LATL PCC in “Possessed” (1947)
A Los Angeles Transit Lines PCC car stars in this short clip from 1947’s “Possessed” starring Joan Crawford. Uncovered by transit fan David Thompson – thanks!
739 in “Criss Cross” (1949)
Pacific Electric Hollywood Car no. 739 emerges from the Hill Street Tunnel at 3:40 into this clip from 1949’s noir “Criss Cross,” starring Burt Lancaster and The Munsters’ [...]
“Down Three Dark Streets” (1954)
Broderick Crawford stars in this 1954 noir “Down Three Dark Streets,” which includes action at Subway Terminal Building and Pacific Electric PCCs, including no. 5001. From transit [...]
“Union Station” (1950)
From our good friend Ralph Cantos comes this great clip, from the 1950 Rudolph Maté noir “Union Station” starring William Holden. Take it away, Ralph: It was shot on the PEs 6th and [...]
“Girl Shy” (1924) with Harold Lloyd
Silent cinema legend Harold Lloyd commandeers a 200-class Pacific Electric streetcar (possibly 211?) and takes it through a variety of locations on the Western-Franklin Line in Hollywood in this [...]
“Hollywood Cars of the Pacific Electric”
Mostly 1940s footage of the Hollywood Cars of Pacific Electric’s Western Division, collected in an overview format from a variety of sources.
“Life in Hollywood, 1927” by L. M. DeBell
Here’s a terrific promotional newsreel by L. M. DeBell produced in 1927. It includes sequences of Pacific Electric cars on Hollywood Boulevard. Suggested by Ralph Cantos.
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Ralph Cantos on Fox 11 News
Are Streetcars Coming Back to Los Angeles?: MyFoxLA.com PE and LARy/LATL historian and friend of the Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Ralph Cantos recently appeared on Fox 11 News in a [...]
Pacific Electric 332 in “Comrade X” (1940)
Long before “In Like Flint” and “Austin Powers,” there was “Comrade X,” a 1940 spy comedy starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr. Per our regular contributor Bob [...]
Pacific Electric 868 in “Music is Magic” (1935)
Check out Pacific Electric no. 868 starring in this scene from the 1935 musical comedy “Music is Magic” starring Alice Faye. The PE scene (which starts at about 2:45) was filmed on [...]
