{"id":317459,"date":"2022-12-21T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=317459"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:31:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T05:31:31","slug":"hollywood-in-la-jolla-from-murder-mysteries-to-sci-fi-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/hollywood-in-la-jolla-from-murder-mysteries-to-sci-fi-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood in La Jolla: From murder mysteries to sci-fi and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides its beautiful beaches, and many historic buildings, La Jolla has been home to backdrops and locations for various movies, TV shows, and more. From science fiction films like \u201cGattaca<\/a>\u201d to murder-themed TV shows including \u201cSilk Stalkings<\/a>,\u201d \u201cVeronica Mars,<\/a>\u201d and \u201cTerriers,\u201d La Jolla has many attributes such as its ocean and, coastline views, mountains, and desert scenery.<\/p>\n

According to Professor Eric Pierson, who teaches communications at UC San Diego, La Jolla makes for a great place to film for all sorts of reasons. \u201cI think La Jolla\u2019s ability to transition into a place that you don\u2019t necessarily know right away is one of its many advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n

For example, he cited the 1997 film \u201cGattaca\u201d about a genetically inferior man who assumes the identity of a superior one to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel \u2026 it also tells the story of two competitive brothers and how far they can swim.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an interesting way to focus on the power of the sea vs. being overshaded by where you are,\u201d Pierson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film shows the geography of the state like its rocks, and waves \u2026 that\u2019s where the La Jolla shores come in and what makes the film appealing,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 It\u2019s not Malibu, which is a very specific kind of location that viewers typically can make out immediately. I think in this case La Jolla is more adaptable to the need of this film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pierson added if a filmmaker wants to reflect on a high-end coastal community, La Jolla also allows and provides for that need.<\/p>\n

LIKE A CHAMELEON<\/p>\n

Another reason La Jolla has been an inspiration and option for many a filmmaker, as well as TV producers, is the feeling of the sense of California overall vs. just Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people think of California, they automatically think of LA,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when you use La Jolla, you get a different feel and view of the state. I think not just La Jolla but San Diego, in general, is a wonderful place to shoot a film or TV show. I am surprised that there isn\u2019t much more filming done here as La Jolla offers the amenities of LA but not the difficulties of LA since it is so condensed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pierson said \u201cVeronica Mars\u201d was indeed filmed in the area starring Kristen Bell,\u00a0Jason Dohring,\u00a0and Percy Daggs III. Mars, 17, is an amateur private investigator who attempts to solve mysteries in an affluent, fictional town named Neptune.<\/p>\n

Also, the TV crime drama series \u201cSilk Stalkings\u201d was \u201calmost exclusively shot in La Jolla,\u201d Pierson said.<\/p>\n

Some of the other films and TV shows that have used La Jolla as a location include \u201cThe Cell,<\/a>\u201d about an \u201cF.B.I. agent that persuades a social worker, who is adept with new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, in \u201cThor,\u201d some scenes were filmed in La Jolla, according to various sites including IMDb and aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And one blog states the home<\/a> of one of the characters in \u201cBring It On\u201d was also filmed in La Jolla.<\/p>\n

EARLY DAYS<\/p>\n

The La Jolla Cinema League were early pioneers who did much filming in and around La Jolla, according to the San Diego History Center\u2019s sitio web.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe La Jolla Cinema League, founded in 1926, attempted to promote motion picture productions by groups not associated with large commercial studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt produced five to 10 melodramas and newsreels ranging in length between five and 74 minutes. These were photographed by P.H. Adams, directed by R.G.S. Berger (who owned the house where many productions were filmed), and starred as a troupe of actors related to Adams or Berger.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 The sets were realistic and of historic importance, because they showed early 20th-century architecture in La Jolla including the Casa de Manana, a historic hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The movies included\u00a0\u201cConsuelo di Capri,\u201d \u201cthe first production of the League, about thugs trying to wrestle the deed to valuable property away from an old man by kidnapping his daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

In\u00a0\u201cAvarice\u201d\u00a0an \u201cunsympathetic miser acts miserly and ends up locking himself in his safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVirtue\u2019s Reward\u201d or \u201cBlood for Bond\u201d\u00a0is about a weekend party that is disturbed when bad people try to steal bonds from good people.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not forget about \u201cThe Stunt Man\u201d from 1980, however, 60 years before actor Peter O\u2019Toole acted in\u00a0\u201cThe Stunt Man\u201d, Hollywood\u2019s original stuntman, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., was scaling the cliffs of La Jolla in films.<\/p>\n

Also, San Diego County History Center says: \u201cIn search of a location more tropical than Chicago in winter, the Selig Polyscope Cos.\u2019 Francis Boggs and Thomas Persons \u2026 \u201cstumbled off a train in Los Angeles in 1907 intent on completing the first movie version of\u00a0\u201cThe Count of Monte Cristo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter some shooting behind a laundry in downtown Los Angeles, the troupe traveled down to La Jolla. According to the historian Terry Ramsaye\u2019s rather whimsical view, \u201cPersons fitted the hypnotist with a white wig and then a great La Jolla wave tossed him in the ocean. Boggs and Pearson jumped in the water to save the wig and later the hypnotist. From all appearances, the La Jolla segment of the first feature film made in California was filmed near the La Jolla Cave\u2019s \u2018White Lady\u2019 rock sculpture.\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE FUN<\/p>\n

Also, some aviation films with romantic triangles were filmed at the Naval Air Station at North Island such as \u201cDevil Dogs of the Air\u201d with James Cagney and Pat O\u2019Brien. The men get tangled up with each other, a waitress at a diner, and a mock invasion of Black\u2019s Beach in La Jolla.<\/p>\n

REALITY, TOO<\/p>\n

More recent productions include reality shows such as The Real World: San Diego, \u00a0<\/a> where \u201cMTV\u2019s\u00a0The Real World\u201d goes city to city, every year picking a new cast of\u00a0young people who live together and are filmed for a reality show.\u00a0The seasons were filmed in houses in Point Loma (2004), and Bird Rock in La Jolla\u00a0(2011).<\/p>\n

One obscure reality show, La Jolla Cove Suites, located at 1155 Coast Blvd, was featured in \u201cHotel Impossible<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(2012\u20132017); in the episode \u201cLa Jolla Cove Suites: La Jolla, Ca<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n

These are only some of the productions that have taken advantage of the beautiful city of La Jolla in films, and TV shows, so stay tuned for more history in the future.<\/p>\n

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