Travel back to a time when men were wiseguys, women were “B-girls,” and vice came in the form of flipperless pinball machines. In the mostly forgotten noir film “Portland Exposé,” based on a pictorial spread about true-life vice in Portland’s in a 1957 issue of LIFE Magazine, you get all of that, plus Frank Gorshin (“The Riddler” in the 60s Batman TV series) as a child predator, and some amazing shots of Portland in the late 1950s. Don’t be a hophead – take a listen.
To see a map of all the locations from “Portland Exposé” — and from all the other “Portland at the Movies” movies, click here!
Locations seen in the film:
Downtown from PGE Park area
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HillVilla Restaurant, now the Chart House restaurant on Terwilliger
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HillVilla Restaurant w/ Ross Island Bridge in Background (currently Chart House)
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More of downtown from PGE Park
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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, NW Everett and Trinity
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Rose Garden
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Unknown (please drop us a line if you know this location!)
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Portland Towers
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Portland Towers Entrance
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“Kelly Hotel,” 11 NW Trinity Pl.
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Unknown Bridge with Inexplicable Telephone in the Middle of it
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Portland Labor Temple, NE MLK and Holladay
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NE Hassalo St. (Portland Labor Temple in the background)
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Union Station
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Union Station Interior (Iron Horse Restaurant in background)
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Exterior Union Station, looking south down NW 6th
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Portland waterfront (now Tom McCall Park), with Oregon Journal/KPOJ/Public Market building on river
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NW Davis, between 11th and 12th (Portland Armory in background)
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“Steel Bridge Cafe,” NW Glisan and 2nd Ave.
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PDX Airport Neon Sign
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PDX Tarmac
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PDX United Terminal
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The Town Club 2115 SW Salmon
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