Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 28 minutes ago
San Francisco and the Bay Area were a second home to Alfred Hitchcock, the original Master of Suspense. In addition to having a vacation home here, he also filmed three of his most famous blockbusters here and in this video, we'll visit all four locations for a bit of history and film tourism.
Hitchcock's old vineyard in Scotts Valley:
Armitage Winery
armitagewines.com
Vertigo
- Madeline's residence at Brockelbank Apartments
1000 Mason St, Nob Hill
- Legion of Honor Museum
100 34th Ave, Lincoln Park
- Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Delores)
3321 16th St, Mission District
- Old Podesta Baldocchi flower shop
224 Grant Ave, Financial District
- Fort Point
201 Marine Drive, The Presidio
The Birds
- Melanie crossing intersection of Geary & Powell in Union Square
- Davidson's Pet Shop fictionally located at 301 Geary St, Union Square but modeled after a real pet shop that used to be located at 125 Maiden Ln, Union Square
- Melanie driving in to Bodega Bay via Bay Hill Road (38.345204, -123.040469), Bodega Bay
- Famous bird attack scene on Taylor St, Bodega Bay with Diekmann's Bay Store (1275 CA-1, Bodega Bay) in background
- Bodega Bay Schoolhouse
Now a private residence at 17110 Bodega Ln, Bodega
The Tides Wharf & Restaurant
- 835 Bay Hwy, Bodega Bay
Shadow of a Doubt
Newton Family Home
- Now a private residence at 904 McDonald Rd, Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Railroad Depot
9 4th St, Santa Rosa
Old Courthouse Square
- Between 4th & 3rd Sts and Mendocino & Santa Rosa Aves
Photo Attributions:
Wente Vineyards by Agne27, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Joan Fontaine by Macfadden Publications (page 2 of July 1942 issue of Photoplay), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Laurence Olivier Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Downtown Los Gatos by Ramkumar Menon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Kearny Street by Christoph Radtke, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Lombard Street by l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Stairs by Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Financial District by I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Bay Bridge by Jeffmcknight, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Melanie Griffith by Real TV Films, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Dakota Johnson by flickr.com/photos/drlovell, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Music Attributions:
Triumphant Return by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
San Francisco and the Bay Area were a second home to Alfred Hitchcock, the original Master of Suspense. In addition to having a vacation home here, he also filmed three of his most famous blockbusters here and in this video, we'll visit all four locations for a bit of history and film tourism.
Hitchcock's old vineyard in Scotts Valley:
Armitage Winery
armitagewines.com
Vertigo
- Madeline's residence at Brockelbank Apartments
1000 Mason St, Nob Hill
- Legion of Honor Museum
100 34th Ave, Lincoln Park
- Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Delores)
3321 16th St, Mission District
- Old Podesta Baldocchi flower shop
224 Grant Ave, Financial District
- Fort Point
201 Marine Drive, The Presidio
The Birds
- Melanie crossing intersection of Geary & Powell in Union Square
- Davidson's Pet Shop fictionally located at 301 Geary St, Union Square but modeled after a real pet shop that used to be located at 125 Maiden Ln, Union Square
- Melanie driving in to Bodega Bay via Bay Hill Road (38.345204, -123.040469), Bodega Bay
- Famous bird attack scene on Taylor St, Bodega Bay with Diekmann's Bay Store (1275 CA-1, Bodega Bay) in background
- Bodega Bay Schoolhouse
Now a private residence at 17110 Bodega Ln, Bodega
The Tides Wharf & Restaurant
- 835 Bay Hwy, Bodega Bay
Shadow of a Doubt
Newton Family Home
- Now a private residence at 904 McDonald Rd, Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Railroad Depot
9 4th St, Santa Rosa
Old Courthouse Square
- Between 4th & 3rd Sts and Mendocino & Santa Rosa Aves
Photo Attributions:
Wente Vineyards by Agne27, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Joan Fontaine by Macfadden Publications (page 2 of July 1942 issue of Photoplay), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Laurence Olivier Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Downtown Los Gatos by Ramkumar Menon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Kearny Street by Christoph Radtke, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Lombard Street by l0da_ralta, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Stairs by Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Financial District by I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Bay Bridge by Jeffmcknight, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Melanie Griffith by Real TV Films, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Dakota Johnson by flickr.com/photos/drlovell, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Music Attributions:
Triumphant Return by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Artist: audionautix.com
