The street sign at North Rodeo Drive and Via Rodeo, April 1993, two years before the film. Torsten Bolten · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Alicia Silverstone at the Stormbreaker premiere in London, July 2006, eleven years after Clueless. Caroline Bonarde Ucci · CC BY 3.0Alicia SilverstoneCher · photo 2006
Paul Rudd in February 2010, fifteen years after he played Josh. Cropped from a photograph with Andres Useche. Andres Useche · CC BY-SA 2.0Paul RuddJosh · photo 2010
Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed Clueless, at the Jewish American Film Festival in Washington, May 2017. Bruce Guthrie · CC BY-SA 3.0Amy HeckerlingWriter, director · photo 2017
Los Angeles · filmed 1994–95 · released July 1995
Clueless
Cher fixes everyone’s love life but her own. Pair two people and see where the film shot it.
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Seven set-ups in the film · ten people
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The film is Jane Austen’s Emma in a Los Angeles high school: a girl who arranges everyone’s love life and misses her own. Pick any two people. The program answers the way the film does, and opens the real place where that set-up was shot.
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Pick two names on the left, then run the set-up. Start with Mr. Hall and Miss Geist, Cher’s first project.
Where we read it
Who Cher sets up, how each turns out, and the film as a loose adaptation of Emma.
Where each set-up was shot: Occidental’s car park, knoll and art museum building; Fashion Square; Circus Liquor; Rodeo Drive; the Electric Fountain; Grant High School.
Cher lives in a Beverly Hills mansion. The film mostly lives over the hill, in the San Fernando Valley. Flip each address to the real postcode.
All seven as the story tells it.
Louise Avenue in Encino, 200 feet south of Ventura Boulevard: the stump of the Encino Oak, October 2008. The house in the film is further down the street and is not shown. Wikimedia Commons user Los Angeles · Public domainWhere we read it
Where we read it
The story’s addresses (Cher’s Beverly Hills mansion, the party in Sun Valley) and where each was filmed: Encino 91316, Granada Hills 91344, North Hollywood 91601 and Dionne’s house at 705 North Sierra Drive, Beverly Hills 90210.
Two real schools make one fictional one. Outside is Occidental College, filmed over its 1994 Christmas break; inside is Grant High School in Valley Glen. Here is a Bronson Alcott day, period by period; the order is this page’s, not the film’s.
Timetable · Occidental College
Period
Scene
Where at Oxy
1st
As if!
Central Quadrangle
2nd
Cher meets Tai
McKinnon Family Tennis Center
3rd
A Snickers in the teachers’ lounge
Gresham Dining Room
Lunch
The loadies’ grassy knoll
Samuelson Campus Pavilion
4th
Mr. Hall’s path
Behind Booth Music and Speech Center
5th
The Botticelli shoot
Booth courtyard fountain
6th
The art museum date
Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center
After school
The teachers’ first kiss
Admission and Visitor Parking
Cut
The DMV
The college library, scene cut
Where we read it
Johnson Student Center and Freeman College Union, Occidental College, July 2005. Geographer at English Wikipedia · CC BY 1.0
Self-guided visits nearly every day of the year, on foot and outdoors only: the buildings are closed to self-guided visitors except the bookstore. Groups of ten or more arrange ahead.
Samuelson Campus Pavilion and its sloping lawn, Occidental College, November 2012. Crewfan94 · CC BY-SA 3.0The academic quad at Occidental College at dusk, December 2008. The Port of Authority · CC BY-SA 3.0
The front of Ulysses S. Grant High School, Valley Glen, January 2014. Trackinfo · CC BY-SA 3.0
13000 Oxnard Street, Valley Glen
The orange lockers
Grant High School in Valley Glen provided the interior sets of Bronson Alcott High.
Lindsay Blake identified the film’s hallway here, with orange lockers and an orange-and-white tiled floor, and a classroom used in the film.
Grant opened as a high school in September 1959.
A working public high school. See the front from Oxnard Street; the campus is not open to visitors.
Where we read it
Westside · Sherman Oaks · Beverly Grove
Which mall?
On film the mall is up to three malls in two parts of the city. Pick a scene, then the mall you think it is.
The mall from outside: which mall? Pick one.
The Westside Pavilion at Pico and Westwood boulevards, March 2008, while it was still a mall. Cbl62 · CC BY-SA 3.0
10800 West Pico Boulevard, at Westwood Boulevard
Westside Pavilion
The mall’s exterior appears in Clueless.
Grantland, which places it in Westwood, says this is where the girls go when they skip class to see a Christian Slater film.
No longer a mall. The building is being turned into UCLA Research Park; see the outside from Pico and Westwood boulevards.
