Asta running around the Nick and Nora Charles back yard in the 1936 film ‘After the Thin Man’ This is actually Pioneer Park behind Coit Tower.
Author: SF Film Locations
Hello friends! My name is Tim Welsh. I’m the owner and operator of Welsh Income Tax Service in Hayward, California. When I was fifteen, I fell in love with San Francisco. It wasn’t a first in the family; my mother at seventeen had traveled by train from North Dakota, where I was later born, to see the Treasure Island World’s Fair, and fell in love with “The City” long before I did. You can see pictures from her trip in the November 19th, 2014 ‘Summer of 1939’ postings. It’s been a love affair that’s never broken my heart. Here, with pictures from books, movies, the internet, and personal collections, I’ve had a chance to share my affection for San Francisco with comparison and location pictures that I’ve taken. I’ve had help from family and friends, and even my dog ‘Danny’ who sniffed out the trail of Buffalo Bill at Ocean Beach on a November 15, 2014 post. My blog is for non commercial and non profit purposes only, and it’s always a lot of fun to work on. Many of the pictures from November, 2014 to November 2015 are thumbnail images. Pictures from posts after that can be enlarged by viewing the image. I hope you enjoy the posts, and please feel free to follow my blog, or make suggestions, comments or corrections if you like.
‘It Came From Beneath the Sea’
The Ferry Building being destroyed by Ray Harryhausen’s giant octopus in the 1955 film ‘It Came From Beneath the Sea’. This might have been special effects, and, probably, didn’t happen, the girl on the left looks like she’s laughing! Ray Harryhausen just died in May of this year.
‘Pal Joey’
The ferry boat carrying Frank Sinatra approaches the Ferry Building in the 1957 film ‘Pal Joey’ The Southern Pacific Building can still be seen in today’s view.
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 