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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Now back to the epicenter of 'Indian Alley', 118 Winston Street.
The building had a cameo in the film 'The Sting'."
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Here is a comparison shot of 118 Winston Street and as seen in The Sting as the Western Union Office.
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Originally Posted by tovangar2
(There were also some "The Sting" scenes filmed in that maze of alleys in the block bound by Union/Colorado & DeLacey/Fair Oaks (next to the Forever 21 block) out in Pasadena)
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Joliet, Illinois – W. Union Street between N. Fair Oaks and De Lacey Avenues, Pasadena, California
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Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and Luther Coleman (Robert Earl Jones) swindle the mob courier – Smith Alley looking toward W. Union Street, Pasadena, California. The second picture shows Smith Alley looking toward Hugus Alley.
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Hooker running to drugstore to make an urgent phone call ("Kid Erie" behind him) - W. Union Street between N. Fair Oaks and De Lacey Avenues, Pasadena, California
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Hooker on his way to "The Sting" in the morning – Hugus Alley looking toward Miller Alley, Pasadena, California
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Reverse angle: Hugus Alley looking toward Smith Alley, Pasadena, California.
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There was some location filming at the Biltmore Hotel and this is another famous location shoot for THE STING, the Santa Monica Pier:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePag...ierPhoto.shtml
As it appeared in THE STING with period automobiles and matte painting of Chicago surrounding it.
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The blog,
HERE, that I found these screengrabs from, states something I didn't know::
In 1972 a somewhat insensitive city council voted to remove the pier and replace it with a concrete island and 29-story hotel. Local citizen activists were a bit upset, and formed Save Santa Monica Bay to oppose the tear-down of this widely used--and free--public gathering place.
He says that the filming of The Sting there in the spring of 1973 and subsequent publicity helped galvanize the community to save the pier and to get an initiative for the Santa Monica city ballot which passed and the council reversed their decision. In 2009 the pier celebrated it's 100th anniversary and the carousel and the building that houses it is still open!