L.A. Story (1991)

dir. Mick Jackson

The TV studio where eccentric weatherman Harris K. Telemacher (Steve Martin) works – KCET Studios, 4401 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

Trudi’s (Marilu Henner) apartment – 884 Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, California

The restaurant where Harris first meets Sara (Victoria Tennant) - 426 S. Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, California. It’s an apartment complex, not a restaurant.

Harris’ house – 1206 N. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Sara’s apartment building – 1400 N. Hayworth Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Ariel’s (Susan Forristal) house – 1216 N. Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Harris rollerskates through the art museum – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

The cemetery where Harris and Sara meet a jolly gravedigger (Rick Moranis) – Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

The NOW! store where SanDeE* (Sarah Jessica Parker) works – 8491 W. Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

Harris and SanDeE* going out – Hard Rock Café (now closed), 8500 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California.

Sara discussing reconciliation with her ex-husband Roland (Richard E Grant) – Tail o' the Pup, 329 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Despite being a cultural landmark, the Pup has since been evicted, and the site is now a parking lot.

Harris walking SanDeE* home – Venice Beach Cotel, 25 Windward Avenue, Venice, California.

‘California Colonic Institution’ – 523 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, California.

‘Fourth Reich Bank of Hamburg’ – 650 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California

Roland and Sara bump into Harris and Ariel at the art museum – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

L’Idiot restaurant – Ambassador Hotel, 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The hotel has since been demolished.

The gas station with ‘full service’ – 859 Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California. It now stands abandoned, enclosed by a fence.

The boring fundraiser that Harris attends with Sara – 3456 Via Campesina, Rancho Palos Verdes, California. This geometric-shaped structure, known as The Bird of Paradise house, was designed by Lloyd Wright in 1963.

El Pollo del Mar resort - 20 37th Place, Long Beach, California. It’s a gated private residence, not a hotel.

See also...

The Player

Get Shorty

Ed Wood (1994)

dir. Tim Burton

The disastrous premiere of Ed Wood's (Johnny Depp) play The Casual Company – Theatre/Theater, 1713 Cahuenga Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The theater has been demolished, and the new Greyhound bus station stands in its place.

Wood and the cast of the play read the scathing reviews – Boardner’s, 1652 N. Cherokee Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

The Screen Classics office – Still searching for this location

The funeral parlor where Wood sees Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau) trying coffins – the shop to the left of Boardner’s, N. Cherokee Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

Lugosi's house - 1933 147th Street, Gardena, California.

Wood’s first apartment - 448-450 N. Ogden Drive, Los Angeles, California

The filming of Glen or Glenda - 5642 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Thanks to Robert for his help with this one.

Larchmont Studios - Still searching for this location.

The Brown Derby – the long gone original Derby on Wilshire Boulevard was recreated on the grounds of the Ambassador Hotel at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, now also demolished.

The Bride of the Monster premiere - 1653 Cravens Avenue, Torrance, California. This was called the Stadium Theatre from 1949 to 1968, then it became the Pussycat until its closing in 1991. It stood unused, except by occasional film crews, and was torn down in 2002.

Lugosi thanks Wood for the fun time he had working with him – Wilcox Avenue at Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

Lugosi delivers a monologue in front of adoring fans - 1714 Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Wood’s second apartment – 6383 Yucca Street, Los Angeles, California. Ed Wood actually lived at this address in his later years and was evicted for not paying the rent. Wood and his wife moved into his friend’s apartment in North Hollywood, where he died shortly afterwards.

Wood and his associates get baptized so they can obtain the funding for Plan 9 from Outer Space – Toluca Lake United Methodist Church, 4301 Cahuenga Boulevard, Toluca Lake, California.

Wood meets Orson Welles (Vincent D’Onofrio) – Musso & Frank Grill, 6667 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

The Plan 9 from Outer Space premiere – Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

The theater interior - Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California