Editing Long Beach, California (section)

==In popular culture==
{{See also|Los_Cerritos,_Long_Beach,_California#Movies_and_television|label 1=Los Cerritos in movies and television|The_Pike#In_film_and_television|label 2=The Pike in film and television|Long_Beach_Polytechnic_High_School#Filming_location|label 3=Polytechnic High School as a filming location}}
[[Balboa Amusement Producing Company]], also known as Balboa Studios, was at Sixth Street and Alamitos Avenue; they used {{convert|11|acre|m2|-3}} on [[Signal Hill, California|Signal Hill]] for outdoor locations. [[Silent film]] stars who lived in Long Beach included [[Fatty Arbuckle]] and [[Theda Bara]]. The 1917 film ''[[Cleopatra (1917 film)|Cleopatra]]'', starring Theda Bara, was shot at the [[Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve|Dominguez Slough]] just west of Long Beach, and Moses parted the Red Sea for [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s 1923 version of ''[[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' on the flat seashore of [[Seal Beach, California|Seal Beach]], southeast of Long Beach. Long Beach was the famous location of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] [[newsreel]] footage of the [[1933 Long Beach earthquake]], out-takes from the [[W.C. Fields]] 1933 featurette [[International House (1933 film)|''International House'']] was possibly the first earthquake to be captured in action on film.

Because of its proximity to LA-area studios and its variety of locations, today Long Beach is regularly used for movies, television shows, and advertisements. The city has filled in for locations across the nation and around the globe.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmlongbeach.com/ | title=City of Long Beach Special Events | access-date=June 18, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615041335/http://www.filmlongbeach.com/ | archive-date=June 15, 2006 | url-status=live }}</ref> One advantage for Long Beach is that the video and film industry uses a zone that extends {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} from [[Beverly Boulevard|Beverly Blvd.]] and [[La Cienega Boulevard|La Cienega Blvd.]] in the [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] area. It is cheaper to shoot within that zone, so Long Beach and other South Bay cities often stand in for areas of Orange County (such as for ''[[The O.C.]]'' TV show<ref name="OC">{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/OC/ByLocation.shtml |title=The O.C. Filming Locations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630234804/http://www.seeing-stars.com/OC/ByLocation.shtml |archive-date=June 30, 2012 }}</ref>) because almost all of Orange County is outside of the zone.

One of the most famous Long Beach film locations is the home of Ferris Bueller in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''. Though the film was set in the North Shore suburbs of [[Chicago]] the house is at 4160 Country Club Dr.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Grobaty|first=Tim|date=January 25, 2021|title=Country Club Drive is Long Beach's Hollywood boulevard|url=https://lbpost.com/news/place/real-estate/country-club-drive-is-long-beachs-hollywood-boulevard/amp/|access-date=January 26, 2021|work=Long Beach Post News}}</ref>

[[Long Beach Polytechnic High School]] has played host to numerous films, featuring its outdoor grounds in movies such as ''[[Coach Carter]]'', among others. [[Robert A. Millikan High School]] has also lent its classrooms and hallways to films such as ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'', among others. [[Cabrillo High School (Long Beach, California)|Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School]] has been a very popular place to shoot movies as well, with 2–4 films shot per year, and is being used to shoot [[20th Century Fox]]'s musical comedy-drama, ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''. [[St. Anthony High School (California)|St. Anthony High School]]'s, Jack Errion Memorial Gymnasium has also been featured in a few movies and television shows, including ''[[Sunset Park (film)|Sunset Park]]'', ''[[American Wedding]]'', ''[[Coach Carter]]'' and ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]''. Long Beach [[Wilson Classical High School|Woodrow Wilson High School]] was used to shoot ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'' and has been used for commercials for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and [[Adidas]], particularly one with [[Los Angeles Sparks]] basketball star [[Candace Parker]]. The film ''[[Freedom Writers]]'', although not shot there, was based on Long Beach [[Wilson Classical High School|Woodrow Wilson High School]].

Other locations in Long Beach have been used frequently as well. An episode of ''[[The Lone Wolf (TV series)|The Lone Wolf]]'', "The Long Beach Story",<ref>{{cite web |title=The Long Beach Story (a.k.a. The Smuggling Story) |website=[[IMDb]] |date=April 9, 1954 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1036177/ |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref> features the [[Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California)#Wilton (1947–1961)|Wilton Hotel]]. Shoreline Drive visually approximates a freeway but is a municipal roadway and permits are accepted for its closure for shooting video and film – it has become a frequent movie and television freeway stand-in. Many car chase and crash scenes have been shot on stretches of road near the Long Beach harbor and along the city's Shoreline Drive. Among these are the 1963 movie ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' and numerous episodes of the 1970s TV drama ''[[CHiPs]]'' (as well as the 2017 film [[CHiPs (film)|''CHiPs'']]). Long Beach's downtown neighborhood has stood in for various urban areas in a variety of movies. ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 film)]]'', ''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)]]'', and ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''<ref name="Speed">{{cite web | url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/Speed3.shtml | title=Speed Filming Locations | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012164558/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/Speed3.shtml | archive-date=October 12, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> were shot in Long Beach. ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' was also shot in Long Beach as was ''Big Momma's House 2''. ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', and ''[[Jane the Virgin]]'', although set in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], Florida, regularly get shot in Long Beach. Much of ''[[Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny]]'' was shot in Long Beach. Although there was a chase scene downtown, most of Tenacious D was shot at Alex's Bar at 2913 E. Anaheim St., a punk rock/alternative rock venue. Most of the viral hit ''[[Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus]]'' was also shot by the [[Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier]] and [[Alamitos Energy Center]] in Long Beach.
The Long Beach Terrace Theatre has also been used for various commercials, an episode of ''[[Glee (TV Series)|Glee]]'', as well as the film ''[[Last Action Hero]]''. Several scenes from this David Spade comedy, ''[[Lost & Found (1999 film)|Lost & Found]]'', were shot around the Belmont Park area. The final scene from the Jim Carrey comedy remake ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]'' features Long Beach's scenic E. Ocean Blvd. route. ''[[La La Land]]'' features both a Long Beach apartment house and bar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long Beach LA LA LAND Filming Locations |url=https://www.gazettes.com/entertainment/long-beach-la-la-land-filming-locations/youtube_0e862fbe-fb94-11e6-a85e-2bf1f308c4d4.html}}</ref>

The Long Beach Naval Station and Naval Shipyard were featured in episodes of ''Visiting... with [[Huell Howser]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Long Beach Naval Shipyard- Visiting (314) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=October 24, 1995 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1995/10/24/long-beach-naval-shipyard-visiting-314/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long Beach Naval Station – Visiting (421) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=December 12, 2016 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2016/12/12/long-beach-naval-station-421/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long Beach Naval Station- Visiting (425) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=October 28, 1996 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1996/10/28/long-beach-naval-station-visiting-425/}}</ref> The Pike<ref>{{cite web |title=Long Beach Pike – Visiting (917) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=December 7, 2016 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2016/12/07/long-beach-pike-visiting-917/}}</ref> and SoundWalk art show<ref>{{cite web |title=Soundwalk – Visiting (1612) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=December 6, 2016 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2016/12/06/soundwalk-visiting-1612/}}</ref> have also been featured.

The city was used as a filming location for the [[MSNBC]] reality television series ''[[To Catch a Predator]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scary chats and a repeat 'predator' |website=[[NBC News]] |date=January 31, 2007 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16895737 |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref>