San Francisco Exteriors

Most of the exteriors shots in The Last Edition were filmed in San Francisco. Market Street plays an especially prominent role, as do several landmark buildings including: City Hall, the Ferry Building, the original San Francisco Chronicle Building, and the (then new) Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building.

Our thanks to Mike Frew and John Bengston for their research in identifying locations appearing within The Last Edition.

: Clarence Walker (Rex Lease) near 8th and Market Street. Civic Center Market in background.

: Clarence Walker (Rex Lease) at Market Street, heading west on Taylor.

: Clarence Walker (Rex Lease) heading east at Market and 6th Street.

: Powell Line cable car at Powell Street and O’Farrell.

: Traveling on Market Street in San Francisco eastbound. Camera is looking south down 7th Street.

: San Francisco Engine Company #1 at the corner of Mint and Jessie alleys.

: On Jessie Street just a few feet east of the previous picture with Battalion Chief #1 auto.

: On Market street, westbound at Drumm street

: Same location, on Market street, westbound at Drumm street

: On Bush St. with fire engine going westbound. Fire station #2 (460 Bush Street) in background. Used as a fire station until 1970, though now converted to offices.

: Kearny, Geary and Market St. looking north on Kearny. Old Chronicle building in upper right and Lotta’s fountain in lower left.

: Possibly westbound on Geary or Post.

: Same location as in previous image, possible Geary or Post

: Old Chronicle building at the corner of Kearny, Geary and Market steets. Looking north.

: Coming out of Stockton street tunnel southbound.

: Same location, coming out of Stockton street tunnel southbound, with a better view of the tunnel façade.

: Looking east on Market. street with Lotta’s fountain in silhouette. Jumping nets, like the one visible on the fire truck were still in use in San Francisco in the 1920s

: On Market street, opposite the old Chronicle building

: Showing the corner of Geary and Kearney

: Crowd in front of Monadnock building

: Turning off of Grove street onto Larkin street, infront of San Francisco City Hall.

: Turning of Market Street near 6th or 7th street, with streetcar passengers watching the filming.

: From the same sequence as the previous image, turning off Market Street near 6th or 7th streets.

: Powell and Market street. Cable car and turntable visible in the background with Flood building to the right.

: As with in the previous image, at Powell and Market street.

: 6th and Market street, looking west. Twin Peaks are faintly visible in background.

: Going west, possibly on Bush or Pine

: California street between Kearny and Grant. Cable car is going west toward Grant Avenue.

: California and Grant Avenue., showing the cable car from the previous image arriving at Grant Avenue.

: From the same sequence as the previous images, looking further up California street.

: Looking south on Mason at Geary.

: 6th and Market Street looking west on Market

: San Francisco City Hall

: Clarence Walker (Rex Lease) in front of the Anglo California National Bank at 1 Sansome Street, corner of Sutter St. The shell of the old Anglo California National Bank is still intact and used as a plaza with the columns used to hold up the façade.

: San Francisco City Hall

: The headquaters of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, a member of the Bell System. When the film crew shot these frames the building was practically brand new, having opened in February of 1925.

: As with previous image, showing the headquaters of the The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.

: Pacific Avenue at Gough Street. Up until 1929 the Market Street Railway ran a cable car on Pacific from Devisadero to Polk and this was a remnant of the original line which continued down Polk St., crossed Market St. and ended up in the South of Market area. The mansion in the background was torn down and replaced with apartments in 1929 or 1930.

: Directly accross the street from the “new” Chronicle building at 5th and Mission Street. In the background is the grounds of the “old” mint. Though replaced by the “new” mint at Duboce and Market Street in 1937, it was still in service as a mint during filming in 1925. Across the street and to the right of the men is the Pickwick Hotel which is still extant.