Rebel Without a Cause Filming Locations | Then & Now 1955 Los Angeles

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-- Los Angeles, CA
0:03 Franklin Ave & N Sierra Bonita Ave
0:17 View Park-Windsor Hills
1:48 Santa Monica High School
3:14 Griffith Observatory
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[@MiloPantone]

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

[@fordsrule35]

Eddie and the Cruisers part 1. The heavenly kid .

[@ruffknights25]

1. "Hiding Out" with Jon Cryer 2. "Pretty In Pink" with Molly Ringwald 3. "Gleaming The Cube", "Heathers", "Pump Up The Volume" with Christian Slater. Those "Then and Nows" would be nice. Love the content you've created.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

Any film from the fifties or sixties, or even earlier. The eighties is too near in time.

[@billn2421]

Rambo First Blood

[@jposensei]

These vids are cool but kind of eery. It's like you can still feel the ghosts of the past walking the streets.

[@edwardcatt2399]

@Holden - would you "feel the energy" if you _didn't_ even know a famous person had stood there?

[@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703]

Ahhh! Ghosts!

[@Ice-fg9jc]

@@edwardcatt2399 It becomes more evident when you see the film next to each other. Like here in San Diego since the Coronavirus started you can feel the energy die down since there is not as many people strolling about. New York City is BIG energy but once the streets got quiet then the energy changed due to the Coronavirus.

[@Ice-fg9jc]

@@edwardcatt2399 It doesn't have to be famous people. Look at old film of San Francisco or Los Angeles and you can feel the energy.

[@Ice-fg9jc]

I noticed the energy as well

[@bqgin]

Watching these makes me realize how ugly everything has gotten since then.

[@ellam3659]

Tell that to black people

[@zerjuanguloy9466]

Ella M actually white people ma'am!

[@paulvon2378]

Compared to a 18 year old Natalie Wood everything would look ugly in comparison

[@benadams3569]

Um, yeah... the much cleaner street is so hideous compared to the 1955 street with oil stains all over it.

[@maccagrabme]

Those areas are overdeveloped and the cars oversized and generic, even a garage door had style back then. Also people dress like toddlers now.

[@greatgoen2125]

The filming locations looked better in 1955.

[@zeus6662]

Especially the houses - even they didn't change a thing, the houses would still look modern today.

[@victorutu3324]

Its The First Nation of This World ; USA and They did IT in purpose !!!

[@joeconrad3828]

Yeah, the thing that struck is that there were many more bushes, flowers, and well-kept landscaping in 1955.

[@zeus6662]

@@joeconrad3828 Good point. Look at 1:47 some of the same trees are still there but you can see that other trees have been chopped down. The trees were going wild, may be it's a legal thing to trim and I am ok with that but that street should have replaced the trees they chopped down.

[@zeus6662]

At least James Dean garage is either still the exact same one or it had been replaced by the exact design. I don't think that design is widely available now.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

I went out there a few years back with my metal detector to search for James Dean’s tire iron he threw off the Observatory.......

[@marcusatiusvirilis7723]

lol did you ever find it?

[@Trigger_000]

*Too late. I already got it in '72.*

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

@@Trigger_000 that's the fake one I planted. I found the real one in 1956 when I was 12. Going to have it checked for fingerprints soon and sell it for my retirement.

[@jaco5187]

I went to the Griffith Observatory about three years ago. I stood in the same exact spot where JD stood at 3:28, just so I can say I've stood in the same place where James Dean once stood.

[@roydeanco2126]

Nice 😊

[@Ice-fg9jc]

What's Griffith Observatory like?

[@soundwave6083]

Joey Balas probably not, seeing as though Mercury has been defunct since 2011.

[@ignazs.5816]

I go to the observatory every day, being that I live 5 minutes from it. Cool spot.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

@@ignazs.5816 congratulations 🎊 👏

[@erwinmanalad3632]

WOW!Frame by frame!Thank you for showing the locations!Hopefully one day I can get to visit them!

[@chrisevans5259]

What's really noticeable is how untidy and lacking real style the dress sense of modern day people as become, back in the day , people seemed to take a pride in looking smart and wearing good looking clothes,...today people look untidy and scruffy in comparison......great video

[@kevinW826]

Chris Evans so true. I’m only 37 and I like the self respect people had back when I was a kid. Even watching these old films makes you realize how sad fashion has gotten

[@chrisevans5259]

There seemed a real pride of appearance back in the day,....sadly over the years , modern fashion and culture reflects a lot of the society we now live in,....uncaring .

