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The History of SF on Film and TV

See your favorite clips of SF from the history of TV & film.
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San Francisco has appeared in hundreds of movies and television series, some famous, others obscure, from Eric von Stroheim’s 1924 Greed to Dirty Harry to Zodiac.

Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover’s Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations uses film stills and clips to demonstrate the Bay Area’s rich cinematic history.

“Starring San Francisco” The History of SF in Film and TV 
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE
North Beach Branch Library | 850 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA

Among the many familiar (or not-so-familiar scenes) are the Alta Plaza Park steps being chipped in What’s Up, Doc?, the futuristic skyline in Towering Inferno and Bicentennial Man and the geographically inconsistent chase sequence in Bullitt.

Jim Van Buskirk is a writer, researcher, and former San Francisco Public Librarian.