Halfway to the Stars: San Francisco Cable Cars go to the Movies

Hosted by Jim Van Buskirk!

Clang! Clang! Hang on for a wild ride as we hop on and off cable cars in movie after Hollywood movie. Funny, scary, or just wonderfully wacky, San Francisco’s iconic mode of transportation plays a variety of roles in this program of carefully curated clips from films including Yours, Mine, and Ours, The Rock, Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and What’s Up, Doc?

Jim Van Buskirk, a retired SFPL librarian, major movie buff, and public speaker, is the co-author of Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover’s Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations as well as other books, articles, blogs and radio broadcasts on San Francisco and film history.