![]() Adorning its marquee this week: A “Big Band Holiday Concert & Dance Party” coming on Dec. The theater no longer hosts the latest movies, though. It took a beating during the mammoth Northridge quake, but was restored it current safety standards. Long before the theater was converted to a movie house, it featured live theater and vaudeville-style revues, and later screened silent films.īelow: Well, son of a gun, the El Portal is still in business. Preparing for a scene at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood for “Licorice Pizza” (Photo by MGM) Big screen dreamsĪbove: The latest James Bond flick - 1973’s “Live and Let Die” starring Roger Moore, perhaps best known for its brash Paul McCartney theme song - is emblazoned on the marquee at North Hollywood’s iconic El Portal theater in a key scene in the movie. When the billboard first appeared, the film’s production was shrouded in secrecy and the imagery caused quite stir (raising hopes for some that hard-rock, 1970s radio was making a comeback). in Encino on Friday, Augwas put up during filming for “Licorice Pizza” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News) Rock radio reduxĪbove: Anyone remember the “Little bit ‘o heaven, 94.7” jingle?įilmmakers put up this billboard as a tribute to the once-hugely popular FM rock radio station KMET at the corner of Paso Robles Ave. The site was used in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Ī billboard with the name of a former Los Angeles radio station at the corner of Paso Robles Ave. The former old Billingsley restaurant in Van Nuys that doubled as the Tail O’ the Cock at the Van Nuys Golf Course on Wednesday, Dec.8, 2021. It was located in Van Nuys, adjacent to the golf course. ![]() The filmmakers created their own, short-term recreation of the posh watering hole.īelow: The former Billingsley Restaurant was dressed up to look like the old Tail in the film. The real tavern closed up shop in 1987 and was leveled to make way for a shopping center. The site was used as an arcade in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Īlana Haim and Sean Penn at the former Billingsley restaurant in Van Nuys that doubled as the Tail O’ the Cock at the Van Nuys Golf for scenes from “Licorice Pizza.” (MGM via AP) Tail as old as timeĪbove: Haim and Penn arrive at the Valley’s once-iconic Tail of the Cock steakhouse for a dinner that turns into a wild evening, including the aforementioned motorcycle jump. ![]() You have to look close to recognize the place, post art direction. For further research, see “Tommy.”īelow: The Creative art-supply shop in Chatsworth was transformed into the pinball palace by the film’s creative team by layering on a garish 1970s-style facade. for scenes from “Licorice Pizza.” (Melinda Sue Gordon/MGM via AP) Period pinballĪbove: In the movie, Gary opens a pinball parlor, dubbed “Fat Bernie’s.” For the younger set: Pinball was an electric table game we all played long before Nintendo crashed the party. The site was used as a high school in scenes from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)įat Bernie’s Pinball Palace was filmed at “My Creative” on Devonshire St. ![]() A woman enters Portola Middle School in Tarzana on Wednesday, Dec.8, 2021. She largely ignores him…but then the sparks are ignited and, well, see the movie, folks.īelow: The school scene was filmed at a real school, Portola Middle School in Tarzana - not far from where director Paul Thomas Anderson lives. In the film, it’s picture day at his high school, and she works for the photographer. The site was used as Councilman Joel Wachs (played by actor/director Benny Safdie) in his Canoga Park campaign office when he ran for mayor, in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Īlana Haim and Cooper Hoffman at Portola Middle School in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Melinda Sue Gordon/MGM via AP) School dazeĪbove: At the beginning of the picture, a self-absorbed Gary Valentine - played by first-time actor Cooper Hoffman - meets Haim for the first time and tries to impress her with his innate coolness (not!). ![]() People walk across Sherman Way in Canoga Park by a furniture store on Wednesday, Dec.8, 2021. It resides just down the alley from where the extras for the movie got all decked out in their 1973-era garb. At lower right, that’s Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy interviewing Wachs about his social life.īelow: “The Sofa Place” was the real-life location of Wachs’ election central. Haim is just coming in to serve as a volunteer. (Photo MGM)Ībove: Here’s a glimpse of the movie’s take on longtime Valley politician Joel Wachs’ campaign headquarters when he ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 1973. Dennis McCarthy, right, and Alana Haim in a scene from the film “Licorice Pizza”. ![]()
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