Dates: Stage 16 was built in 1935/36.
Formerly known as Stage 7.
Now one of the tallest stages in the world, Stage 16 was raised 30 feet just after construction in 1935, to allow for the filming of the musical finale of ‘Cain and Mabel’ – see film clip below about the stage!
The stage also includes a 2,000,000 gallon water tank which was used in The Perfect Storm.
Article from LA Mag about Stage 16 and the filming of The Goonies
Features:
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Adventures of Don Juan (1949)
- The Old Man and the Sea (1959)
- A Summer Place (1959)
- The Great Race (1965)
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- Blue Thunder (1983)
- Swing Shift (1984)
- The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
- Nuts (1987)
- Punchline (1988)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Disclosure (1994)
- Eraser (1996)
- Soldier (1998)
- Collateral Damage (2001)
Television:
- Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1977)
- The Earth Day Special (1990)
Seen on Screen: Warner Bros Studios [Stage_16]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Diggers of 1935 [Feature Film] | 1935 | Busby Berkeley |  |
| Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 09, Stage 14, Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 17 | |||
| Cain and Mabel [Feature Film] | 1936 | Lloyd Bacon | |
| Stage 16 (originally Stage 7) was raised in height by more than 35 feet for this musical movie. | |||
| The Charge of the Light Brigade [Feature Film] | 1936 | Michael Curtiz | |
| Stage 12, Stage 16, Stage 18, Stage 25, Stage 26, Stage 27., Stage 27A | |||
| Dark Victory [Feature Film] | 1939 | Edmund Goulding | |
| Stage 01, Stage 04, Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 11, Stage 16, Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 25, Stage 27., Stage 27A | |||
| The Roaring Twenties [Feature Film] | 1939 | Raoul Walsh | |
| Stage 16 (exterior of the stage features as a wine warehouse), Stage 19, Stage 20, Stage 24, Stage 26, Stage 27., Stage 27A Hennesy Street was also featured. | |||
| The Letter [Feature Film] | 1940 | William Wyler | |
| Stage 01, Stage 07, Stage 16, Stage 24 | |||
| Kings Row [Feature Film] | 1942 | Sam Wood | |
| Stage 04, Stage 11, Stage 12, Stage 16, Stage 18, Stage 21, Stage 25, Kings Row backlot street | |||
| Yankee Doodle Dandy [Feature Film] | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | |
| New York Street on the backlot, Stage 01, Stage 04, Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 16 | |||
| Key Largo [Feature Film] | 1948 | John Huston | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| Rebel Without a Cause [Feature Film] | 1955 | Nicholas Ray | |
| Stage 01, Stage 06, Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 09. The drag race was run on Stage 16. The police station set still exists on WB studios backlot on Midwest Street. | |||
| Giant [Feature Film] | 1956 | George Stevens | |
| Stage 01, Stage 04, Stage 05, Stage 11, Stage 14, Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 17, Stage 21, Stage 25 | |||
| The Music Man [Feature Film] | 1962 | Morton DaCosta | |
| Midwest Street and Kings Row on the backlot served as River City, Iowa. Stage 04, Stage 06, Stage 11, Stage 15, Stage 16 were used for interiors. | |||
| America America [Feature Film] | 1963 | Elia Kazan | |
| Stage 02, Stage 16 | |||
| PT109 / PT 109 [Feature Film] | 1963 | Leslie H. Martinson | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| My Fair Lady [Feature Film] | 1964 | George Cukor | |
| The Ascot horse race sequences were shot inside Stage 12 and Stage 18 at Warner Bros Studios. Stage 04, Stage 07, Stage 08 and Stage 11 were also used. The Ballroom sequence was shot on Stage 16. Hennesy Street (then known as Tenement Street) was also used for the song With A Little Bit Of Luck. | |||
| Camelot [Feature Film] | 1967 | Joshua Logan | |
| Stage 07, Stage 08, Stage 16, Stage 27., Stage 27A as well as the Jungle Set on the backlot | |||
| Kung Fu [TV Series] | 1972 | Ed Spielman, Herman Miller | |
| Stage 16 (known as Stage 7), Stage 21, Stage 22, Stage 27. Also the Jungle set on the backlot had bamboo planted so it would provide a suitable backdrop for this series. Laramie Street was also featured. | |||