Where we read it
Inside Fashion Square, Sherman Oaks, January 2008. Clotee Pridgen Alloc… · CC BY-SA 3.0
14006 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks
Westfield Fashion Square
Fashion Square has been used in film and television productions, Clueless among them.
A location hunter who walked it argues it is the film’s only mall interior: the escalator Cher rides with Christian is on the eastern, Macy’s side, and the railing where Tai is nearly thrown over is across from it.
A working mall, anchored by Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s. The escalator is on the eastern, Macy’s side.
Where we read it
The Beverly Center at Beverly and La Cienega boulevards, July 2004. John Lopez · CC BY-SA 2.0
8500 Beverly Boulevard, at La Cienega
Beverly Center
Grantland says the Contempo Casuals scenes were shot in the Beverly Center’s store.
A location hunter disputes it: a number 22 on the film’s shop window matches storefront 22 at Fashion Square.
A working mall at Beverly and La Cienega boulevards. Contempo Casuals has long gone.
Where we read it
Where we read it
The mall from outside: The exterior is the Westside Pavilion on Pico; a location hunter says that was the only shot taken there.
Contempo Casuals: Both are on record. Grantland says the Beverly Center; a location hunter points to a 22 on the window and storefront 22 at Fashion Square.
Live marketplace results for Los Angeles film-location tours. Check each itinerary; for the Valley stops in this World, Fashion Square and Circus Liquor, a car is the simple way.
The street sign at North Rodeo Drive and Via Rodeo, April 1993, two years before the film. Torsten Bolten · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rodeo Drive in October 2000. skinnylawyer · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rodeo Drive between Wilshire and Little Santa Monica boulevards
Rodeo Drive
Cher wanders Rodeo Drive in her “crisis” scene, after failing her driving test and falling out with Tai.
The name usually means the three-block stretch between Wilshire Boulevard and Little Santa Monica Boulevard.
A public street. The famous stretch is the three blocks between Wilshire and Little Santa Monica.
Where we read itThe Electric Fountain at Santa Monica and Wilshire boulevards, Beverly Hills, September 2013. Zigzig20s · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beverly Gardens Park, Santa Monica Boulevard at Wilshire
The Electric Fountain
The fountain is in Clueless.
It is where Cher has her epiphany.
Ralph Flewelling designed it in 1931, with a granite figure by Robert Merrell Gage in the middle of a 30-foot pool.
In a public park at the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire boulevards; lit in the evening.
Where we read it
L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
9291 Burton Way, Beverly Hills · Rates from the hotel
An all-suite hotel of 116 suites on Burton Way, opened in 1975, with a heated rooftop pool looking across Los Angeles. Under a mile from Rodeo Drive, one of the two places on this page that really are in Beverly Hills.
No free photograph of the cast from 1994 or 1995 has turned up, so each one here is the earliest we could find, dated.
Alicia Silverstone photographed by Jerry Avenaim in 2005, ten years after the film. Jerry Avenaim · CC BY-SA 3.0Alicia SilverstoneCher Horowitz · photo 2005
Paul Rudd in February 2010, fifteen years after he played Josh. Cropped from a photograph with Andres Useche. Andres Useche · CC BY-SA 2.0Paul RuddJosh · photo 2010
Amy Heckerling, who wrote and directed Clueless, at the Jewish American Film Festival in Washington, May 2017. Bruce Guthrie · CC BY-SA 3.0Amy HeckerlingWriter and director · photo 2017
Wallace Shawn in May 2014. He played Mr. Hall. PEN American Center · CC BY 2.0Wallace ShawnMr. Hall · photo 2014
Donald Faison in December 2007. He played Murray. lukeford.net · CC BY-SA 2.5Donald FaisonMurray · photo 2007
Breckin Meyer in February 2007. He played Travis. Denis Ryan · CC BY 3.0Breckin MeyerTravis · photo 2007
Elisa Donovan in December 2007. She played Amber. lukeford.net · CC BY-SA 2.5Elisa DonovanAmber · photo 2007
Amy Heckerling wrote and directed it, from Jane Austen’s Emma, which she had read in college. Alicia Silverstone is Cher Horowitz and Paul Rudd is Josh. Around them: Stacey Dash as Dionne, Brittany Murphy as Tai, Dan Hedaya as Mel, Jeremy Sisto as Elton, Breckin Meyer as Travis, Justin Walker as Christian, Wallace Shawn as Mr. Hall, Twink Caplan as Miss Geist, Donald Faison as Murray and Elisa Donovan as Amber. Mona May designed the costumes; the plaid set was her nod to a Catholic school uniform, turned designer.
