Charley Chase - On The Wrong Trek (1936) - Filming Locations

Watch the Quick Preview Video below, and scroll down for information about the filming locations.

Featured Filming Location Photo The Evolution Of A Filming Location

The intersection of Exposition Blvd, National Blvd and Palms Blvd in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the background, the Pacific Electric Railway's Santa Monica Air Line bridge crosses National Blvd. Today, the streets are still there, the railroad has expanded from a single track to a double track and the gigantic Interstate 10 / Santa Monica Freeway bridge occupies the formerly open space behind the railroad bridge.

The Plot

Hen-pecked Charley is on a driving vacation with his wife and mother-in-law.

This Quick Preview Video is from a scene where the vacationers encounter two hitchhikers. Charley's mother-in-law says that they should offer them a ride because they have "kind faces." Charley says they look like "a couple of horse thieves!" The two hitchhikers are... Laurel and Hardy!

Matching Up The Filming Locations

The scene was filmed at Hillsboro Avenue and South Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles, which just happened to be the entrance to the Hal Roach Studios (which produced this movie) ranch. In the almost 90 years since this movie filmed there, the ranch and surrounding area has been fully developed and today is part of the Beverlywood neighborhood.

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