Charade is my favorite movie of all time! Paris, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant; winning combination! Thank you, Stanley Donen. Well done!

Wow, this was fun to watch. What a fun and well-researched tribute to such a classic! Charade is one of my favorite all-time films-probably because Cary Grant was my favorite all-time actor, Audrey Hepburn my favorite all-time actress, and Paris my favorite all-time city ❤️

The church from the funeral scene is the Temple du Marais on Rue Saint Antoine. Thank you for a great video!

Thanks Stanley for making this video. Last year, partly inspired by this video, I took my girlfriend and her mum to Europe, it had been a wish of hers to visit Montserrat near Barcelona, we also came to Paris and visited some of the Charade locations. Also got to see Notre Dame before the fire. Sadly, her mum passed away a few days ago, just wanted to say thanks.

Great job Stanley ! The demystification of the "Saint Jacques" Hotel so-called Shooting place ( Rue des Écoles, Paris V) is, to me, the best part of your very well done documentary.

We just returned from five days in Paris and, because Charade is our favourite movie, we went on the tour (it's also a fantastic way of finding other stuff and generally seeing a mind-boggling amount of incredible things). As of February 2023 very little has changed; the Marigny theatre is open, the corner of Jardin Champs Elysées by the Vrai Guignolet is receiving attention, and we still have Reggie's Apartment for next time. Thank you So Much for this excellent video - it was entertaining, informative and invaluable. (Heading for the Palais Royal I was reciting, 'Run like Audrey, run like Audrey...', before I had to admit that I can't run like Audrey anymore at my age. My wife replied that, at my age, I can't even run like Walter Matthau...). Thanks once again, you have spurred us on to a unique few days xx

Thank you, Stanley, for all the effort you put into this delightful video. This was also a lovely tribute to the movie! Well done!

so well done. I am so glad you did this! Such a great movie. Catherine Chelimsky Fallick

A big massive thank you , Charade is my favorite movie with Cary and Audrey being my dream actors , I just loved your video .

Great job! What a pleasure to watch your video about this wonderful classic movie! FYI Marigny Theatre reopened in November 2018, after 5 years of renovation. Because of the COVID-lockdown, all these wonderful public places are empty or closed. I do hope the Vrai Guignolet puppets will be back soon !

Les Halles has changed so much. My great aunt came only twice to Europe. And I'm so grateful I grew up in Paris. She came in 1950 and 1980. And second time she fainted and exclaimed "what have they done to Les Halles?" Ans I understand her. It was horrible it's less horrible now. But still ugly :( I live in Paris and I did this 13 years ago I love you so much for doing this!! A trip I'll do in the next few days for sure. I found the two hotels and the café without any help from the internet just my eye lol and I was so proud of that! I am so grateful you took the time to do this. I was 17 I went to the hotel and asked "did they shot charade here" and the person was like "yes they shot a movie here but I wasn't here in the 60s" lol Next time you come to Paris we should meet up! Although you don't need a guide you're very good at it haha. PS. So sad to see Notre Dame intact. Now it's a mess breaks my heart

My favorite movie of all time , well done this is gold dust for movie fans .

very entertaining, and able to evoke nostalgia moments (which since I was a small kid always loved). Very nice putting in those clips from charade. Good work, man!

This is absolutely wonderful ! What great work you did researching and filming this. My MIL loved Paris and made me watch Charade at least once a year. It would have been her 90th birthday and this was a great way to honor her memory. Thank you ❤️

I just discovered this! Thank you Stanley for adding this. Audrey Hepburn is my all time favorite, and it's great to see these fascinating locales!

I love the film "Charade" and your video is wonderful! It is amazing to see so many of the locations, albeit with the modern architecture nearby, compared to the locations for "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World" where many landmarks no longer exist.

Thank you for your dedication and research into this. Beautifully done.

I just stumbled on this!! Charade is my all time favorite movie! I was in Paris in 1993 with my boyfriend now husband of 26 years. We stayed at a small hotel across the street from the Palais Royale and I had him take a pic of me peeking out behind the columns. Also a pic of me coming down the Daru staircase at the Louvre like ‘Funny Face’. I love hunting for old filming locations…especially of Audrey and Cary! Thanks for the in-depth hunt!!

Well done Stanley! it's fun to hear my interpretation of the theme tune here too. One of my favourite films of the era, thanks for making this documentary.

Great job! I wish I had had this 15 years ago when I was in Paris. I tried to find a lot of these sights that you showed here and found several of them, but not all. Fun to watch - thanks for filming!

Wow, you really did your home work. This video was very impressive and fun to watch.

Thank you for this video--a big treat! I love CHARADE and it's such fun to see film locations a half century later.

Quite interesting. Appreciative of your attention to the smallest details-right down to the columns featured in the climatic scene! Bravo!

