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

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Featured Filming Location Photo

From a sleepy crossroads to a major traffic intersection.
Filming location then and now from the Charley Chase movie On The Wrong Trek
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.

Historical Production & Location Reference

Film: On The Wrong Trek (1936)
Stars: Charley Chase (Cameos by Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy)
Studio: Hal Roach Studios
Featured Historical Landmarks:
  • Hal Roach Studios Ranch Entrance: The intersection of Hillsboro Ave & S Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles that served as the primary setting for the classic Laurel and Hardy hitchhiker sequence.

Production & Preservation Note: Staged precisely at the entrance of the Hal Roach Studios ranch property, On The Wrong Trek documents this rarely photographed part of the ranch and serves as a historic record of what existed in this part of today's Beverlywood neighborhood prior to the neighborhood's construction starting in the early 1940s.

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!

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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