Then … Amy takes Herbert to a movie at the Cinema at Ghirardelli Square at 901 Beach Street in the Marina District where he’s scared out of his wits by the violent action, the likes of which he has never seen before. Below, they have just exited the theater. The movie name is interesting, The most recent Exorcist movie back then then was Exorcist 2 … this was a dig by director Meyer at the…
Then … While Talbot’s wife is out of town for the weekend he impulsively drops by Dinardo’s, the nightclub where Nora sings. He’s seen here in Fisherman’s Wharf; behind him across the harbor are businesses along Jefferson Street with Coit Tower atop Telegraph Hill rising in the background. The neon-signed restaurant at 243 Jefferson Street directly below Coit Tower is DiMaggio’s Famous Restaurant,…
Then… Amy suggests they take a drive over the Golden Gate Bridge. Herbert is fascinated by her futuristic transportation machine and carefully watches with great interest as she operates each control. Filmed from the Marin County side, this view looks towards San Francisco to the Marina left of center, the Presidio on the right and Mount Sutro/Twin Peaks in the hazy distance. … and Now, today’s…
Then … After a long day in the clinic Dr. Talbot prepares to leave for home. Through the window the lights of the Bay Bridge trace out its upper and lower roadways as they traverse the massive concrete anchorage at the center of the span. Also prominent - the Ferry Building Clock Tower on the waterfront. … and Now, For the above studio shot the window view was most likely a painting of the bridge…
As regards the title of this post? OK … CitySleuth is a Beatles fan. Herbert, having nowhere else to go, takes a cable car to the Chartered Bank of London where Amy works. The cable car sign, reading “Presidio Ave, California and Market Streets“, survived into the 1970s even though the line was cut back from Presidio Ave to Van Ness Ave in 1954. The bank, at 465 California, was described in an…
Then … Dr. Talbot lived in an upscale neighborhood with splendid views of the nearby Golden Gate Bridge. This is Seacliff at the northwest corner of San Francisco. The movie doesn’t make clear which specific house is his but the center one facing us below is 55 25th Avenue; above it Baker Beach stretches towards the bridge alongside the Golden Gate strait that separates San Francisco and the Marin…
Then … As Stevenson flees down the street from the Embarcadero Center he runs into the path of an oncoming car. The yellowish building diagonally across the junction is the Eastman Kodak Company Building built in 1913. … and Now, this is the junction of Battery Street (crossing) and Sacramento Street, facing west. The Eastman Kodak Company Building has since been demolished, replaced in 1989 by…
Then … Following the movie’s opening titles a camera mounted on the roof of the 9 story Fairmont Hotel in Nob Hill slowly pans across the city, creating this fine establishing panorama looking out to the Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island. On the left Telegraph Hill rises towards Coit Tower (it’s just outside the frame); in the center are the Appraisers building with the old Hall of Justice in…
The chase scenes were filmed throughout the Promenade and Lobby levels of One, Two and Three Embarcadero Center at the north end of the Financial District. In addition to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, aka Five Embarcadero Center, the office complex now includes Four Embarcadero Center and Embarcadero West, both of which were yet to be built when the movie was filmed. Then … Having temporarily lost…
Then … Teddy’s persistence has paid off - his fantasy is about to become reality. Charlotte’s limo pulls up to the entrance of her apartment building. … and Now, This is the iconic Brocklebank Apartments atop Nob Hill, across Sacramento Street from the equally iconic Fairmont Hotel, at far right. In movies this building is most famously remembered as Madeleine’s home in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo…
In Stevenson’s Hyatt Regency hotel room Herbert announces that he has pursued him through time in order to turn him in. A scuffle breaks out - Stevenson flees, Herbert in close pursuit. Then … They find themselves each in side-by-side elevators heading down to the hotel lobby. … and Now, this is the same view today should one crane up from the hotel’s lowest floor. Three of the elevators are…
Then … Teddy’s buddies drive him to link up with Charlotte at a photoshoot on the waterfront. Here they are heading north on Taylor approaching Broadway. … and Now, take the trees away and you see a totally unchanged street over 40 year later - other than the mailbox on the right, that is. Then … they make a downhill right turn into a very steep block of Broadway, this junction obviously chosen…
Then … Armed with Stevenson’s address Herbert exits the chartered Bank of London at 465 California Street; he watches a woman hailing a cab then mimics her. The large building facing us at the end of California is the 1917 Southern Pacific Building at One Embarcadero. … and Now, in today’s view the e-biker deliverymen arrayed outside a takeout restaurant out of the frame next to the bank is a…
Then … While driving with Teddy through town Buddy offers to be his chauffeur if he finally gets a date with Charlotte. They are driving east along Bush Street on the south edge of Chinatown; ahead, Stockton crosses and the concrete Stockton-Sutter Garage is seen on the right. On the left is the Victoria Hotel at 590 Bush and the Bush Garden Japanese restaurant at 580 Bush. … and Now, the…
Herbet is at his wit’s end after visiting bank after bank (15, no less) in the Financial District in an unsuccessful search for Stevenson. But suddenly across the street he spots something that warms the cockles of his heart and snaps him to attention (click the image to see his reaction - there’s more to acting than saying lines). Then … The sight of the Chartered Bank Of London nostalgically…
Before the breakup, there’s the makeup - Joey’s wife has inexplicably returned. They throw a celebration party at a location as yet unfound by CitySleuth. (Anyone recognize it?). At the party Buddy picks up a bracelet with the name Eric on it. Eric is there; when he reclaims it the two seem to hit it off. Then … Afterwards while Teddy and friends enjoy lunch together Joey is back to his usual…
Then … Still searching for Stevenson, Herbert hasn’t given up on the idea that surely he must have been to a bank to get cash; he heads back to the Financial District, beginning here at the main entrance of the United California Bank Building at 405 Montgomery Street. … and Now, that location has seen a succession of exterior street level changes since it was built as the Financial Center Building…
Teddy almost misses TWA’s L-1011 flight to Los Angeles but persuades the ramp truck to head back as the exit door re-opens for him. As if. (In return for its cooperation with the filmmakers TWA gets lots of exposure in the airport scenes that follow). Then … Unfortunately for Teddy once in the air the flight is diverted to San Diego due to fog in L.A. On arrival he sits in the lounge, musing about…
Then … Herbert is desperate with nowhere to go. He drags his way up one of the city’s steepest streets. … and Now, this is Nob Hill looking south down Taylor street from California towards Pine. At far left with a temporary ramp is a side entrance of the Huntington Hotel which was closed for extensive interior upgrades when CitySleuth took this photo. Then … Exhausted, he sees a large church…
Then … Teddy, conspicuously inconspicuous, heads to Guiglio’s for his dinner with Charlotte. … and Now, supposedly in North Beach, this was actually filmed in the courtyard of the flamboyantly famous (some would say infamous) lawyer Melvin Belli’s offices at 722 Montgomery Street in San Francisco’s Jackson Square district (thanks to ReelSF reader Notcom for the I.D). … A vintage photo … this…