The corner of Gower Street and Sunset Boulevard was the location of one of the first studios in town, Christie Studios founded by comedy producer Al Christie in 1911, and later the site of the famous Columbia Drugstore. Columbia Studios, founded in 1920, is not far away.
Filmed circa December 1945-January 1946; Dick Powell in Cornered (1945) is playing at the Paramount Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.