While everyone seems to remember seeing them at the harbor, that's something I don't remember. BUT, I do recall palm trees on the Collinwood grounds in a scene or two. I want to say they were in the duel sequence, but that might not be where I saw them.
I've never noticed them, but there might be other scenes where palm trees are seen in the background. However, it's not likely that if palm trees are seen that they're on the Greystone grounds. And I say that because of this:
Southern California offers a seemingly inexhaustible supply of homes -- old and new -- for film use. Typical is Greystone Manor, part of Greystone Park and onetime Doheny estate lying above Sunset Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Now the berth of the American Film Institute, Greystone offers an opulent appearance for exteriors and interiors.
One of its chief assets, unusual for its Southern California locale, is the total absence of palm trees on its 18 1/2 acres, making the Manor a likely stand-in for luxurious European residences. Originally constructed from 1925 to 1928, the house cost $4,000,000.
The interior, which the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Visitors' Bureau is helping to refurbish and refurnish by conducting weekend tours, has 55 rooms and includes marble floors, hand-carved stairways and handrails, and rare woods which studio technicians would find impossible to duplicate.
The forecourt, which has been used for innumerable commercials, particularly automobiles, is sturdy and in keeping with the rest of the Tudor edifice. An episode of "Columbo," which went to England for exteriors, used Greystone for many interior shots.
A part of the Beverly Hills Park Dept., the handsome structure and grounds are available with a permit at all times for filmmakers. A split-fee arrangement between Beverly Hills and Greystone can be arranged, and the interior of the mansion must be returned to its original condition by the filmmakers.
Formal gardens, a swimming pool, wooded areas, orchards, lawns and walkways offer superb scenery for films requiring luxurious settings. And there's a minimum of telephone poles.
Greystone is accessible, and its unique appearance suggests faraway places with sweet sounding names. "We did 'The Woman I Love' locally, and that had an extremely good look," says Universal's Frank Price.
Despite the difficulties involved in filming the exterior -- the trees and foliage are all but impenetrable for the lens, so the magnitude and the handsome architecural advantages of the house are lost behind the greenery -- there are good vistas and excellent interiors useful to the creator who seeks European elegance on the palace level.If anyone can pinpoint scenes other than the one at the harbor where palm trees are seen, I'd love to hear about them because I've never noticed them.
At the beginning of David Selby's movie "Raise the Titanic" (made before evidence was discovered that the ship was not intact), a spy on a frozen island north of Russia comes upon the famous Arctic Pine Tree. He is right next to it. What were they thinking??
LOL! That actually reminds me of an article I read several years back and I'm shocked I was able to find it again:
Palm Trees in Ireland?Who knows - maybe the Collinses brought some of the trees in the article with them to the New World, or maybe they had them brought? And like many other things in Collinsport, they mutated!!