The Woman In Red - Charlotte
Then … Teddy hears a car honking outside his office window. He looks down and sees the mystery woman proudly beckoning to her image (most likely added post-production) advertising the re-opening of the cable car system.
… and Now, filmed in Los Angeles, she was parked on 5th Street near Grand Avenue alongside the east lawn of the Los Angeles Central Library. In this matching image we see that the dual-upright electrolier street light has survived but the expansive lawn has not; a new library wing was built on it in 1993. Nobody can deny it looked better before.
… a vintage photo … This photo shows the lawn and library in 1949; compared to the Then image above it had changed very little when the movie was filmed 35 years later. ‘X’ marks the spot where The Woman In Red would park next to the electrolier street light.
… a vintage photo … here’s a 1933 photo looking north across the lawn and across 5th Street towards the CalEdison Building (the setting for Teddy’s office). It was from one of its windows that the Then image above was filmed. Note the massive retaining wall supporting the sloping roadway in front of the CalEdison Building and the adjoining Engstrum Hotel Apartments …
Teddy has no time to grab an umbrella as he rushes out into the rain. This is the entrance of the CalEdison Building at 5th and Grand, seen earlier in the movie.
Then … As he swaggers up to her car the view looks west along 5th Street towards the 110 freeway . The Central Library is on the left and the aforementioned retaining wall is on the right.
… and Now, in today’s view the retaining wall is gone (removed in the late 1980s) and the 73-story U.S. Bank Tower, aka the Library Tower, has replaced the Engstrum Hotel Apartments (compare it with the 1933 image above).
Teddy tries to persuade her to go to dinner or lunch but she demurs and tries to drive off. He splays himself on the hood; his desperate rain-soaked expression changes her mind and she suggests they meet that evening at Giuglio’s in North Beach. For the first time he finds out her name - Charlotte.