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| Queen Anne Cottage at The Arboretum Photo: Angelo Henry, Discover Los Angeles Flickr Pool |
6. LA COUNTY ARBORETUM, ARCADIA
Oscar Nod: "Marathon Man" (Best Supporting Actor Nominee Laurence Olivier)You can get lost in this vast city park located east of Downtown LA, which was originally a private ranch and botanical garden used for filming Tarzan the Ape Man and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious. The main attraction is the 1885 Queen Anne Cottage, best known for its appearance in the intro of TV's Fantasy Island and as the Florida home of Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand in Meet the Fockers.
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd at the Gamble House in "Back to the Future" | Photo: @filmtourismus
7. ARROYO SECO'S GABRIELINO TRAIL, PASADENA
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| The Gamble House | Photo: D1v1d, Flickr |
This shady jungle-like forest near Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) served as a crime scene for Murder by Numbers with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Gosling. Other films shot in this surprisingly lush glen at the edge of the Angeles National Forest include Michel Gondry's Human Nature and Rob Reiner's North. Neighborhood landmarks include the Colorado Street Bridge (from La La Land and Charlie Chaplin's The Kid), the Huntington Library (The Wedding Singer, Iron Man 2), the Gamble House (Doc Brown's home in Back to the Future), and the Langham Hotel (Saving Mr. Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson).
8. VASQUEZ ROCK NATURAL AREA PARK, AGUA DULCE
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| Vasquez Rocks Natural Area | Photo: Yuri Hasegawa |
Named after Tuburcio Vasquez, the famed Mexican bandit who used this spooky desert backdrop as his hiding place, Vasquez Rocks are the strange rock formations that can be seen along Highway 14 (the Antelope Valley Freeway) in northern Los Angeles County. Its most famous appearances include TV's Star Trek, Blazing Saddles, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Adventure, Short Circuit and as the modern Stone Age family community of Bedrock in 1994's The Flintstones. The rocks can be glimpsed during a road trip scene in Little Miss Sunshine. Nearby movie ranches include Melody Ranch, seen in Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning Django Unchained and the site of the annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.
9. PARAMOUNT RANCH, AGOURA
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| Paramount Ranch before the 2018 Woolsey Fire |
Paramount Pictures bought this expansive Santa Monica Mountains parcel in 1927 as a wilderness backlot. The first 3-D blockbuster, 1953's Bwana Devil, used these Malibu hills as an African jungle setting, but it's best-known for its Western town, which made numerous appearances as the towns of Sweetwater and Escalante in Season 1 of Westworld, and played a Colorado hamlet in the 1990s TV series, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. The ranch is located just a few miles from the Kanan Road exit off the 101 Highway.
Paramount Ranch was devastated by the 2018 Woolsey Fire, but since reopened to the public.
10. LEO CARRILLO STATE BEACH, MALIBU
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| Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta at Leo Carrillo State Beach in "Grease" | Photo: @filmtourismus |
The highlight of this picturesque shoreline at Malibu's northwestern end is a hidden sea cave near Lifeguard Tower #3. It was the site of Drew Barrymore's and Adam Sandler's first kiss in 50 First Dates and the witches' ritual incantation in The Craft. The rocks nearby can be seen in Gidget, Beach Blanket Bingo, Grease, The Karate Kid and the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, when Keira Knightley gets Johnny Depp drunk on rum.
* Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, 633 West 5th Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA info@discoverlosangeles.com
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