Open Thread for Wednesday
The Los Angeles City Hall has probably starred in more movies and television series than most Hollywood actors. It was the tallest building in the city for years, so it was a natural when a skyscraper was needed! Here is a recent list of City Hall appearences in TV and movies.Films:
* Los Angeles City Hall was used in films almost from its dedication in 1928 when Lon Chaney and director Jack Conway brought their film crews to the Civic Center to shoot While the City Sleeps. The final touches were made to the new City Hall and the "talkies" were introduced.
* City Hall appeared in many early movies including, among others, Straight from the Shoulder (1936), Mildred Pierce (1945), Get Outta Town (1959) and D.O.A. (1963).
* Other appearances include Protocol, It Seems Like Old Times, Dragnet, 48 Hours, Another 48 Hours, and a number of Disney films.
* City Hall's most illustrious appearance in films has to be the War of the Worlds (1953). It was directed by George Pal and starred Gene Barry, Ann Robinson and Lewis Martin. It was loosely based on H.G. Wells' novel -- with action transferred from Victorian London to modern Southern California. An 8-inch model of City Hall was created which was then blown up with explosives. The film won the Oscar for "Special Effects" that year.
Television:
TV Series
* For ten seasons City Hall was Police Headquarters for "Dragnet".
* It was also The Daily Planet in the "Superman" series.
* "Kojak" and "Cagney and Lacey" used Los Angeles City Hall to represent parts of New York City.
* It has also been seen in "The Rockford Files," "Matlock," "Hill Street Blues," "LA Law" and "Equal Justice."
TV Movies and Mini-Series
* It was the Vatican in the TV mini-series The Thornbirds.
* It played the U.S. Capitol in The Jimmy Hoffa Story.
* It portrayed the Texas office of an aspiring Lyndon Johnson in LBJ: The Early Years
* It appeared in MADD and Blood Feud
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 1/11/2006 12:01:00 AM
11 Comments:
City Hall is my most favorite building in all of Los Angeles.
My favorite place besides council chambers is the Bradley Room.
I want to take a certain city hall employee to the Bradley Room and take advantage of him.
He knows who he is...
I love City Hall.
City Hall is the best structure in L.A. As a kid I used to look, wonder and marvel at it. I knew I wanted to work in that building some day. When I got my chance, I was so amazed at the interior, council chambers, the rotunda and all the other offices and stuff that I would invite folks to lunch and give them a little tour of "my" building.
Just like I consider L.A. "my city", then City Hall is "my building". The CalTrans building look so out of place across from City Hall, dont you think?
Oh, and i've taken advantage of someone inside City Hall before. Very exciting. Actually, we took advantage of each other. Exciting when you think about it.
You would never know how many people do the same thing each year. Even more fantasize about doing it in City Hall on the floor of the rotunda, or in one of the elevators.
I've used a stairway before and it wasn't too bad. OK, TMI.
OK, I see the Mayors don't care what is going on in other CD's. The "what's up in CD __" was catching on. Thought it would expand into city offices such as the CAO's office, the City Attorney's office, or Chick's office. I was hoping it would culminate with "what's up in the mayors office?"
5:58 AM
I apologize for the break in our series. As you know, Mayor Frank has taken some personal time off from the blog and I'm a one man show right now, save for some great contributions by Joe Mailander. Right now I only have an hour or so each night for the blog, so I'm just trying to cover all the basics and any breaking news. We will resume the series in the next day or two and will definitely cover other offices as well. Thanks for your patience.
Don't forget THE WEST WING. 3rd floor City Hall doubles as the halls of Congress.
Hey 5:58, cut them some slack. It's not like they get pad to do this.
AND, it's not like these last two standing lied and said they would produce PROOF of 80 FAKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ORGANIZATIONS -- the only real accomplishment of AV's two years in CD14, as CM, to justify his $300K salary, and the MILLIONS embezzled by his staff in the form of district salaries (when all they were really doing was getting him elected mayor, on the taxpayers $$).
It's not like THAT!
Mayor Sam,
Any thoughts on the Westly-Angelides battle for the Democratic Primary? I haven't heard you say one word about it. Looks like it could get ugly. Same old situation, Democrats beating each other up.
Don't look now, but I think several million taxpayers get taken advantage of in City hall every day.
It is a cool old building though. There isn't enough money in the world to build it today. Just look at City Hall East.
OK Mayor Sam, I'll be patient. It's going to be like a soap opera. "Desperate Housewives" of L.A. politics.
Yes, you KNOW I was talking to you.
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