356 pages
• Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub; 1St Edition edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899508863
• ISBN-13: 978-0899508863
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,971,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 382 location sites involved with 289 films and 105 TV series, July 3, 2001

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This review is from: Famous Hollywood Locations: Descriptions and Photographs of 382 Sites Involving 289 Films and 105 Television Series (McFarland Classics) (Paperback)

In Famous Hollywood Locations, Leon Smith offers a thoroughly user friendly compendium of photographs and descriptions of 382 location sites involved with 289 films and 105 television series in and around Hollywood, California. The sites are grouped geographically, with each entry including an exact address and photo of what the location looks like today. A brief plot background in which the site was involved is additionally provided. Famous Hollywood Locations is a unique and much appreciated addition to any film buff's reference library and just a lot of fun to browse through. Also highly recommended is Leon Smith's Movie And Television Locations: 113 Famous Filming Sites In Los Angeles And San Diego (0786406054, $...).

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis is on obscure 1920s and 1930s movies, January 12, 2003

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This review is from: Famous Hollywood Locations: Descriptions and Photographs of 382 Sites Involving 289 Films and 105 Television Series (McFarland Classics) (Paperback)

If you're looking for famous movie locations in the Los Angeles area that have been used in popular films of the last forty years or so, this is NOT the book to get. The book does have lots of good photographs, but there is a strong emphasis on fairly obscure old films--Keystone Cops, Laurel and Hardy--and very old TV shows. There are certainly some more contemporary films listed (e.g., the Bradford building interior used in Blade Runner; some Griffith Park locations used in many films, etc.), but I found it to be quite a disappointment, especially considering the high price for such a small book (no doubt because of the large number of photographs). I found Tony Reeves' Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations and William A. Gordon's Shot on This Site to be more like what I was looking for, and at a better price.