Just watched Charade last night and then found your incredible video. It’s so well done! Thanks for taking the time to make this.

Astonishing retracing of the filming locations used in Charade! I am impressed with how thorough and successful you were at finding all of these places. It's also interesting how the canopy of the tree in front Notre Dame has almost the exact same shape now that it did when the film was made. How long did it take you to visit all of these locations in Paris? Again, excellent work! Thank you for putting this together.

No one's talking about the fact that Jean-Louis has become a doctor still answering Charade fan letters?

People come and go.... Place stands still !!!... Thanks a lot🙏🙏

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this video, Charade is one of my favorite films of all time.

Very enjoyable video of an excellent movie - thanks for the great work!

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This was so fun! Thank you! 🎉😊

This is great! Thank you for that... some of those places I have been without ever realizing she was there. I love it.

Hey Stanley, I'm a little surprised about how much I enjoyed your video. I knew it would be fun, but you sort of made it a little adventure of its own. Thank you.

Thank you! One of my favorite of all time movies. So fun! We have been to Paris, but back in 1991, so double the fun to see some of the same places again. 😀

Good job Stanley. Other youtubers and "official" movie location sites, always claim that the Charade's hotel St. Jacques was located at 28 Rue Censier, current site of Hotel Maxim. They are so wrong and you are so right. The red door at 24 was where the filming took place.....although I'm sure it wasn't red then. I'm still trying to figure out the spot where Cary jumps from one balcony to another. The Rue Censier balconies don't quite line up. Maybe that was a Hollywood sound stage. Anyway, excellent vid clip. I appreciate quality work.

Wow, thank you so much. That set of the hotel interior is so memorable, and I needed to find out where it was. I couldn't find this info online anywhere. Thanks for following up by writing people. I don't think that hotel concierge knew what he was talking about. Edit: I always think about him just throwing that icecream in the water. XD

Great stuff!!! thanks so much for making this!!!

Well done, thank you. Really enjoyed this!

Fantastic! Thank you!

Great video mate I just watched the movie for the first time

Very nice video! Looved it and love charade!

Never seen the film but I'll put it on the watch list! thanks for the video

Excellent video! Charade is one of my favorite movies. I love all Hitchcock films (which many think of Charade as one) and would love to see some of those retraced like you did for this. Superb work Stanley!

Thank you. Almost no Atlanta history is left because of progress. Glad Paris retains echoes of its past, even if from 53/59 years ago.,

Superbly done Mr. Moss 👏

Thank you!! my favorite movie in my favorite city💖

Thank you so much for doing this. It is deeply appreciated.

Thanks for this, , I love this type of video.

This is so cool! Huge fan of the movie and it was to cool to see the actual locations!! Thanks for making this!!

Loved watching your video. Thank you so much. It has been too many years since I have lived in Paris. :)

Great job! Excellent humor!

thanks Stanley and Rad288, watch Charade every year , planning trip this year and now I know some spots to hit ,watched a walking tour on YT and walked right passed 15 Rue Saint Antoine that church then found Stanley video amazing , reminds me of an old church in Philadelphia ,strange how some places take you some where else. great video.

Well, you definitely had me at the La La Land filming locations but Stanley, you are brilliant going to Paris and finding all these beautiful shots and matching them up with film clips. Now I need to watch Charade again, one of my favorites. I even watched your Saved by the Bell videos and I never even watched this show. :) Got a few glimpses of my Santa Monica condo in the background of beach scenes at former Hearst property. You're the best and thank you for putting so much detail into your work with great background music. Look forward to more videos!

Stanley: I have loved "Charade" since I saw it in a theater during its first run in 1963. I was ten years old but, even at that age, I knew it was something special. And I have talked it up ever since. I'm not sure you know this, but it is also a favorite of director Steven Spielberg. When he heard the original negative was in danger of deteriorating, he mounted a campaign to raise money to restore it. And I believe the restored version is the release on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection. A few years ago, I was fortunate to interview actor George Kennedy at his home outside Boise, where I worked as a TV news anchor and reporter. Kennedy was 88 at the time and his health was declining. But he was energized by talking about his career. I wanted a souvenir of our meeting and brought along a Criterion copy of "Charade" for him to sign. When he saw it, he got very excited. He then told me "Charade" was his favorite movie of all that he made. He said Audrey Hepburn was a delight to work with and his "Charade" experience led to a lifelong friendship with Cary Grant. Thank you for providing a glimpse of how some of the original movie locations haven't changed much at all, especially the puppet theater. I visited Paris twice in 2019 and it didn't occur to me to seek out those places. Maybe next time. By the way, I wonder if you have seen the re-make with Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton? It's called "The Truth About Charlie" Of course, it's not nearly as good. Critics panned it, so no surprise it was a dud at the box office. But writer and director Jonathan Demme substituted the Paris Flea Market for the stamp market and you can easily visit that location because it is still very popular with merchants and tourists alike.

