Sunday, July 3, 2016

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)



Nicholas Ray's melodramatic milestone into the lives of the modern teenager - neglected, confused and rebellious.  Rebel Without A Cause addressed the generation gap and deterioration of America's youth with incredible performances from the main cast, who each died tragically way before their time.  The film also catapulted James Dean to a cultural icon.

Rebel Without a Cause was filmed in Hollywood, Santa Monica and Los Angeles, CA


Location: Drunk Jim Lays in the Street
Address: 7529 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, CA





Location: The Police Station
Address: Warner Brothers Studios - Midwest Street, Burbank, CA





Location: Judy's House & Alley
Address: 6122 S Citrus Avenue, Los Angeles, CA




















Location: Plato's House
Address: Warner Brothers Backlot, Burbank, CA






This was also The Seavers House from Growing Pains (1985-1992) and Mrs. Deagle's House from Gremlins (1984).




Location: The Planetarium
Address: 2800 E Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA   Griffith Park Observatory

























Paula Abdul's Rush, Rush (1991) video was also filmed here.

Locations Visited: March 2007, March 2016, October 2016

On a cross country trip back in '07, I stopped off in James Dean's hometown of Fairmount, Indiana to visit a museum dedicated to his, the farm where he grew up and his gravesite...




















Blind Date (1987)





Die Hard (1988) made Bruce Willis an action star but his comedic talent shined in Blake Edwards' underrated and oft-forgotten Blind Date.  Walter Davis had one job - to not let his blind date Nadia get drunk.  He doesn't heed the warning and the night turns into a series of disasters.  John Larroquette steals the movie as Nadia's macadamia of an ex-boyfriend and William Daniels comes in a close second as his goofball father.

Blind Date was filmed in Culver City, Santa Monica and Los Angeles, CA

Location: The Gas Station
Address: Sepulveda & National Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA








Location: Nadia's Friend's House
Address: 9055 Krueger Street, Culver City, CA

The house seen in the film has since been demolished.




Location: Ted's House
Address: 11400 Kingsland Street, Santa Monica, CA




Location: The Limo Ride
Address: Delfern Drive & N Faring Road, Los Angeles, CA




Location: The Bedford House
Address: 1060 Brooklawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA




Locations Visited: March 2006, October 2016