Casablanca memorabilia on display at Warner Brothers Studios.
Warner Brothers Studios entrance.
"Annie Hall" - Cabo Cantina Sunset Strip 8301 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Inside a small Sunset Boulevard restaurant, Woody Allen famously proposes to girlfriend, Diane Keaton, over a plate of alfalfa sprouts and mashed yeast in the 1977 Oscar-win- ning Best Picture, “Annie Hall.” Te restaurant, which at the time of the filming was an organic health food eatery named, Te Source, played itself in the movie. Te vegetarian cafe was established by the founder of Te Source Family cult, Father Yod, and was insanely popular in its day — it even be- came something of a celebrity hot spot. When Yod began to fear that the apocalypse was imminent, he sold Te Source and fled to Hawaii. Today, the space houses Cabo Cantina Sunset Strip, but it’s still very recognizable from its onscreen appearance in the comedy classic.
"Argo" - Ontario International Airport Terminal Bldg. 2, Ontario, CA 91761 Terminal 1 at Ontario International Airport Employing Farsi signage, period cards, posters of Ayatollah
Khomeini and 800 Persian extras, Ben Affleck transformed Terminal 1 at Ontario International Airport into the Tehran Airport circa 1979 for the filming of his 2012 Oscar winner, “Argo.” Terminal 1, which is no longer in use, appeared in two of the movie’s scenes. It’s initially shown when Affleck first arrives in Tehran in order to rescue the six American Embassy workers. Te terminal was later used in the movie’s nail-biting climax, when Affleck and the escapees board a plane to the U.S. under the guise of being a film crew. Te Iranian mountains that appear in the background were digi- tally added, as was the roaring 747 that the airport security workers unsuccessfully try to chase down.
“Te Artist” - Red Studios Hollywood 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038
34 • Summer 2016 In the innovative Best Picture winner “Te Artist” (2011),
the rear side of Red Studios Hollywood masked as Kino- graph Studios, where actor George Valentin (Jean Dujar- din) is employed. Te lot’s back entrance, which is located on Lillian Way, looks quite different in real-life — a false front and fake guard shack were installed for the shoot. Te front of the property has also been immortalized on the big screen — it masqueraded as Maroon Cartoons in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” which won Oscars in 1989 for Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects. Te historic lot is an actual working studio, and was originally founded as Metro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1915. Te site has had numerous owners over the years, and was leased for a time by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who turned it into the very first Desilu Studios. In 2010, the property was sold to the Red Digital Camera Company and is currently known as Red Studios Hollywood. Both of the property’s entrances can be easily viewed from the street.
"Casablanca" - Warner Bros. Studios 3400 W. Riverside Dr., Burbank, CA 91522 French Street at Warner Bros. Studios Te famous line from “Casablanca” reads, “We’ll always
have Paris,” but if Bogart had said, “We’ll always have Bur- bank,” it would have been more accurate. Te Paris flashback scenes from the 1943 Best Picture winner were shot in the on the backlot of Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. Film- ing took place on the studio’s appropriately named French Street, though due to the changing nature of backlot facades, the exact spot where Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) and Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) learned of the impending Ger- man occupation remains a bit of a mystery. Bogie fans who wish to see French Street in person can catch a glimpse of it and even stroll among the picturesque storefronts via the Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour.
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