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Movie stars have flocked to Beverly Hills for decades. Many
of the landmarks in the city now rival even its most popular celebrity
residents for number of on-screen appearances.
Beverly and Canon Drives have the classic rows of perfectly spaced palm trees lining both sides of the wide roadways. They show up again
and again to establish classic Hollywood scenes in various films and television
shows, from the Beverly Hillbillies to Pretty Woman.
Beverly Hills Cop famously featured Beverly Hills City Hall in several scenes, and apparently it will also make an appearance in an
upcoming Tom Cruise movie. In a comical
turn of events earlier this month, residents were confused to see a sign in
front of Beverly Hills City Hall that read “City Hall, City of Los Angeles”. It
turns out the sign was simply a movie prop and was quickly removed after filmmakers
finished their work.
Some Beverly Hills landmarks are actually a part of modern
Hollywood mythology. For example, anyone who had a TV in the 1990s will
recognize the iconic “West Beverly High School” from the