nickcarr
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Old Hollywood
Sometimes I see pictures of old Hollywood, and I just can’t believe what this place used to be. The above is the palatial Hollywood Hotel, built on Hollywood Blvd in 1906 and demolished in 1956; below it is the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex, built at the same address in 2001. If you ever read…
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The Classic Gas Station
While we’re on the subject of gas stations, this is one of my favorites in LA, of the historic variety: AMT Motors in Montecito Heights, dating (I believe) to 1943. While it no longer sells gas, it’s still in operation all these decades later as a repair shop, and could easily be set-dressed for a…
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Anxiety and Gas Station Scouting
When I’m watching a movie/TV show, sometimes it’s hard to shut off the location scout part of my brain that’s analyzing every scene and thinking about how they pulled off their shoot. One location that always triggers instant anxiety is The Gas Station… Gas stations are, unsurprisingly, expensive. But unlike the majority of expensive locations,…
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Sonny and the Tollbooth
As a location scout, I love visiting classic movie locations, because it’s a fun exercise to consider why this of all possibilities was chosen. One great example is the toll booth scene in the Godfather where Sonny is gunned down… This was shot on Long Island, on a runway at the old Mitchel Air Force…