Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About San Francisco’s Cable Cars
Ever since they became a part of the city’s transit system, they have been iconic mainstays of its cityscape
- By Jeff Greenwald
- Smithsonian.com, January 04, 2013
(© Rick Laubscher)
In September 2012, director Woody Allen shot his new movie with Cate Blanchett (above)—so far untitled—in San Francisco. It will join a long list of films that feature the SF Muni’s cable cars, trolleys and streetcars.
Here’s a short list:
— Dark Passage (1947), with Humphrey Bogart aboard Powell Street car No. 20;
— Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), featuring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda’s first date, also on a packed Powell Street cable car;
— Dirty Harry (1971), with streetcar interiors filmed in the Elkton Shops;
— The Laughing Policeman (1973), in which Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern investigate a mass murder on a Muni bus;
— A Muni driver hitting on Robin Williams (in drag) in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993);
— The Net (1995), featuring Sandra Bullock on the California Line
Comments (2)
Here's a great film taken from a San Francisco streetcar in 1906, just before the earthquake: http://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm
Posted by Don on January 8,2013 | 05:42 PM
I really enjoyed reading about the history of the cable cars, and the sound tracks of the bells added to the fun !! What a great touch !!!
Posted by roslyn miller on January 5,2013 | 09:28 PM