| 1941 [Feature Film] | 1979 | Steven Spielberg | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| Altered States [Feature Film] | 1980 | Ken Russell | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| Annie [Feature Film] | 1982 | John Huston | |
| Hennesy Street on the Warner Bros backlot was built for this movie and was named after Dale Hennesy who designed the production. | |||
| The production used Stage 12, Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 18 at Warner Bros. | |||
| Firefox [Feature Film] | 1982 | Clint Eastwood | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| Body Double [Feature Film] | 1984 | Brian De Palma | |
| The interiors of the octagonal house were built on Stage 15 or Stage 16 at Warner Bros. The exteriors were shot at the Chemosphere House in the Hollywood Hills. | |||
| Ghost Busters / Ghostbusters [Feature Film] | 1984 | Ivan Reitman | |
| The Gozer temple set was built on Stage 16. Stage 12 and Stage 15 were also used. | |||
| The Goonies [Feature Film] | 1985 | Richard Donner | |
| Stage 12, Stage 15, Stage 16 (Pirate Ship), Stage 28A | |||
| Ghostbusters II [Feature Film] | 1989 | Ivan Reitman | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16 [River of slime, baby Oscar standing on ledge] | |||
| Batman Returns [Feature Film] | 1992 | Tim Burton | |
| Stage 03, Stage 11, Stage 12, Stage 15, Stage 16 (Gotham Plaza), Stage 18, Stage 20, Stage 21, Stage 22, Stage 25, Hennesy Street and Ashley Boulevard on the backlot. | |||
| Jurassic Park [Feature Film] | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | |
| Stage 16, Jungle Set (T Rex chases jeep) | |||
| Batman Forever [Feature Film] | 1995 | Joel Schumacher | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 20, Stage 21, Stage 22, Stage 25, Stage 27., Stage 27A and Hennesy Street on the backlot. | |||
| Executive Decision [Feature Film] | 1996 | Stuart Baird | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16 (a full-size Boeing 747 was located on Stage 16 for this movie), Stage 20 | |||
| Batman & Robin [Feature Film] | 1997 | Joel Schumacher | |
| This massive production used Stage 12, Stage 16, Stage 18, Stage 21, Stage 22, Stage 25, Stage 27., Stage 27A, Stage 28A as well as Hennesy Street on the backlot. | |||
| Wild Wild West [Feature Film] | 1999 | Barry Sonnenfeld | |
| Stage 16, Stage 23, Stage 30 | |||
| The Perfect Storm [Feature Film] | 2000 | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Stage 06, Stage 08, Stage 15, Stage 16 (tank stage featured full-size versions of the Andrea Gail fishing boat and the Mistral sail boat), Stage 20 | |||
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence [Feature Film] | 2001 | Steven Spielberg | |
| The production used Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 19, Stage 20, Stage 21 at Warner Bros | |||
| The Time Machine [Feature Film] | 2002 | Simon Wells | |
| Stage 08, Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 21, Stage 22 | |||
| Looney Tunes Back in Action [Feature Film] | 2003 | Joe Dante | |
| Stage 16, Stage 20, Stage 21, Stage 22, Jungle Set (doubling for Africa) | |||
| Ocean's Twelve [Feature Film] | 2004 | Steven Soderbergh | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 20, Stage 21 | |||
| Constantine [Feature Film] | 2005 | Francis Lawrence | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 19, Stage 20, Stage 21, Stage 22 | |||
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Dangerous [Feature Film] | 2005 | John Pasquin | |
| Stage 16 | |||
| Rumor Has It [Feature Film] | 2005 | Rob Reiner | |
| Stage 15, Stage 16, Stage 19 | |||
| Poseidon [Feature Film] | 2006 | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Stage 16 water tank, Stage 20, Stage 21 | |||
| Ocean's Thirteen [Feature Film] | 2007 | Steven Soderbergh | |
| Stage 16 (Casino and hotel interior - a 4 storey set), Stage 20, Stage 29, Stage 30. The exterior of the Banks Hotel & Casino was shot on Park Place on the backlot, with an additional facade (known as a Plant-On) covering the existing exterior. | |||
| Inception [Feature Film] | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | |
| Stage 16 - Saito's Castle scenes | |||