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Movie Location

Occidental’s beautiful campus and proximity to Hollywood has made it a natural movie location beginning with MGM’s The Cup of Fury in 1920. Over the years, Occidental has appeared as the planet Vulcan, the country of Belgravia, Southeast Illinois University, Texas State University, Arizona College of Flagstaff, Southern Ohio University, Pacific Technical College, and California University, as well as Stanford and Princeton. Our film credits include:

  • The Kids Are All Right (2010) with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore
  • Fired Up (2009)
  • Made of Honor (2008) with Patrick Dempsey
  • The Holiday (2006) with Kate Winslet and Jack Black
  • Orange County (2002) with Colin Hanks and Jack Black
  • Jurassic Park III (2001) with Sam Neill
  • Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) with the Wayan Brothers
  • Clueless (1995) with Alicia Silverstone
  • Real Genius (1985) with Val Kilmer
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • The One and Only (1978) with Henry Winkler
  • The Impossible Years  (1968) with David Niven
  • Take Her, She’s Mine (1963) with Jimmy Stewart
  • Tall Story (1960) with Jane Fonda (her screen debut) and Anthony Perkins
  • Pat and Mike (1952) with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
  • Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) with Joan Crawford and Robert Young
  • That's My Boy (1951) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 
  • That Hagen Girl (1947) with Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan
  • Second Chorus (1941) with Fred Astaire (“the worst movie I ever made”)
  • Life Begins in College (1937) with the Ritz Brothers 
  • Pigskin Parade (1936) with Judy Garland (her screen debut) and Betty Grable
  • Horse Feathers (1932) with the Marx Brothers
  • The College Hero (1927) with Ben Turpin 

TV credits include "NCIS" and "Law & Order: Los Angeles" (2010); "Greek," "Lie to Me" and "Monk" (2009), "Eli Stone" (2008), "The Riches" and "Criminal Minds" (2007), "The L Word," and "InJustice" (2006), "The West Wing" (2002), "Beverly Hills 90210" (1993-94), and a host of other shows, made-for-TV movies, and commercials, including "Lou Grant," "Remington Steele," and "Cannon." The singing of the Occidental College Glee Club was featured in the 2004 sitcom "Complete Savages" and the 2002 film Slackers.