Streets & squares

Wilshire Boulevard

thoroughfare in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles, United States

United States · 34.0600, -118.3600

Wilshire Boulevard is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 18 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The exterior scenes of the Desmond house were filmed at a house on Wilshire Boulevard built during the 1920s by the millionaire William O. Jenkins, who with his family had lived in it for only one year before then leaving it abandoned for more than a decade, which earned it the nickname "Phantom House".”

Sunset Boulevard (1950) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wilshire Boulevard as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Sunset Boulevard 1950
Demolition Man 1993
“Filming also took place at Wilshire Courtyard, 5700 and 5750 Wilshire Boulevard.” Wikipedia
Scream 3 2000
True Romance 1993
Escape from New York 1981
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
The Green Hornet 2011
Ocean's 11 1960
Mouse Hunt 1997
“Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills was used for exterior shots representing the upscale restaurant.” Wikipedia
Kiss Me Deadly 1955
Streets of Fire 1984
Devil in a Blue Dress 1995
“Other locales in Los Angeles include the Griffith Park Observatory and the famed Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard.” Wikipedia
Perry Mason 1957–
“In one episode, Drake gets out of a car on Wilshire Boulevard and goes into an apartment building; in the distant background, the lights and cameras from the set filming an episode of Peter Gunn are visible.” Wikipedia
The Lincoln Lawyer 2022–
“Notable filming locations included Admiralty Way in Marina del Rey, Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles, Grand Avenue, the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, and Wilshire Boulevard.” Wikipedia
Sunset 1988
“The filming locations included locations in Southern California: Ambassador Hotel, 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood.” Wikipedia
Topper 1937
“Topper was produced at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, with location shooting at the entrance to the Bullock's Wilshire department store on Wilshire Boulevard - as the entrance to the "Seabreeze Hotel" - and at a location on San Rafael Avenue in Pasadena, California.” Wikipedia
Adventures of Superman 1952–
“The establishing shot of The Daily Planet in the first season was the E. Clem Wilson Building in Los Angeles, California, on Wilshire Boulevard, which was famous for decades as the headquarters of Mutual of Omaha.” Wikipedia
Night of the Comet 1984

Named here by Wilshire Boulevard’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Wilshire Boulevard, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Sunset Boulevard 1950

“The Wilshire Boulevard home of J. Paul Getty was used as the film set for the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard: it was demolished in 1957.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Wilshire Boulevard?

18 productions are recorded as filmed at Wilshire Boulevard, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Demolition Man (1993) and Scream 3 (2000). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Wilshire Boulevard?

Sunset Boulevard (1950), covered by 62 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Wilshire Boulevard?

Wilshire Boulevard is in the United States. Its coordinates are 34.0600, -118.3600.

What other filming locations are near Wilshire Boulevard?

Petersen Automotive Museum (under 1 km), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (under 1 km), Johnie's Coffee Shop (under 1 km), Hancock Park (La Brea Tar Pits) (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.