Though the majority of exterior locations filmed in The Last Edition were shot in San Francisco, at times Los Angeles stood in as a substitute for Baghdad by the Bay. Clarence Walker’s pursuit of ‘Red’ Moran combines shots filmed in both San Francisco and L.A., and director Emory Johnson included what appears to be stock footage of fire trucks racing through downtown Los Angeles in the climactic final reel.
Our thanks to Mike Frew and John Bengston for their research in identifying locations appearing within The Last Edition.
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- Unidentified Los Angeles location. Streetlight is a style not used in San Francisco.
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- The historic Hollywood joint Fire and Police Station situated at 1625 and 1629 Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles. Police stations in San Francisco were never numbered always named.
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- The narrow gauge streetcar tracks confirms this shot was taken in Los Angeles.
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- The narrow gauge streetcar tracks confirms this shot was taken in Los Angeles.
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- The Los Angeles streetcar leaves little doubt where this shot was photographed.
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- “Red” Moran leaps aboard a getaway vehicle outside the Mary Moll Building on Hollywood Boulevard. Streetlight is a style not used in San Francisco.
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- Downtown Los Angeles, with Grauman’s Metropolitan theatre at 323 West Sixth Street visible
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- Looking north up Hill Street from 6th Street. Hotel Clark is visible to the rear as the lighter building breaching the top of the frame on the right side of the street. The trees lining the left side mark the southern side of Pershing Square.
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