"The Facts of Life"

Bob Hope and Lucille Ball are out on the town (but not with their own spouses) in "The Facts of Life" (United Artists, 1960). 56 minutes into the film they decide to go to the Olympic Drive-In at Olympic and Bundy. This screenshot is from the fine page about filming locations on the site The Movie District.

 

Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore play the spouses of Bob and Lucy. Melvin Frank directed. The cinematography was by Charles Lang, Jr. The film also used locations in Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, Acapulco, Monterey and San Francisco. 

 

At the entrance. It's not going to go well as a hideaway. Thanks to Chris Nichols for this screenshot.

 

 

Pulling into a space at the Olympic. It's idyllic for a moment until their dry cleaning man takes the next spot. When they try to leave without being recognized their horn gets stuck and then they forget to put the speaker back on the post. It's another screenshot by Chris Nichols. 

 

He's also added shots of several other locations used by the film as comments on a Facebook post. Thanks, Chris! He's an editor at Los Angeles magazine and is also the author of the Taschen book "Walt Disney's Disneyland."

 

 

Attempting to back out while kissing. And at the same time putting the speaker back on the post. They're trying to avoid letting the dry cleaning guy get a good view of their faces for a positive identification. 

See the page about the Olympic Drive-In on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more views of the theatre. It closed in 1973.  

On IMDb: "The Facts of Life." Chris notes that the full film can be seen on YouTube.