The Lady Says No, 1951
Joan Caufield and David Niven; directed by Frank Ross; United Artist; comedy about a magazine photographer who interviews a woman who has written an anti-men book and breaks down her romantic resistance; scenes filmed at the Pine Inn in Carmel and the nearby coastline.
Lassie Come Home, 1943
Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor; directed by Fred M. Wilcox; MGM; the first of the Lassie films about a poor family forced to sell its beloved dog, but the dog makes a remarkable journey to return to them; Oscar nominee for cinematography; scenes filmed at Point Lobos.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945
Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Price; directed by John M. Stahl; drama, based on a novel, about a selfish and jealous woman who is psychopath causing unhappiness for everybody around here, even in her suicide; Oscar winner for cinematography and nominations for Tierney and art direction.
The Limey, 1998
(1999) Terence Stamp, Leslie Ann Warren, Peter Fonda. Big Sur at Lucia Lodge, private home north of Lucia, driving along Highway One.
The Little Giant, 1933
Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor; directed by Roy Del Ruth; Warner Bros.; polo field at the old Hotel Del Monte in Monterey used for a cominal scene in which Robinson and his fellow gangster characters try to play polo.
The Long, Long Trail, 1929
Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers and Walter Brennan; directed by Arthur Rosson and produced by Hoot Gibson; Universal; Western melodrama about a playful cowboy who saves a damsel from quicksand, wins a horse race at the rodeo, captures the bad guys and ends up with his true love; a remake of the 1923 "The Ramblin' Kid," from a novel by the same name; Hoot Gibson's first talking picture (and an interesting look at early sound films); theater ads proclaimed: "Here's Hoot riding his wildest, fighting his hardest, loving his grandest;" Sally Eilers, who appeared in films from 1927 to 1951, was Gibson's wife from 1930 to 1933; for Walter Brennan, who was to go on to win three Academy Awards, this was his third year in films and his sixth movie at the age of 35; scenes filmed at the 18th annual California Rodeo in Salinas July 17-21, 1929, with big crowd scenes and rodeo action that figure prominently in the plot; filmmakers were in Salinas for an entire week; Gibson had told rodeo officials that he needed to film on location at some rodeo somewhere and he preferred the California Rodeo in Salinas, but he said he would come to Salinas only if he could have the movie rights to the rodeo (rodeo officials said he could have whatever rights he wanted and were excited about having him there and the prospect of local people being in the film; this was the first all-talking sound feature shown at the old Crystal Theatre in Salinas on Jan. 2, 1930.
The Love Bug, 1969
Dean Jones, Michele Lee and Buddy Hackett; directed by Robert Stevenson; Disney; comedy about a Volkswagen car with a mind if its own.
The Love Light, 1920
Mary Pickford and Fred Thomson; scenes filmed at Point Lobos.
Our thanks to Joe Graziano of the Monterey County Herald for providing this information.
* - Indicates that Peninsula footage ended up on cutting room floor.
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