Guilford County is included in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area.
.[ Click here for an interactive MAP of all Grease locations!] The big dance contest (and some of the interior classroom scenes) were shot in East L.A., in the gym at. Huntington Park High School at 6020 Miles Ave, in Huntington Park (about 14 miles east of Venice High).
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in âGreaseâ (Image: Paramount) In retrospect, The roles of Danny and Sandy in Grease, that 1978 movie-musical classic, seem tailor-made for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The truth is, nothing about Grease was a sure thing â least of all its leading man and lady, one of whom had barely done any acting, the other still considered a B-list TV actor (though Saturday Night Fever, released after Grease was shot, would change that forever).