The first movie filmed in Mendocino was a documentary about the mighty redwood trees in the area. Beginning in 1916, there were 17 silent movies filmed in the area. There have been 43 movies with sound filmed here, as well as the famous TV series, "Murder She Wrote" and other TV programs and commercials. This list is extracted from Bruce Levene's wonderful book, "Mendocino and the Movies".
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1904 : "The Sequoia Sempervirens" - filmed at Caspar Lumber Co.
1916 : "The Promise" - Harold Lockwood 1919 : "King Spruce" - Mitchell Lewis 1920 : "The Man Who Dared" - William Russell 1921 : "Kindred of the Dust" - Miriam Cooper 1922 : "Soul of the Beast" - Noah Beery 1922 : "Timberland Tales" - Roy Stewart 1923 : "The Signal Tower" - Wallace Beery and Rockcliff Fellows 1925 : "In Search of a Hero" - last silent movie filmed here |
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1943 : "Frenchman's Creek" - Paramount - Joan Fontaine - Oscar 1943 : "The Uninvited" - Ray Milland (background shots only) 1947 : "Johnny Belinda" - Warner Brothers - Jane Wyman - Oscar 1954 : "East of Eden" - Warner Brothers - James Dean - Oscar 1963 : "Island of the Blue Dolphins" - Universal Pictures 1965 : "The Russians Are Coming…" - Mirisch Brothers - Alan Arkin - Oscar 1969 : "The Dunwich Horror" - Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ralph Bellamy 1970 : "The Summer of '42" - Warner Brothers - Jennifer O'Neil - Oscar 1972 : "Slither" - MGM - James Caan, Sally Kellerman 1978 : "Same Time, Next Year" - Mirisch Brothers - Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn - Oscar 1978 : "Strangers" (TV) - Universal - Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands - Emmy 1979 : "Humanoids from the Deep" - Doug McClure 1980 : "Dead and Buried" - Aspen Productions - James Farrentino 1980 : "Cujo" - Sunn classic Films - Dee Wallace 1983 : "Racing with the Moon" - Paramount - Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage 1984-89 : "Murder She Wrote" (TV) 1986 : "The Killing Time" - Levy/Abrams Productions - Kiefer Sutherland 1987 : "Overboard" - MGM - Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell 1988 : "Wired" - (The John Belushi Story) Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey 1988 : "Karate Kid III" - Columbia Pictures - Pat Morita 1990 : "Dying Young" - 20th Century Fox - Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott 1992 : "Forever Young" - Warner Brothers - Mel Gibson 1993 : "Pontiac Moon" - Paramount - Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen 1994 : "The Haunting of Seacliff Inn" (TV) - Ally Sheedy and Louise Fletcher 2001 : "The Majestic" - Dream Works - Jim Carrey |
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| Tom Murray's site has a detailed page on the movies and TV programs filmed here. | |