[@111danish111]

Exactly the first thing that came to mind and I haven't even watched the film . Clean leather jacket, classic American Jean's, nice dresses etc. Nowadays people roll out of bed and out the door.

[@Udontkno7]

it’s a movie

[@pablosmoglives]

Hippie/late 60's influence. It has played itself out. 50 years after the hippies "liberated" us from "uptight cultural norms," with their penchant for crass, disheveled nakedness and oversized tie-dye, and now everybody looks like the sidewalk in front of a rehab clinic. I have disdain for it.

[@edwardcatt2399]

_Haha!_ - the days when even violent delinquents and society's dregs wore button-down oxfords and knitted cardigans (tie optional)!

[@TheIndependentLens]

Ikr, I was watching an old B & W movie not long ago and they were talking about how this young man being dressed like a thug. I was perplexed on what they could be talking about as he was dressed better than me.

[@Porsche996driver]

They were cut-throat back in the day. And no CC lol.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

Amazing to see the lineup of shots at the iconic locations, and how much as changed, too! Also great to see the Griffith Observatory before lockdown! Thank you!

[@bfkc111]

Hi.

[@TheIndependentLens]

Does it occur to anyone that the terminology being used to keep people with their whole Covid scare is the same terminology used for prisons, like "lockdown?" Also, it's primarily the democratic party who are clearly colluded with China who are pushing to keep all of this garbage going.

[@TheIndependentLens]

A Tangerine it occurs to me that you watch way too much CNN, ‘Tard.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@TheIndependentLensThank you for stating this, it’s been 3 years since your comment, but as we can see things have gotten a lot worse. As a traveling Frenchman, I can attest unequivocally that sleepy joe’s handling of the once great USA is an international joke and catastrophe. Hope and wish for the best in 2024 as what goes on in the US also affects the world, and btw as great Patriots chant in the US FJB!

[@TheSpitmitt]

I really enjoyed this.....beautiful job and I want you to know I appreciate the hard work that went into this. So fascinating to see :) I subscribed.

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

People dress like losers in 2020. Let's bring style back! It's pathetic, seeing the difference between the 1950s and today.

[@tomsvenkesen2476]

1955 was a better life. 2020 is the worst time of life, shit and crap.

[@tomsvenkesen2476]

@@holdenmenard1312 is the same shit to day inn 2020 what is was before about Racism will always be there and homophbia too. . But still 1955 was better . 2020 and in the future will be crapy and shit.

[@smackdowner]

Welcome to Trump's America

[@АндрейМалинин-м6д]

I like how teens looked like 30 years old people back then.

[@coronaflo]

@AM Conquer I think it was a joke.

[@ellam3659]

James dean was only like 19 in this film my dude

[@TooCooFoYou]

E. Rich A lot of smoking

[@Page-Hendryx]

@@ellam3659 No, apparently he was about 24.

[@MontagTheMagician]

Sal Mineo definitely didn't look 30.

[@RK-rf8rc]

My take away from this: everything looked better in 1955

[@benadams3569]

Oh, I know. Did that oil-stained street look SO much better than the extremely clean street? lol

[@Zero_Ninety]

@Phil McCrevice The Observatory looks better in 2019, also there's noticably less smog at the lookout in 2019, but by all means carry on looking backwards with your rose tinted glasses on.

[@RK-rf8rc]

Aytunc Erdem hahahahaha who the fuck do you think you are, Orson Welles? Can Technicolor change landscapes? Maybe think about what you’re saying before you jump in acting like colour processing has anything to do with turning a tree into a concrete wall

[@RK-rf8rc]

Zero Ninety who are you, the nostalgia police? Lighten up

[@Zero_Ninety]

@@RK-rf8rc oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise I had to ask for your permission to state my opinion on KZbin.

[@Ro6entX]

That must have been difficult to pinpoint lot of those locations, especially the residental streets. And I have to wonder if there is a plague of sort of JD at that high school now. Despite he passed away roughly 65 years ago, still well known even today.

[@ot505]

I went to that high school. I don't think a lot of people really knew it was filmed there. A few maybe

[@georgeh.7238]

Wow, the air is actually cleaner in 2019 than 1955. I will never forget when visiting family back in 1972 driving into LA , coming from clean air Colorado, I asked my parents what that horrible smell was. Both parents replied at the same time "Smog."

