Paramount Studios - Stage 17

Date of Construction: 1941

Elvis Presley reportedly drove through Stage 17 after a few drinks during a recording session of Hound Dog.

Actor Redd Foxx allegedly haunts this stage, after he died of a heart attack whilst rehearsing for an episode of 'The Royal Family' in 1991.

Stage 17

  

Seen on Screen: Paramount Studios [Stage 17]

Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Road to Rio [Feature Film]	1947	Norman Z. McLeod
Stage 05, Stage 09, Stage 12, Stage 15, Stage 17, Stage 18
Sunset Boulevard [Feature Film]	1950	Billy Wilder
The Bronson Gate (then at 5451 Marathon Drive, now within the studio grounds) is where Norma Desmond comes to visit Cecil B DeMille.
The Paramount Studios writers offices featured in the movie are still standing and in regular use.
Norma meets DeMille on Stage 18 (then known as the Cecil B DeMille Stage) is now more familiarly known as the Star Trek Stage. Stage 17 was used for the bulk of the production. DeMille was shooting Samson and Delilah (1949) at the time. Also used Stage 09
Bonanza [TV Series]	1959 - 1973
Studio base 1959-1970. Stage 17, Stage 18
Mommie Dearest [Feature Film]	1981	Frank Perry
Stage 05, Stage 17
Nero Wolfe [TV Series]	1981
Stage 17
Clue [Feature Film]	1985	Jonathan Lynn
Stage 16 [Mansion set], Stage 17 [attic and cellar], Stage 18 [Driveway, front door & ground floor, except ballroom}.
MacGyver [TV Series]	1985 - 1992	Various
Seasons 1, 2 and 7 were shot at Paramount Studios. Stage 01 and Stage 17. The Valentino Building was featured in The Prometheus Syndrome as Brixton Manor. New York Street featured in Good Knight MacGyver.
Black Rain [Feature Film]	1989	Ridley Scott
Stage 17, Stage 18
Harlem Nights [Feature Film]	1989	Eddie Murphy
Stage 10, Stage 17, Stage 18
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier [Feature Film]	1989	William Shatner
Stage 04, Stage 05, Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 09, Stage 17
Bonfire of the Vanities [Feature Film]	1990	Brian De Palma
Stage 05, Stage 17
Days of Thunder [Feature Film]	1990	Tony Scott
Stage 17
Ghost [Feature Film]	1990	Jerry Zucker
Stage 17, Stage 18, Stage 19
Frankie and Johnny [Feature Film]	1991	Garry Marshall
Stage 17
The Addams Family [Feature Film]	1991	Barry Sonnenfeld
Stage 15, Stage 17
Indecent Proposal [Feature Film]	1992	Adrian Lyne
Stage 10, Stage 17, Stage 31
Wayne's World [Feature Film]	1992	Penelope Spheeris
Stage 04, Stage 07, Stage 10, Stage 17
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [TV Series]	1993 - 1999	Rick Berman, Michael Piller
Stage 04, Stage 07, Stage 17, Stage 18
Angel [TV Series]	1999 - 2004	Various
Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 17
Everybody Hates Chris [TV Series]	2005-2009	Various
Filmed on Stage 11 and Stage 17 at Paramount

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