Cops A to Z

15:55   Buster climbs up the teeter-totter ladder built on the Brunton (United) Studio backlot on Melrose Ave, standing yards north of the studio plunge where Buster filmed the waterfall rescue in Our Hospitality.

The “439 Money to Loan” store set where Buster believes he purchased a horse and wagon for $5 stands in the background. Hollywood  https://silentlocations.com/2013/06/06/on-the-fence-keatons-stunts-in-cops-and-our-hospitality/

16:01   An excited cop runs onto Market Street near Alameda, see 16:34 below. Notice the train track spur behind him. Near Ducommun

16:04 Buster teeters the ladder from one side of the fence to the other. 16:19 A closer view of Buster sitting on the left end of the teeter-totter ladder. 16:22  A wider view of Buster. Hollywood

16:34   A different cop signals for help by banging his billy club on the ground, looking west down Market Street from the corner of Alameda toward San Pedro, half a block south of Ducommun. This wooden corner structure was part of the Globe A-1 flour mill visible during scenes 02:03 – 05:53.

It’s complicated, as Market Street and this intersection no longer exist, and the wooden corner structure does not appear in the aerial photo. The arrows mark the route of Market from Alameda, the same two story building on San Pedro highlighted in yellow, the same brick building along Market highlighted in blue, and the open rail spur where the cop stood at 16:01 above highlighted in orange. This lost corner appears in other vintage aerial photos and maps, but all is now built over. Near Ducommun

16:41

The teeter-totter continues until Buster is thrown like a catapult. The spot where Buster lands on Big Joe is on the opposite side of the building to the left, blocked from view.  Hollywood

16:49Airborne Buster knocks over Big Joe at the Brunton (United) Studio. Hollywood

The studio had a “Y” shaped urban street set facing south. Buster lands upon Joe beside the right corner of the “Y.” The “439 Money  to Loan” set stood on the main branch of the “Y,” and the teeter-totter fence stood along the left branch of the “Y.” The same right corner set appears behind street-sweeper Buster during Day Dreams. Hollywood

16:57   Close view of the police chief in front of an apartment for rent (left). This appears on the east side of the Metro backlot set two buildings north of the parade viewing stand. Hollywood

17:00  

Above, Buster runs solo through the Goldwyn backlot arch, the lone police chief fails to stop him, and the army of police chase him back and forth through the arch. Culver City