[@stephenoshea4207]

If you think that's bad, I remember when I flew into Shanghai 12 years ago it looked like I was flying into clouds of mountain dew. The clouds were orangeish-green.

[@MrBoss-2024]

Very very nice! Love Rebel Without a Cause and James Dean. Greetings from Amsterdam Holland

[@MrEmilio6969]

Hello

[@MrBoss-2024]

@@MrEmilio6969 hello

[@mistersurrealist]

I'm always looking for the small details that are still there in buildings and walls. Those excite me. Los Angeles is a place of constant change and a city that has little respect for its (glorious) past, which makes me so so sad.

[@markwalford-groom]

really great matching up ,All 3 stars died really tragically

[@NoirFan84]

Wasn't the Griffith Observatory also used in the background of the opening of The Terminator when you see a naked Schwarzenegger walking towards the punks? I'm sure I heard somewhere it was. It looks like the same building.

[@Reshoots]

Yup. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXzEgJWwi8SGZpI

[@NoirFan84]

@@Reshoots Ah, I watched that video so maybe that's where I got it from. Cheers.

[@defiraphi]

Was also used for some episodes from the MacGyver TV-show starring Richard Dean Anderson .

[@Modeltnick]

Good editing! Very good comparison of the scenes.

[@eyeh8u1]

Its shocking to see, not so much how much things have changed, but rather how much is still exactly the same almost 70 years later.

[@jonshields1315]

Love this. Pretty incredible to see the differences in the city panorama during the fight scene. It looks like there were very few skyscrapers downtown back then which shocked me. A few smaller buildings can be matched up perfectly though. Thanks for making this!

[@leeneale8776]

absolutely brilliant sir!!..spot on!!...thank you for all your hard work! :)

[@kcsunshineadventures1496]

Really cool, you put a lot of research into your clips. Thanks

[@retrokid231c]

This is amazing - glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@joaochaveiro3522]

Natalie Wood. Belíssima.

[@hdp007]

Beautifully done video, thank you for taking the time to shoot this so well and to follow the original shots from the film.

[@skeltane]

Wow, who would have thought the smog would be worse then than now. Great job!

[@lindaroskos6549]

Right, the city is completely covered in ‘55; sometimes we get things right too...

[@leonardogranic-flores1860]

them old cars tear the planet up lol

[@heavystarch100]

Well leaded gas contributed alot as well as car exhaust technology and fuel mixtures.

[@christian.derr_official]

Interestin... there where was fences from wood, now there are walls from concrete -- there where was walls from concrete, now are fences from wood...

[@3282pm]

Dang!!! You are good at this

[@jonnyfennessy9812]

I seen this movie b4 never once did I notice Natalie Wood give the finger to J.Dean when she had her compact mirror. Also the Buddhist mixed with knife fight,kool ass video tho sincerely

[@ko-1397]

ありがとうございます❗️

[@IZZYZIGG]

It’s really cool seeing the downtown L.A. area in the distance like that. There weren’t any skyscrapers back then, but you could still make out a couple of the buildings that are still standing today. Great work!

[@mxnfx]

The best then and now I've ever seen!

[@Gambit771]

Everywhere looked better in the film. I know they would've made it look the best they could've but it is also the aesthetics and style of the 50s. There isn't much flare or style these days and this video highlights that.

[@alexander3699]

Great presentation! Thank you for doing this! Love this film!

[@ot505]

Awesome, thanks for this! I grew up in LA and went to Santa Monica High school 92-96. I was really into the vintage/ 50's subculture used to drive a 1950 chevy right after highschool and ride my 50's bicycle to SMC. I knew of some of these locations, but you did a great job with the editing & angles!

[@Porsche996driver]

Theres a Statue of James Dean off the right side of the observatory. It often has a pack of OG smokes on the sleeve. Nice work.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

Even the teenaged hoods dressed better than most adults do today. We have become a nation of slobs. Tattoos, badly tailored clothes and all around bad hygiene. Lol

[@dialm4masala718]

At the observatory 2019 people looked worst. Also No tall buildings in 1955

[@TheIndependentLens]

Well, pretty people hired to be in a movie vs. whoever happened to be there at the observatory when the person who made this video was there.

