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. Our film credits include:

  • Horse Feathers (1932) with the Marx Brothers
  • Pigskin Parade (1936) with Judy Garland (her screen debut) and Betty Grable
  • Second Chorus (1941) with Fred Astaire (“the worst movie I ever made”)
  • That Hagen Girl (1947) with Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan
  • Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) with Joan Crawford and Robert Young
  • Pat and Mike (1952) with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
  • Tall Story (1960) with Jane Fonda (her screen debut) and Anthony Perkins
  • Take Her, She’s Mine (1963) with Jimmy Stewart
  • The Impossible Years  (1968) with David Niven
  • The One and Only (1978) with Henry Winkler
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • Real Genius (1985) with Val Kilmer
  • Clueless (1995) with Alicia Silverstone
  • Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) with the Wayan Brothers
  • Jurassic Park III (2001) with Sam Neill
  • Orange County (2002) with Colin Hanks and Jack Black

TV credits include “Dragnet” and “The West Wing” (2002), “Beverly Hills 90210” (1993-94) and a host of other shows and made-for-TV movies, including “Lou Grant,” “Remington Steele,” and “Cannon.”