Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:46 am
Buster filmed scenes from Day Dreams (1922) and The Navigator (1924) across San Francisco. Most locations look remarkably unchanged a century later. My latest YouTube video reveals every SF locale, intercut with scenes where Buster “cheated” by also filming in Hollywood and Oakland instead.
Three San Francisco landmarks would have appeared in the background of Buster's scenes, but they hadn't been built yet. The Lombard Street hairpin turns, Saints Peter and Paul Church on Washington Square, and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill were completed after he filmed.
This post https://wp.me/p11nfB-5JT contains more vintage aerial views, but all "then and now" views are clearly presented in the video.
Three San Francisco landmarks would have appeared in the background of Buster's scenes, but they hadn't been built yet. The Lombard Street hairpin turns, Saints Peter and Paul Church on Washington Square, and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill were completed after he filmed.
This post https://wp.me/p11nfB-5JT contains more vintage aerial views, but all "then and now" views are clearly presented in the video.