Hi everyone. I would introduce myself as a lurker, but, in truth, I haven't had time to lurk while reading through this amazing thread (from the start) over the past couple of months. Can I use this opportunity to thank all the contributors who have given me such an interesting variety of topics to read about during that time. Long may it continue.
I came upon this thread by a circuitous route. Like a couple of other members (eg. Moxie with 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King' and ProphetM with 'NCIS') I'm into looking for filming locations. I've compiled an almost complete list for 'The Dukes of Hazzard' (TV show), most of which are around Santa Clarita, with a few forays into places like the San Fernando Valley, Piru and Oxnard. Then, earlier this year, I decided to watch my way through 'CHiPs'. I had great fun finding filming locations for that show that seemed to cover a huge area of Los Angeles. It may only be 30-35 years old (which doesn't date back to the origins of this thread), but some areas have seen some huge changes in that time. While doing background research on several of these places I found myself directed to this thread, and the rest is history!
I thought it might be a 'CHiPs' location that gave me an excuse to post here, but it's actually 'The Dukes of Hazzard'. A couple of months back in
post #15748, E_R posted this mystery picture labeled as the Santa Monica Mountains in the 1920s.
ebay - originally posted by ethereal_reality
The "mystery rock formation" is now in Lake Eleanor Open Space, near Lake Sherwood. I can't determine the exact camera location, but it must've been on or near Westlake Boulevard. The view below is as close as I could get - it was taken from
here.
GSV
Lake Sherwood Ranch and the surrounding area was used extensively for filming the middle seasons of Dukes. Just like Bunker Hill, the ranch was subsequently regraded, and is now unrecognizable (it became the Sherwood Country Club). As an aside:
Quote:
Lake Sherwood is so called due to its use as the location for Sherwood Forest in the 1922 film, Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks. The 1938 film, The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, also had a major scene shot on location at "Sherwood Forest". - Wikipedia
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The reason I recognized the rock formation? Here it is with Hughie Hogg's VW driving by:
Warner Bros.