At a welcome party for Victoria, who should turn up but Major Marc Bennett (William Lundigan), the army officer who interviewed her following her liberation. He has resumed his civilian career as a San Francisco attorney and, as it turns out, is an old school friend of her husband Alan.
Then ... Victoria bumps into Marc Bennett again while shopping at her local corner store.
... and Now, This is the venerable Speedy's New Union Grocery at 301 Union on the corner of Montgomery, a two block walk from Victoria's house. Union Street is seen dipping down into North Beach before climbing west to the top of Russian Hill.
Then ... The store name can be clearly seen from the different angle, below. Incidentally, the same store made a passing appearance a year earlier in the 1950 movie Woman On The Run in a scene filmed at the same junction.
... in 2006 ... Here's a photo of the store taken a few years ago, still going strong.
... and Now, sadly, this beloved icon of Telegraph Hill finally closed in 2008, after ninety three years. In the recent picture below the new tenant, a guys & gals boutique, offers local shoppers snacks, pastries and Blue Bottle coffee.
... in 1926 ... The name Speedy's alludes to the Spediacci family who bought the building in 1915 and took over the store in 1923. In a peek at the past here are Emma Spediacci and her daughter Mary behind the counter in 1926.
Then ... They part and Victoria drives home, crossing Union and heading down Montgomery.
... and Now, other than the trees blocking the view of the distant bay, not a whole lot different.
... in 1870 ... for history buffs, here's how this corner looked circa 1870. The house on the corner is the same one, with the original brick walls. Behind it is Telegraph Hill with a building housing a telescope on the peak.
... and Now, the corner building has been plastered over (the windows and doors still match) and Coit Tower has ruled the hill since 1933.
When Bigelow returns to his hotel he is kidnapped and taken to a suave but nefarious dealer, Majak (Luther Adler) (on the right below) who turns out to be Ray Rakubian's uncle. Apparently Rakubian had stolen the iridium and sold it to Phillips, part of Majak's scheme to acquire the iridium. But now Bigelow knows too much and Majak instructs his henchman Chester (Neville Brand) to dispose of him.
Then ... Chester, a nasty piece of work, drives Bigelow north on Broadway past the many theaters that were in their heyday in the 1950s. Below, they are approaching 9th Street with Olympic Blvd crossing behind them. The bright marquee on the right is the United Artists theater at 933 Broadway.
... and Now, the theater was built in 1927 by the founders of United Artists - Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. It is still there but since 1990 it has been the home of a Protestant church, the Los Angeles University Cathedral, and is currently listed for sale.
Then ... As they pass the Orpheum in the next block at 842 Broadway, he tells Bigelow how he plans to kill him - evilly savoring every word.
"I'm going to enjoy this, Bigelow ... I think I'll give it to you in the belly ... you don't like it in the belly ... right in the belly." Not one to mince his words.
... and Now, the Orpheum Theater is still there today and newly restored, with that same colorful marquee. Those lamp-posts haven't changed either.
Then ... One block on, just after they pass the Globe theater at 744 Broadway, Bigelow reaches over with his foot and jams on the brakes. He makes a run for it with Chester in hot pursuit.
... and Now, the marquee is still there but the theater, which most recently housed a nightclub, is now closed.
We have reached the scene perhaps best remembered by the legion of fans who have seen Vertigo -the one in which Scottie saves Madeleine after she jumps into San Francisco Bay.
Then ... Madeleine, tailed by Scottie, approaches Fort Point (click image to enlarge).
... and Now, this is Marine Drive in the Presidio. The building on the right (above) was originally built to house the fort's lighthouse keepers but has since been demolished (below), otherwise little has changed (click image to enlarge).
Then ... They pull up at Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge (map) - to many a classic Hitchcock image, except that eight years earlier these same camera shots appeared in The Man Who Cheated Himself .
... and Now, just the same, except for the fence erected after 9/11 that bars visitors from walking behind the fort.
The city skyline glows in the distance as Scottie anxiously watches Madeleine, at the water's edge, dropping petals from her nosegay into the frigid bay.
Then ... In a moment of great drama she suddenly leaps into the bay.
... and Now, fortunately CitySleuth was there prior to this area being declared off-limits and took the matching photo below. Note that the fence chain was temporarily removed, above, for the jump.
Horrified, he dives in after her and carries her back to safety (up some conveniently added stairs). She might have temporarily lost her senses but she wasn't about to lose those high heels.
Kim Novak gives us all a delightful smile on location at Fort Point while shooting this scene.
Parry walks from the cable car turnaround to a bus depot where he buys his ticket to freedom.
Then ... On the depot window we can make out the name 'White Arrow Bus Lines'.
But where was this filmed? The absence of an entry in the 1947 street directory confirms that 'White Arrow Bus Lines' was a fictitious name. But there is a clue to its location ... there's a sign behind the bus as it was waiting to leave, pointing to the Lankershim Hotel.
The Lankershim was a real hotel at 55 5th Street just a block's walk from the cable car. And right next to the hotel, across the narrow Jessie Street at 75 5th Street, was a Greyhound bus depot at the Pickwick Hotel. Check out the 1942 map below of the Market/4th/Mission/5th Streets block showing the location of the Lankershim and the Pickwick on 5th Street at bottom left (click image to enlarge). It also shows the Greyhound Bus Depot Garage behind the Pickwick. Parry's bus would have been facing the Mission Street exit, so the Lankershim Hotel sign behind the bus, above, would have been on the side of the Lankershim in Jessie Street pointing to the hotel entrance on 5th.
... in the 1940s ... Below is a 1940's postcard rendering of the Lankershim, viewed from across 5th Street. Jessie runs down the right side.
... and Now, the Lankershim has become the Hotel Milano - the same structure with a remodeled street level facade (map). (Update - the hotel has recently been remodeled again and opened as the Hotel Zetta in 2013).
... in the 1940s ... Below is a postcard rendering of the Pickwick Hotel as it looked back then with its bus depot office on the corner of Jessie (click image to enlarge).. These vintage postcards were accurate images, using colorized photographs.
... and Now, this is the Pickwick today, on the corner of 5th and Mission. It's hardly changed, except there's no bus depot there any more. The side of the Hotel Milano can just be seen across Jessie to its left.
But the window view from the movie depot does not match the view from the Pickwick, which looks towards the old San Francisco Mint. CitySleuth thinks there's a good reason for this, namely the movie depot scene was filmed in a studio - but the old Pickwick bus depot was the inspiration for it, therefore it can be considered to be the implied location.
... and Now, below is where the bus depot was, at the corner of Jessie and 5th, now occupied by restaurants Cafe Venus and Sushi Club.
... and Now, the old bus depot garage can still be seen next to the Pickwick around the corner on Mission Street.