The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge is six months older, four times as long, and twice as busy as the Golden Gate Bridge. Why then has it seemingly been featured in far fewer films? Watch the Bay Bridge reclaim its starring role in scenes from over three dozen feature films -- some familiar, many much more obscure -- including "Shadow of the Thin Man "(1941), "Experiment in Terror" (1961), "George of the Jungle" (1997) -- and, of course, everyone's favorite directional mistake, "The Graduate" (1967).
Jim Van Buskirk, a retired SFPL librarian, major movie buff, and public speaker, is the co-author of Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover’s Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations as well as other books, articles, blogs and radio broadcasts on San Francisco and film history. Find out more about Jim on his web site.
LOCATION:Main Library - Koret Auditorium CLASS:PUBLIC TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VALARM TRIGGER:-PT1440M ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Event Reminder - Presentation: Starring the Bay Bridge END:VALARM END:VCALENDAR