The Parkwood Estate & Gardens was built in 1916 for the founder of General Motors, Samuel McLaughlin.

The home served as the filming location for the 1995 Adam Sandler film Billy Madison.

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Down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) lives at this Mediterranean-style apartment complex in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.

The apartment building still stands.

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Former screen star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) lives in a dilapidated mansion at "10086 Sunset Boulevard", when struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) hides from creditors here in the 1950 film Sunset Blvd.

The house that was used for the filming was actually at the corner of Crenshaw and Irving. The mansion was originally built in 1927 for the US Consul in Mexico, William O. Jenkins. Interestingly, Jenkins was kidnapped and held for ransom while on the job.

After the house lay abandoned for 10 years, it was purchased by oil man Jean Paul Getty for his second wife. After their divorce, she was the one who rented it to Paramount Studios for the filming.

The house was torn down in 1957 for the Getty Oil Building (now called the Harbor Building).

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The Burlington Mall is the main filming location for the 2008 Kevin James vehicle, Paul Blart, Mall Cop.

While I haven't seen this movie, from the trailers I've gathered this is where Kevin James murdered funny. With a ham sandwich.

Luckily, the second installment of the franchise is arriving in April 2015.

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The American Literary Historical Center serves as a CIA front at this location in the 1975 film, Three Days of the Condor. Joseph Turner (Robert Redford) is the "reader" turned unlikely hero when he comes back from lunch to find all his co-workers murdered.

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