) and 'Sandy'()
frolicking on aduring summervacation - a romantic episode they'll later
remember differently in the songSummer Lovin'.
about eight miles west of Point Dume in,
and about 100 yards west of wheremeetsthe ocean.
Tucked away on both sides of this small rocky peninsula are hidden caves.(You can see one west-facing
cave behind Sandy in the photo below, during the scene where Sandy asksDanny if it's over.)  
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scenes were shot at, at,in.
When the opening, animated credits stop, the scene dissolves from a cartoonto an actual shot of the school.
We see the kids arrive at the school and meet their friends again aftersummer vacation. These arrival scenes
were shot out in front of Venice High, with the camera looking south fromVenice Blvd.
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then begins, with theboys listening to Danny brag about his supposed
sexual antics, and the girls listening to Sandy's innocent version of thesame romance. These scenes were
also shot at. Theboys were in the,next to the
track & field (with the camera looking north) - you can see the backof the school behind them. The
girls were also behind the school, but closer to the main building (withthe camera also facing north).
(Incidentally, there are still bleachers there today, in the very sameposition.)
, seen below (with the girls dancing), is located just
northwest of the bleachers. It has had a roof added, so it looksrather different today.
is actually located at.,in (just south of
the Los Feliz district), a block and a half east of Vermont Avenue, andone street north of Prospect Ave.
You'll find the house on the south side of Kingswell. (When the boys arrive,they are driving east.) 
scene, Danny gets fresh with Sandy (prompting her to leave),then Danny sings
the songSandy (while cartoon hot dogs dance on the movie screenbehind him).
These scenes were shot at an actual drive-in movie. It was the old, located at
(at Sheldon Street),in. (Notat the StudioDrive-In in Culver City.)
Alas, virtually all of Southern California's drive-ins have disappeared,and this one is no exception.
The Pickwick Drive-In closed in 1989 and was torn down. In its place, therenow stands a
typical suburban shopping center, with a Staples store and a Pavilion'ssupermarket.
(It's in the Valley, just north of Griffith Park and Forest Lawn HollywoodHills.)
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