[@DigitalShark99]

Because of a terrible earthquake in nearby Long Beach, CA in 1933, "skyscrapers" were forbidden in Los Angeles until 1957 (edit: not the mid-60s), when builders were able to convince the City of L.A. that with new construction techniques skyscrapers could be safely constructed and inhabited.

[@upaya30]

And tons more smog back then. You should at least be able to see city hall from there.

[@ciello___8307]

There WERE tall buildings back then. Its just you cant see them because the smog was so bad back then. Theres a reason California passed emissions standards. The air is much cleaner today

[@DigitalShark99]

@@ciello___8307 L.A. City Hall was finished in 1928 and is 32 stories high, according to Wiki.

[@amesbancal]

Très bonne idée ! Merci à l'auteur de la vidéo

[@kometeer9576]

Best Camera Shots I Have ever "Scene" Following the Original! Is there an Oscar Emoji?

[@tanaka5564]

this is so fascinating i can’t stop myself from binge watching these

[@Xscapeplan01]

*5:19** all 3 actors died tragically in the years that followed :(*

[@Rattrap007]

I'd love to see some from Karate Kid. 1, 3, and Cobra Kai would be easy if you live in that area. If you are near southern indiana sometime you can get a bunch from A League of their Own. Evansville has one of the ball fields, nearby Huntingberg has another. One of the places they stay is across the river in Henderson Ky. Also iirc Huntingberg Indiana also had Hard Rain shot there. So second video. Plus Chicago is a few hours away for tons of videos there. Ferris Buhler, Home Alone, etc. tons of John Hughs films.

[@buxxbannerspov30]

That Merc! I had three of the '49 Mercs, all great cars...wish I could afford another...

[@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705]

Loved the side by side frames.

[@ChristineDixon-ul5gm]

I absolutely love james dean named my son james after him

[@TechnoLoggia]

how to watch 2h movie in 5 minutes & even in two time dimentions :D

[@dantefajardo347]

Why are Shia LeBuff, Tobey Maguire and all the othe ham actors even making the cut.

[@faithbydesign]

I LOVE how you put this together!

[@dom75100]

merci merci merci thank you thank you ,trés bien fait génial ! seen this movie 1000 fois ..................Buzz génial ....yeah rock n roll .

[@BobAdragna]

thanks for posting, loved it.

[@111danish111]

They are dressed nice . Leather jackets , classic American jeans , etc.

[@francesaldama9016]

Loved.the movie

[@davidr1620]

You know what's crazy about life? Things don't really change as much as we think. We often think about the 50s as looking and feeling totally different, but it's just not the case. The world looked more or less the same.

[@AW-pl3ou]

Interesting video, for all the trouble you've been thru I will Like and Subscribe

[@maddoxtolliver]

*i have never understood the concept of remakes in cinema. comics yes, but film and tv?? nope. don't people understand that the properties that operate as classics only received this status because they were usually the first to pull off some narrative. be it dialogue, sfx, scene structure. so the impact of newness is what causes the effect that casts it as a **_'NEW'_** genre that hollywood then tries to clone either directly with copycats, or sprinkle bits and pieces of around a script. you'll never **_'RE-CATCH'_** that lightning in a bottle.*

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

Amazing!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

In the knife fight scene of Rebel Without A Cause, if you look at the background of the city of LA, there used to be those buildings back in the '50s. Now, look how dense they are after upgrading. It's like upgrading those back in the '70s.

[@aisforamerica2185]

To go back to that quality of products, morality, and decency in everyday life would be great

[@TheRowlandstone73]

A minor detail, I know, but I was amazed that seemingly unnecessary white iron fence at 1:33 was still there 64 years later!

[@SingerCommaMarla]

I thought the same thing

[@TheRowlandstone73]

@Captain Dan Haha! Maybe! Other than that, I really can't imagine! It being put there in the first place seems a strange decision in itself, but to leave it there for almost seven decades (if not longer), no doubt touching up the paintwork several times over the years is puzzling!

[@lukeschneider2609]

I took a day trip to see the intersection where James Dean's accident occurred and I just got home and this was in my recommended videos. This is AMAZING! Great Job! I park on Sierra Bonita all the time to hike Runyon, now it will be even more special!

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

@Robd1 replies - Dean’s car was very low to the ground and a gray-silver color that could have blended in with the pavement. Plus he could have been driving very fast, making it difficult to estimate speed particularly with no landmarks around like trees.