$12mBudget
$88mWorldwide box office
19 July 1995Opened, from Paramount
2025Chosen for the National Film Registry
Fox let the script go, thinking it too female-oriented; Scott Rudin took it up and Paramount won it. In 2025 Beverly Hills held an outdoor screening at La Cienega Park for the thirtieth anniversary, and its mayor declared 19 July Clueless Day.
Where we read it
Heckerling and Emma, the cast and roles, Mona May and the plaid set, the $12 million budget, the $88 million worldwide gross, the 19 July 1995 release by Paramount, the turnaround at Fox, the National Film Registry in 2025 and Clueless Day.
7 places you can visit in four parts of Los Angeles. Cher’s house on Louise Avenue is named, not mapped: it is a private home.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Self-guided visits nearly every day of the year, on foot and outdoors only: the buildings are closed to self-guided visitors except the bookstore. Groups of ten or more arrange ahead.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Outdoors on the Occidental campus; the courtyard and the path behind the building are on the self-guided walk, the building itself is closed to visitors.
1Johnson Student Center and Freeman College Union, Occidental College, July 2005. Geographer at English Wikipedia · CC BY 1.0
1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
Occidental College
Occidental stood in for Bronson Alcott High School. The crew filmed on campus from 20 December 1994 to 6 January 1995, over the college’s holiday break.
Self-guided visits nearly every day of the year, on foot and outdoors only: the buildings are closed to self-guided visitors except the bookstore. Groups of ten or more arrange ahead.
Where we read it
2The academic quad at Occidental College at dusk, December 2008. The Port of Authority · CC BY-SA 3.0
Campus Road, Occidental College
Booth Music and Speech Center
The path behind the Booth Music and Speech Center is Mr. Hall’s path.
Outdoors on the Occidental campus; the courtyard and the path behind the building are on the self-guided walk, the building itself is closed to visitors.
Where we read it
Stay
On Burton Way.
A suite hotel in Beverly Hills proper, a walk from Rodeo Drive.
L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
L’Ermitage Beverly Hills
9291 Burton Way, Beverly Hills · Rates from the hotel
An all-suite hotel of 116 suites on Burton Way, opened in 1975, with a heated rooftop pool looking across Los Angeles. Under a mile from Rodeo Drive, one of the two places on this page that really are in Beverly Hills.
Live marketplace results for Los Angeles film-location tours. Check each itinerary; for the Valley stops in this World, Fashion Square and Circus Liquor, a car is the simple way.
Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
The set-up log
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
10 of 10 places · 17 of 17 Moments
Occidental College
1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
As if!
Cher’s first “As if!”, on the Bronson Alcott walkway: Occidental’s Central Quadrangle.
Cher meets Tai
Cher first meets Tai on the school tennis courts, Occidental’s McKinnon Family Tennis Center.
The grassy knoll
Travis and the loadies on the grass below Samuelson Campus Pavilion.
The faculty car park
Mr. Hall and Miss Geist share their first kiss in the Admission and Visitor Parking lot.
The art museum
Cher and Christian’s art museum montage, shot at the Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center.
The cut DMV
The college library played a DMV office in a scene that was cut.
Booth Music and Speech Center
Campus Road, Occidental College
Mr. Hall’s path
Mr. Hall walks the path behind the Booth Music and Speech Center.
The Botticelli shoot
Cher photographs Tai at the courtyard fountain.
Grant High School
13000 Oxnard Street, Valley Glen
The orange lockers
Bronson Alcott’s hallway and a classroom, at Grant High School.
Westfield Fashion Square
14006 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks
The escalator
Cher and Christian ride the escalator on the Macy’s side of Fashion Square.
The railing
Tai is nearly thrown over a balcony railing across from the escalator.
Circus Liquor
5600 Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood
The mugging
Left in a parking lot by Elton, Cher is mugged at gunpoint at Circus Liquor.
Louise Avenue, Encino
Louise Avenue, Encino
Cher’s house
The Horowitz mansion, set in Beverly Hills, filmed at a house on Louise Avenue in Encino.
Westside Pavilion
10800 West Pico Boulevard, at Westwood Boulevard
Skipping class
The girls skip class for a Christian Slater film at the mall: the Westside Pavilion from outside.
Beverly Center
8500 Beverly Boulevard, at La Cienega
Contempo Casuals
Grantland puts the Contempo Casuals scenes in the Beverly Center; a location hunter argues for Fashion Square.
Rodeo Drive
Rodeo Drive between Wilshire and Little Santa Monica boulevards
The crisis
After the failed driving test and the row with Tai, Cher wanders Rodeo Drive.
The Electric Fountain
Beverly Gardens Park, Santa Monica Boulevard at Wilshire
The epiphany
At the Electric Fountain Cher realises she is in love with Josh.
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