Category: Filming Locations

  • George’s Men’s Store

    George’s Men’s Store

    1667 SIXTH STREET
    COACHELLA

    A sleepy block of downtown Coachella was transformed into 1940s Las Vegas for the filming of the 1991 gangster classic Bugsy. This stepped-roof storefront portrayed George’s, the “canker sore” of a casino that sparks Benjamin Siegel’s (Warren Beatty) ambition to build the Flamingo Hotel. The site originally housed George’s Men’s Store, a longtime Coachella Valley staple that first opened in 1946 and served the community for more than four decades. Fun fact: the movie signage remained in place until just a few years ago—and is still visible today via Google Street View. Elsewhere in the desert, the film’s Flamingo Hotel set was constructed on a dusty patch in nearby Ocotillo Wells, while the cast and crew made La Quinta Resort their home base during the two-week shoot.

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  • La Quinta Resort & Club

    La Quinta Resort & Club

    49499 EISENHOWER DRIVE
    LA QUINTA

    The La Quinta Resort is a bonafide screen star, its Mediterranean architecture providing a stunning backdrop for such varied productions as “Hart to Hart,” “The Hills: New Beginnings,” “Don’t Worry Darling,” “Vanderpump Rules” and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” “The Bachelor” franchise is especially fond of the property, utilizing it copious times across numerous seasons. Most recently, the resort’s La Casa venue hosted the televised, much-hoopla-ed, and very short-lived wedding of Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner and his pick, Theresa Nist.

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  • Jw Marriott Desert Springs Resort

    Jw Marriott Desert Springs Resort

    74855 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE
    PALM DESERT

    In another iconic ‘90s TV moment, this sprawling hotel famously hosted the nuptials of Jesse Spano’s father on the third season of “Saved by the Bell.” But that is hardly the JW’s only claim to fame! The resort served as the headquarters of Palm Security and Investigations on the short-lived Connie Sellecca procedural “P.S.I. Luv U” and its sunken grass-lined tennis court masked as Wimbledon in the HBO comedy “7 Days in Hell.” The JW also appeared on “Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County,” as well as in several episodes of “The Real Housewives of Orange County.”

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  • Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

    Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa

    41000 BOB HOPE DRIVE
    RANCHO MIRAGE

    This gorgeous lodging was the site of one of the darkest moments in ‘90s TV! Portraying the Palm Springs resort where Brandon Walsh and the gang headed for a getaway in the season five finale of “Beverly Hills, 90210,” it was at the hotel that Donna Martin was infamously pushed down the stairs by her increasingly abusive boyfriend, Ray Pruit. In real life, the infamous staircase can be found in Building 5, on the south side of the property, leading up to Room 520. The Omni’s entrance and Azure Pool were also used in the episode, but all interior scenes were shot back in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Regency Westlake in Westlake Village.

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  • Jalisco Restaurant

    Jalisco Restaurant

    17725 NORTH INDIAN CANYON DRIVE
    NORTH PALM SPRINGS

    This off-the-beaten-path Mexican restaurant masquerades as an Arizona gas station/diner in the 2018 drama “A Star Is Born.” It is there that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga share a meal and a pump-side kiss while on the road at the start of a concert tour. The eatery (which serves up some stellar tacos in real life!) also appears briefly at the beginning of the 2005 thriller “Constantine.”

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  • Parker Palm Springs

    Parker Palm Springs

    4200 EAST PALM CANYON DRIVE
    PALM SPRINGS

    Celebrities have long flocked to the exclusive Parker, so it is only natural that the resort made its way to the screen. Not only did Lisa Kudrow vacation there on the HBO series “The Comeback,” as did the Kardashians in a season 13 episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” but the property also hosted a very awkward bachelorette party in the 2023 romcom “You People.” The hotel was even the subject of its own reality show, “Welcome to the Parker,” in 2007, though the venture was short-lived, lasting only one season.

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  • “American Gigolo” House

    “American Gigolo” House

    2389 SOUTH YOSEMITE DRIVE
    PALM SPRINGS

    A very young Richard Gere headed to this clean-lined modernist dwelling for a rather voyeuristic job opportunity at the beginning of the 1980 thriller “American Gigolo.” The one-story pad, located on the grounds of the Indian Canyons Golf Resort, has since been renovated and looks somewhat different than when Gere pulled up to its sleek confines, though it remains a masterpiece of architecture and design.

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  • “High Desert” House

    “High Desert” House

    2420 SOUTH ALHAMBRA DRIVE
    PALM SPRINGS

    Patricia Arquette and Christopher McDonald call this Indian Canyons midcentury gem home on the 2023 Apple TV+ series “High Desert” – until being busted for selling narcotics, that is. It is here that a SWAT team descends upon the duo in dramatic fashion during a Thanksgiving celebration in episode one. The polished property also served as the popular Christopher Kennedy Compound during Modernism Week in 2019.

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  • “Don’t Worry Darling” House

    “Don’t Worry Darling” House

    471 EAST AZUL CIRCLE
    PALM SPRINGS

    This pad in the Canyon View Estates complex figured prominently in the 2022 thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” as the residence of Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, with Oliva Wilde residing right next door. Crafted by William Krisel and Dan Palmer for developer Roy Fey, the picturesque community, completed in 1965, is marked by a smattering of low-slung duplexes dotted around quaint cul-de-sacs with striking mountain views. Undeniably screen-worthy, the setting brought the film’s idealistically planned Victory neighborhood to brilliant cinematic life.

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  • Caliente Tropics Resort

    Caliente Tropics Resort

    411 EAST PALM CANYON DRIVE
    PALM SPRINGS

    Originally built in 1963 as part of Ken Kimes’ motor lodge chain, this tiki-themed motel was THE place to be in its early days, with everyone from the Rat Pack to Elvis hanging out there. More recently, it enjoyed a role in “Alpha Dog” as the spot where Anton Yelchin partied – and swam with Amanda Seyfried and Amber Heard – while being held as collateral for his brother’s drug debt. The hotel also appeared in the 1997 thriller “City of Industry” and in a season 2 episode of “The Anna Nicole Show.” And it has a true crime connection, as well! Founder Ken was the longtime husband of murderous con woman Sante Kimes, aka the “Dragon Lady,” and fathered her co-conspirator, Kenneth Jr., in 1975.

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