Film Locations in San Francisco Title Release Year Locations A Jitney Elopement 1915 20th and Folsom Streets A Jitney Elopement 1915 Golden Gate Park Greed 1924 Cliff House (1090 Point Lobos Avenue) Greed 1924 Bush and Sutter Streets Greed 1924 Hayes Street at Laguna The Jazz Singer 1927 Coffee Dan's (O'Farrell Street at Powell) Barbary Coast 1935 After the Thin Man 1936 Coit Tower San Francisco 1936 The Barbary Coast San Francisco 1936 City Hall Page 1 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Fun Facts Production Company The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company During San Francisco's Gold Rush era, the The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Park was part of an area designated as the "Great Sand Waste". In 1887, the Cliff House was severely Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) damaged when the schooner Parallel, abandoned and loaded with dynamite, ran aground on the rocks below. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Warner Bros. Pictures The Samuel Goldwyn Company The Tower was funded by a gift bequeathed Metro-Goldwyn Mayer by Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a socialite who reportedly liked to chase fires. Though the tower resembles a firehose nozzle, it was not designed this way. The Barbary Coast was a red-light district Metro-Goldwyn Mayer that was largely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Though some of the establishments were rebuilt after the earthquake, an anti-vice campaign put the establishments out of business. The dome of SF's City Hall is almost a foot Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Page 2 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Distributor Director Writer General Film Company Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin General Film Company Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Eric von Stroheim Eric von Stroheim Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Eric von Stroheim Eric von Stroheim Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Eric von Stroheim Eric von Stroheim Warner Bros. Pictures Alan Crosland Alfred A. Cohn United Artists Howard Hawks Ben Hecht Metro-Goldwyn Mayer W.S. Van Dyke Frances Goodrich Metro-Goldwyn Mayer W.S. Van Dyke Anita Loos Metro-Goldwyn Mayer W.S. Van Dyke Anita Loos Page 3 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Actor 1 Actor 2 Actor 3 Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Zasu Pitts Gibson Gowland Jean Hersholt Zasu Pitts Gibson Gowland Jean Hersholt Zasu Pitts Gibson Gowland Jean Hersholt Al Jolson May McAvoy Warner Oland Mariam Hopkins Edward G. Robinson Joel McCrea William Powell Myrna Loy James Stewart Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy Page 4 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938 Cliff House (1090 Point Lobos Avenue) Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938 San Francisco Bay Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938 Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street, Nob Hill) Shadow of the Thin Man 1941 Bay Bridge The Maltese Falcon 1941 Golden Gate Bridge The Maltese Falcon 1941 Ferry Building The Maltese Falcon 1941 Burritt Alley (Off Bush Street, between Page 5 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco taller than that of the US Capitol Building. In 1954, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe married at the Beaux Arts-style building. In 1887, the Cliff House was severely Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation damaged when the schooner Parallel, abandoned and loaded with dynamite, ran aground on the rocks below. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation In 1945 the Fairmont hosted the United Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Nations Conference on International Organization as delegates arrived to draft a charter for the organization. The U.S. Secretary of State, Edward Stettinius drafted the charter in the hotel's Garden Room. Before opening in 1936, the bridge was Metro-Goldwyn Mayer blessed by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII. With 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets Warner Bros. Pictures in each tower, the Golden Gate Bridge was the world's longest span when it opened in 1937. Every hour and half-hour, the clock bell atop Warner Bros. Pictures the Ferry Building chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters. Warner Bros. Pictures Page 6 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Henry King Kathryn Scola Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Henry King Kathryn Scola Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Henry King Kathryn Scola Metro-Goldwyn Mayer W.S. Van Dyke Harry Kurnitz Warner Bros. Pictures John Huston John Huston Warner Bros. Pictures John Huston John Huston Warner Bros. Pictures John Huston John Huston Page 7 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche William Powell Myrna Loy Barry Nelson Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Gladys George Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Gladys George Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Gladys George Page 8 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Powell and Stockton Streets) Gentleman Jim 1942 The Barbary Coast Hello Frisco, Hello 1943 Dark Passage 1947 Golden Gate Bridge Dark Passage 1947 The Malloch Apartment Building (1360 Montgomery Street) Dark Passage 1947 Filbert Steps, Filbert Street Nora Prentiss 1947 Belgravia Apartments (795 Sutter Street at Jones) The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Steinhart Aquarium (California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park) The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Mandarin Theatre (1021 Grant Avenue) The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Golden Gate Park Page 9 of 588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco The Barbary Coast was a red-light district Warner Bros. Pictures that was largely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Though some of the establishments were rebuilt after the earthquake, an anti-vice campaign put the establishments out of business. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation With 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets Warner Bros. Pictures in each tower, the Golden Gate Bridge was the world's longest span when it opened in 1937. Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures The Steinhart Aquarium is home to over Columbia Pictures Corp. 38,000 animals, which represent more than 900 species. The Mandarin Theatre was renamed the Columbia Pictures Corp. Sun Sing Theatre in 1949. It closed 1986. The Playland amusement park where "Hall Columbia Pictures Corp. of Mirrors" sequence at the end of the movie was filmed has since been destroyed. However, relics from the park are now Page 10 of588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Warner Bros. Pictures Raoul Walsh Vincent Lawrence Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Bruce Humberstone Robert Ellis Warner Bros. Pictures Delmer Daves Delmer Daves & David Goodis Warner Bros. Pictures Delmer Daves Delmer Daves & David Goodis Warner Bros. Pictures Delmer Daves Delmer Daves & David Goodis Warner Bros. Pictures Vincent Sherman N. Richard Nash Columbia Pictures Orson Welles Orson Welles Columbia Pictures Orson Welles Orson Welles Columbia Pictures Orson Welles Orson Welles Page 11 of588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Errol Flynn Alexis Smith Jack Carson Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacal Bruce Bennett Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacal Bruce Bennett Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacal Bruce Bennett Ann Sheridan Kent Smith Bruce Bennett Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Page 12 of588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco The Lady from Shanghai 1947 Former Hall of Justice (750 Kearny Street at Washington) I Remember Mama 1948 Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street, Nob Hill) I Remember Mama 1948 The Ferry Building I Remember Mama 1948 Grant Avenue (North Beach) To the Ends of the Earth 1948 All About Eve 1950 Curran Theater (445 Geary Street) D.O.A 1950 Powell & California Streets D.O.A 1950 Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital (1400 Fell Street) D.O.A 1950 The Embarcadero/ Ferry Building D.O.A 1950 Union Square D.O.A 1950 Westin St. Francis Hotel (335 Powell Street) Page 13 of588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco housed at the nearby Cliff House. Columbia Pictures Corp. In 1945 the Fairmont hosted the United RKO Radio Pictures Nations Conference on International Organization as delegates arrived to draft a charter for the organization. The U.S. Secretary of State, Edward Stettinius drafted the charter in the hotel's Garden Room. Every hour and half-hour, the clock bell atop RKO Radio Pictures the Ferry Building chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters. RKO Radio Pictures Kennedy-Buckman Pictures Called the Shubert Theatre in the film. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Cardinal Pictures Cardinal Pictures Every hour and half-hour, the clock bell atop Cardinal Pictures the Ferry Building chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters. During the Civil War, pro-Union rallies were Cardinal Pictures held in the Square, and thus the area was called "Union Square". The hotel was originally supposed to be Cardinal Pictures Page 14 of588 10/01/2021 Film Locations in San Francisco Columbia Pictures Orson Welles Orson Welles RKO Radio Pictures George Stevens DeWitt Bodeen RKO Radio Pictures George Stevens DeWitt Bodeen RKO Radio Pictures George Stevens DeWitt Bodeen Columbia Pictures Robert Stevenson Jay Richard Kennedy Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph L. Mankiewicz United Artists Rudolph Mate Russell Rouse United Artists Rudolph Mate Russell Rouse United Artists Rudolph Mate Russell Rouse United Artists Rudolph Mate Russell Rouse United Artists Rudolph