Where was The General filmed?

1926 film directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton

The General (1926) was filmed in Santa Monica and Cottage Grove — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.

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Filming locations

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Santa Monica

  🇺🇸 United States

  beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Cottage Grove

  🇺🇸 United States

  city in Lane County, Oregon, USA

  “The cast and crew arrived in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on May 27, 1926, with 18 freight cars full of Civil War-era cannons, rebuilt passenger cars, stagecoaches, houses, wagons and laborers.” Wikipedia

Places whose own article says it was shot there

1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Cottage Grove United States

  “In the summer of 1926, Cottage Grove was the filming location for Buster Keaton's Civil War-era comedy The General, now regarded as one of the most significant films of the silent era.” Wikipedia

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