[@Solbelizaldetv]

Now you can see the old location and the new looks of the location they’ve done the movie before that was sooo cool 😎

[@DixieHomestead]

It's amazing how little it changed in some places in 65 years.

[@toyman81]

At 1:35 the small 2 rail fence on the right is still there after 64 years

[@tonyally8505]

Check out the scene 037 the brown post behind James dean it has 4 white stripes it's still there with 3 yellow stripes lol cant believe it's still standing

[@TheIndependentLens]

This movie makes teens in the 50's seem really unfriendly & even scary to be around.

[@Page-Hendryx]

Probably. Jocks back then probably were insufferable. I'm 56 and as far as I can remember, people were more aggressive and rude. Only in recent years have a noticed a kinder, gentler USA, at least among young people.

[@TheIndependentLens]

@@Page-Hendryx Ummmm . . . LOL! What? You just lost me on that. What rock are you under? No, they've gotten worse and are beyond rude. They're rude, violent, disgusting thugs. You clearly must be buying some massive Leftwing LIES. Open your eyes!

[@motass26]

Dean nunca se enamoró de sal mineo por qué estaba perdidamente atrapado por Marlon Brando, mientras que Marlon Brando a Dean solo lo veía como un cachorro al cual podía utilizar para sus fetiches cuando el quisiera. Dean y sal solo tuvieron sexo , Pero sal si se enamoró de Dean .

[@octopusmagnificens]

Good job.

[@mattangel7844]

Had to keep rewinding because I kept watching the Scenes 🤣

[@jefffriedberg]

Wow.

[@Jo_Wardy]

Why does it looks dirtier and uglier today. Why do we go from clean and pretty to rough and ugly

[@masonandmurphyliss9309]

This is the most interesting channel on YT !

[@tonyl6520]

great work

[@sheriemichele8374]

Hey no lie this is my childhood and parents house so cool to be a main part of this iconic Hollywood movie!!

[@donadel70]

The griffith Observatory is where Terminator open scene was shot ?

[@jonienglish3231]

WELL DONE !!! Amazing

[@francescogallego]

Everything had value back then now shit is worthless

[@SinatraCollector]

wow! amazing job! thank you very much!

[@HEATLIE_official]

Great videos! Amazing work! Do it Man! 🙏🏻

[@5.0_life30]

Everything was much better in the 50’s.

[@MedusaJellyFish300]

Wow, amazing work, who knew I would enjoy watching a video on locations where I have never set foot on but behold I really enjoyed it very much, bravo to your talent.

[@hymn13]

it just happened to come up to my recommendations. 🙌🏼 such an amazing follow up, thank you for sharing!

[@rowbehr8]

Love the video it’s awesome to see how much Los Angeles has changed! From no DTLA buildings in the background and seeing how they painted the observatory. Thanks for your research and work 👍🏽

[@azrikhairol4941]

Whoahh... thank you very mych for the great effort researching and showing important locations. This video is superb !!!!

[@NormaRodriguez-vo6js]

Inolvidable jimmy, junto a natal y y sal mineo

[@got1t213]

Fantastic work. Gotta say that it looked so much better in the fifties. Oh, and Natalie Wood sure had a head for heights. How far down is the other side of that wall she was standing on?

[@djp6191]

the decaying of society

[@notroll1279]

Is it though? The film showed knife fights and a fatal car stunt around a profoundly disoriented hero. I don't suggest we're living in a perfect time but 1955 surely wasn't closer to ideal.

[@adamgardiner5869]

Was hard to compare then and now locations because whenever James dean was on screen he was all I could look at.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

Uh OK. I analyzed the buildings , trees and landmarks. Thats what the video was for. If you wanted to stare at James Dean you could have just watched the movie.

[@colleenkennedy1934]

LA lost its charm

[@warrenlewis3977]

Appreciate how you line everything up just right. You can then REALLY appreciate the "then and now". Good work 👍

[@jss302]

Amazing job! Thank you!

[@patrickkelly5009]

3:16 to 3:29 The door labeled entrance is also labeled as not an entrance? Ummm, oook?

[@TechnoLoggia]

gangstas grandpas they don't give a sh** in those days

[@enthusia86]

You're Tearing Me Apart (Lisa)

[@toshibavoodoo]

Great love the content

[@kimberlyherman2744]

Awesome how you do that, very interesting to watch.

[@gc7967]

Great effort on recreating the scenes!!

[@rancidradio1994]

Please please please do beverly hills cop