A hazy view of the Los Angeles basin from a hillside overlook — The Los Angeles basin from a Mulholland Drive overlook, March 2022. Andy Gnias · CC BY-SA 4.0

David Lynch · 2001 · Los Angeles

Mulholland Drive

A real road, a studio gate, a hot dog stand and a club made from two theatres. Follow the film down off the ridge.

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The day side

Four places that look like themselves

Before the film turns strange, it stands in ordinary Los Angeles. Each of these has an address.

The Los Angeles basin from a Mulholland Drive overlook, March 2022. Andy Gnias · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hollywood Bowl Overlook, Mulholland Drive, Hollywood Hills
Mulholland Drive
Wikipedia says the film is named after the road, and that Lynch lived near it and said it carries Hollywood’s history.
It follows the ridge of the Hollywood Hills, with views over the Los Angeles basin, the San Fernando Valley, downtown and the Hollywood Sign, Wikipedia says.
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The Melrose Gate entrance of Paramount Pictures, January 2026. Laura Alier · CC BY 4.0
5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood
Paramount Pictures Studios
BFI says Betty is dropped off here for her audition, in a shot of an arch just inside the complex.
Wikipedia gives the headquarters as 5555 Melrose Avenue and calls Paramount the last major film studio in Hollywood proper.
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Pink's Hot Dogs on North La Brea Avenue, June 2024. Spatms · CC BY-SA 4.0
709 North La Brea Avenue at Melrose Avenue
Pink’s Hot Dogs
BFI says Joe and his associates eat hot dogs here, and that Pink’s has operated since 1939.
Wikipedia says Paul and Betty Pink began with a pushcart in 1939, selling a chili dog for ten cents.
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The Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport, July 2023. A nearby landmark, not the taxi rank in the film. Benoît Prieur · CC0
1 World Way, Westchester, Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
BFI says Betty arrives at the taxi rank outside LAX, and that the spot looks much the same today.
Wikipedia says the airport opened in October 1928, and that its Googie-style Theme Building, shaped like a flying saucer, dates from 1961.
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A pilot first

It was going to be television

February 1999The film began as a 90-minute ABC pilot, shot in Los Angeles from February 1999 over six weeks, Wikipedia says.
After the cutABC cancelled it after seeing Lynch’s cut. StudioCanal paid $7 million to turn it into a film, and most of the new material was shot in October 2000, Wikipedia says.

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The door

One club, two buildings

Club Silencio is not on any map. Its entrance and its inside are two real theatres. Slide the door through.

The ornate terracotta front of a theatre on a downtown Los Angeles street — The Palace Theatre on South Broadway, October 2008. The film used the rear of the building; this is the Broadway front. Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0

A cream terracotta cinema tower with a clock above a curved Broadway entrance — The Tower Theatre on South Broadway, October 2008. The film used its interior as Club Silencio; this is the street front. Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0

The Palace Theatre on South Broadway, October 2008. The film used the rear of the building; this is the Broadway front. Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0

Door

Outside. The back of the Palace Theatre is the club’s entrance, on the Spring Street side.

Palace Theatre

BFI says the back of the Palace Theatre is the entrance to Club Silencio, and that nothing of the club is left to see today.

The fan list puts that entrance at the rear of the Palace, 640 South Spring Street.

Wikipedia says the Palace opened in 1911 as the third Los Angeles home of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit, and that vaudeville ran there until 1926. It stopped showing films in late 2000, was restored from 2010 and reopened as a live venue in June 2011, Wikipedia says.

Look from Broadway or walk round to Spring Street. It reopened as a live venue in 2011; go in for an event, not to find the club.

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Nearby on Spring Street, the Banks Huntley Building stands in for the Ryan Entertainment offices. BFI says the Ryan Entertainment offices were in the Banks Huntley Building downtown, and that its back gate now carries a large mural.

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Go and look

Seven places, one night drive

Everything here is a public street, a shop front or a gate seen from the pavement. The club itself is gone; one theatre is a live venue and the other is a shop.

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Where it is now

7 places you can visit, from the Hollywood Hills to downtown Broadway and the airport.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Look from Broadway or walk round to Spring Street. It reopened as a live venue in 2011; go in for an event, not to find the club.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The building now holds an Apple store, open to shoppers on Broadway. The street front is the part of the building you see without going in.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An office building on a public street; look from the pavement. Its back gate is the part with the mural.

The Palace Theatre on South Broadway, October 2008. The film used the rear of the building; this is the Broadway front. Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0
Downtown: Broadway and Spring · 636 South Broadway, downtown Los Angeles
Palace Theatre
BFI says the back of the Palace Theatre is the entrance to Club Silencio, and that nothing of the club is left to see today.
Look from Broadway or walk round to Spring Street. It reopened as a live venue in 2011; go in for an event, not to find the club.
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The Tower Theatre on South Broadway, October 2008. The film used its interior as Club Silencio; this is the street front. Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0
Downtown: Broadway and Spring · 800 South Broadway, downtown Los Angeles
Tower Theatre
BFI says the inside of Club Silencio is the Tower Theatre on South Broadway.
The building now holds an Apple store, open to shoppers on Broadway. The street front is the part of the building you see without going in.
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The Banks Huntley Building at 634 South Spring Street, September 2013. Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0
Downtown: Broadway and Spring · 634 South Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles
Banks Huntley Building
BFI says the Ryan Entertainment offices were in the Banks Huntley Building downtown, and that its back gate now carries a large mural.
An office building on a public street; look from the pavement. Its back gate is the part with the mural.
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Stay

A room in Hollywood.

A 1927 hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

The Hollywood Roosevelt

Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles

A 1927 hotel at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood, where the film’s Paramount and Pink’s stops are. Pictured: the Paramount gate, 2026.

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