Category Archives: Mystery Photo

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the filming of “Poltergeist II.” Please congratulate Hockey Kevin for identifying the film. The crew is shooting at Celtic Street and Variel Avenue in Chatsworth, jewel of the … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This photo, published March 28, 1982, shows the set of Lizzie Borden High School for “National Lampoon’s Class Reunion.” The movie was filmed at Pasadena College of Chiropractic, which, despite … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: These photos of former Marine Capt. Dale Dye are truly a mystery. They were taken Aug. 19, 1985, during filming of “Invaders From Mars” but never published. However, I did … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This 1989 photo allegedly shows the filming of that masterpiece “Beverly Hills Corpse,” a film I cannot locate.  [However the director, David "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama," DeCoteau, is … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is director James Goldstone and George Segal filming “Rollercoaster” in a photo taken Dec. 2, 1976. ] I blacked out the slate so this photo won’t be too easy….

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the filming of “Walker,” in a photo taken April 5, 1987. And no, we’re not on an Ed Harris theme even though we had “Swing Shift” yesterday. It … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo       [Update: This is the set of “Swing Shift” published March 20, 1983, for a feature on a day in the life of Hollywood.] Here’s a street scene that has … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo         Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is “What’s Up Doc?” with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, as most people realized. ] For all those Daily Mirror … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Time file photo   [Update: This is what my friends in Orange County used to call “the condo made of stone-a” (look it up, young people) next to the Santa Ana Freeway in City of … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo       6th Street and Rampart Boulevard via Google maps’ street view. [Update: This is the filming of “Car Wash” at 6th Street and Rampart Boulevard in a photo by Marilyn … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the filming of "Mohammad: Messenger of God." The photo is stamped Dec. 17, 1979, but it's unclear if it was ever published. ] Today, we have four mystery … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is filming “Jaws: The Revenge” on Martha’s Vineyard in a photo published Feb. 8, 1987. Please congratulate Herb Nichols for identifying it! Donna Rosenthal’s story is on the jump.] … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: This is the filming of “Old Gringo.” Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying it.] Here’s today’s mystery photo! ALSO A Telling Tale of Mexican Revolution Sparks Row Over Who's Doing … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As nearly everyone realized, this is the filming of “A Small Circle of Friends” in 1979.] We have moved from the era of the 4×5 camera to 35 millimeter, which … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo   [Update: As everyone realized, this is “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” in an image published Sept. 3, 1939, with Edwin Schallert’s story about the current trend in Hollywood of "just what … Continue reading →

      Los Angeles Times file photo       [Update: Here’s a fun discovery. The Times published this photo to accompany a 1970 feature on cameraman Virgil Miller. According to the caption information, this is the crew filming … Continue reading →