Our Gang / The Little Rascals - The Love Bug (1925) - Filming Locations

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Featured Filming Location Photo

A charming neighborhood lost over time.
Joe Cobb and his girlfriend sitting on a bench in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles.
A century ago, the Corner of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street featured a large shade tree and a bench. The neighborhood was a mix of commercial and residential at the time - with plenty of vacant lots too! Today, this filming location has lost all its charm and is just another completely paved and developed piece of land in this section of Los Angeles.

Historical Production & Location Reference

Film: The Love Bug (1925)
Stars: Our Gang / The Little Rascals (Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels, Peggy Ahern)
Studio: Hal Roach Studios
Featured Historical Landmarks:
  • Palms Neighborhood: The western Los Angeles community served as the primary filming location for the bulk of the film's on-location sequences.
  • Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street Intersection: The northwest corner of this Palms neighborhood intersection serves as the scenic setting where Joe attempts to woo Peggy Ahern. The bench they are sitting on appears in several other Our Gang / The Little Rascals movies.

Production & Preservation Note: While The Love Bug beautifully captures the green, small-town charm of Palms in the mid-1920s, the picturesque bench, mature tree, and open streetscape at the northwest corner of Motor and Woodbine have long since disappeared. This footage stands as a vital historical record, capturing the lost aesthetics of the Westside area of Los Angeles in the early twentieth-century.

Cupid's arrow has struck Farina, Joe and Mickey!

There's quite a bit of on location filming in this one, with the bulk of it in the Palms neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles. This particular Quick Preview excerpt focuses on a scene where Joe is trying to woo Peggy Ahern on a picturesque bench under a tree. Sadly, the tree, bench and charm of this spot are all long gone.

Where exactly is this Our Gang / The Little Rascals filming location? The northwest corner of the intersection of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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