Thanks for everything,it's like a travel in time ....how I love this film.it's a peace of art...thank you a thousand times .I can't stop smiling... Merci beaucoup,j'ai aimée la vidéo moi aussi j'ai réfléchi à faire un petit tour et découvrir les scène de filmer et vivre encore une fois l'histoire de mon acteur préféré Cary Grant

Excellent video. I also have the version of Charade which is visually more colorful and more enjoyable than recent versions of Charade which is visually darker.

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So well done. Great work. Great movie!

At Les Halles one can see the sign for the restaurant Au Pied Cochon in the background just around the corner from what is today Agnés B shop.

It's always a close call which is my favourite Cary Grant movie , it's between Charade and To Catch a Thief, Iam going to spoil my self and make them joint favourite ❤️❤️

Thank you, Stanley, for this loving tribute to a beloved classic. Here's a perplexing plot question for you: in the thrilling finale, how did Brian Cruikshank know that Hamilton Bartholomew was REALLY Carson Dyle? I've never been able to pinpoint that in the movie. Perhaps you know?

Very good! Your line as the elevator descends ... trying to "get to the bottom of this". Was that an intended pun or a happy accident? Brilliant either way 😁🤩

Omg I love this

through your video, i came to know that an american in paris dance scene was shot in mgm sound stage.... i have been under the impression that it was shot on location.

Great video!

Dear Stanley! It was fun! I enjoyed it! This was just a dream a few moments ago after watching Charade for about the 5th time during the quarantine here in Manila. This is my all-time favorite Audrey Hepburn movie. It was good Cary Grant accepted 10 years after continually rejecting films offered to star with Audrey (since Roman Holiday in 1953)! Stanley Donen was brilliant together with Charles Lang, Audrey's favorite cinematographer since Sabrina! And make-up by Mr & Mrs da Rossi. And the clothes by Givenchy! All these... stars and technical combination make this film timeless. Thank you for making my dreamcome true, Stanley! God bless you with more adventures to share with us! Utterly loved your attention to detail---the same masonry chip on Walter Matthau's column. Do you think they used a real bullet to chip one column when Cary Grant fired a shot? See it in your 27:06.

Awesome brother, enjoyed it a lot

Nice video,love that movie so much!

2:00 I visited 5 Avenue Velasquez about a week ago. The front door has changed quite a bit. It is now made of glass. I would add a photo, but don’t know how.

Good work. From Paris

Hi Stanley.......here's an update. As of yesterday, April 12, 2018, the Marigny Theater is still closed. However, the workers left one of the doors open and I stuck my head in and it looks like it's getting real close to completion. Most of the interior scaffolds are down and a glass company was installing new windows. You can smell the fresh paint, so that's a good sign things are wrapping up.

Nice work. Do you know where they film the ski resort at the start of the film?

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Hi Stanley......here's another update as of October 6, 2018. The Marigny Theater is still NOT finished or open yet. One of the side doors was open so I sneaked inside. It's all finished there, but there are workers all over the place on the outside. It's all painted and new glass has been installed. They seem to be very close to completion. The exterior wiring is just hanging there, so that could be all they have to do is hook up the outside lighting fixtures and they're all set to go. It's still surrounded by dirt and gravel. Hopefully it's going to be paved or there will be a muddy mess. btw......the Wheel at Place de la Concord is gone. Completely torn down. The mayor didn't want it so he ordered it dismantled.

I'm an American living in Paris. You do such a good job. And you're so cute! I'll have to go check out all these places.

Really cool work - seeing it in 2021 almost five years later. Poignant that the official photo of JFK is seen in the embassy office interior considering Charade was released on 3 Dec 63, only 11 days after his assassination. The gray fall skies (shot in the fall of 1962, some during the Cuban missile crisis) contribute mightily to the suspense and overall tenor of the film. The dilm wouldn’t have been the same in Paris had it been shot on your contrasting sunny days

I have to commend the film makers for NOT including the Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triomphe as a backdrop for some of the scenes. Btw, this is generally a great way to explore a city, certainly more outside of the typical tourist paths. In London I looked up some locations for Hitchcock's Frenzy and in Paris I went for some Breathless locations.

sometimes historic places should be kept in their originality

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to hunt down these filming locations. However, I don't understand why people would be interested in a film featuring the two most attractive, elegant actors of their day. ;)

OK but does anyone know what is Audrey eating in the scene with Walter Mathau?

Wonderful!

This guy reminds me Steve from blues clues don’t know why though

Can you do How to Steal a Million or Two for the Road?

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It was EURESCO, not UNESCO. EURESCO was European Reseach Conference.

Which arrondissement did you stay in? Is there one you would recommend that is practical for Charade locations?

Cannot believe they destroyed this Iconic Soundstages für this stupid Transformers Rides :.-(