ShermansTravel: Visiting The Sets Of This Year's Best Picture Nominees (PHOTOS)

Key Locations Set in Hollywood, California, in 1927, The Artist has been nominated for a whopping 10 Oscars. Not only is the film in black and white (though it was filmed in color), it is also silent, with only a few lines of dialogue in the entire movie. The film follows George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent film star, as he adapts to the ?talkies.? What to See Take your pick! The film features many theaters where the characters screen their own films: See a concert at the Orpheum Theatre, watch a play at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, or explore the ornate Los Angeles Theatre. Only a few steps from the Wilshire Ebell Theater, take a stroll down Fremont Place, where George and Peppy Miller (B?r?nice Bejo) both reside. In Peppy?s case, art imitates life. In the film, she lives at 56 Fremont Place, where silent film star Mary Pickford really did live in 1918. Make it Happen After a day of touring downtown landmarks like the Bradbury Building (304 S. Broadway), where Peppy makes her ascent to stardom as George makes his descent, and Eagle Rock Substation (7888 N. Figueroa St.), where the opening scene is set, stop in at the Italian restaurant Cicada, where Peppy gives a scathing interview about the demise of silent films within earshot of George. Photo: Michele & Tom Grimm/LACVB

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