"Cannonball!"

We get a view of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in this shot looking east on 1st St. toward Hope St. from "Cannonball!" (New World Pictures, 1976).

Thanks to Tommy Bernard for sharing 33 great L.A. area shots from the film paired with recent views in a post for the Facebook group Historic Film Locations. "Cannonball" did lots of shooting downtown, on the freeways, in the Arts District, on the Santa Monica Pier and in the Valley.

It's a cross-country race with big prize money at stake. David Carradine stars. The film also features Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, Belinda Belaski, Judy Canova and many more making cameos. Paul Bartel directed. The cinematography was by Tak Fujimoto.

See the page about the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more about the theatre.

On IMDb: "Cannonball!"

 

The same view today. Thanks, Tommy!