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1. Filming Locations Tour

   Does our campus look familiar? You've probably seen it in some of your favorite movies and shows. Take a look at the settings behind the scenes.

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   1. The O.C.

      A troubled youth (Benjamin McKenzie) becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit people in the wealthy upper-middle class neighborhood of Newport Beach, CA.  The Chalon Campus served as the exterior of "Harbor High" in Newport Beach.
      
      
      © Warner Bros. Television (2003)
      Cast: Ben McKenzie, Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson

   2. Ratched

      In 1947, Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness. Sarah Paulson stars in this series inspired by "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.  The scene at the Chalon Campus was of a classically trained musician who had a break-down at a music school before being admitted into Nurse Ratchet's care.
      
      
      © Further Films, Touchstone Television, Lighthouse Management + Media (2020)
      Cast: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Sophie Okonedo 

   3. Mission: Impossible Pilot

      A television series chronicling the exploits of a small team of secret government agents used for covert missions against hostile Iron Curtain governments, third world dictators, evil organizations, and crime lords. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs (Steven Hill), joined by Cinnamon Carter (Barbara Bain) and Willy Armitage (Peter Lupus). The Chalon Campus was turned into France and Spain, as well as numerous fictional Eastern European Countries.
      
      
      

      © Desilu Productions (1966)
      Cast: Dan Briggs, Barbara Bain, Peter Lupus, Greg Morris

   4. Death Becomes Her

      The movie is about when a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.  The Chalon Campus was used as the final scene of the movie with those 2 rivals, Madeline (Meryl Streep) and Helen (Goldie Hawn), walking down the Chalon Steps. 
      
      
      © Universal (1992)
      Cast: Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep
      Director: Robert Zemeckis

   5. The Glass House

      When Ruby Baker's (Leelee Sobieski) parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett (Trevor Morgan), must travel to Malibu, to live with their former neighbors. But Ruby soon learns that her new foster parents are not all they seem to be. The Chalon Campus was filmed as Ruby’s high school.
      
      
      

      © Columbia Pictures, Original Film (2001)
      Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Trevor Morgan, Stellan Skarsgard
      Director: Daniel Sackheim

   6. Modern Family - "The Future Dunphys"

      Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways on this ABC Comedy. The scene at the Chalon Campus is of Ed O'Neill as the Dad, Jay Pritchett, who brings his son to an interview at an upscale high school.
      
      
      © Picador Productions, Steven Levitan Productions, 20^th Century Fox Television (2013)
      Cast: Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen Sarah Hyland, Ed O’ Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Ariel Winter

   7. 90210

      A contemporary, spin off of the drama Beverly Hills, 90210, looks at life through Annie Wilson (Shenae Grimes) and her brother Dixon (Tristan Wilds), whose Kansas family relocates to Beverly Hills. Annie and Dixon begin attending West Beverly High School and adapt to the social drama of high school. The Chalon Campus served as the famed West Beverly High School in Season 1.

      
      

      © CBS Productions (2009)
      Cast: Rob Estes, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, Jessica Stroup, Michael Steger

   8. The Princess Diaries

      Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) has just found out from her grandmother that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. The garden is the setting for several iconic scenes, including Mia’s first foot-popping kiss and the moment she learns she’s a princess – and proceeds to tell her grandmother, Queen Clarice (Julie Andrews) , to “shut up!”  
      
      
      

      © The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Brown House Production, and Bottom of the Ninth Productions Inc. (2001)
      Cast: Anne Hatheway, Julie Andrews, Mandy Moore, Hector Elizondo
      Director: Garry Marshall

   9. The Princess Diaries

      In this 2001 film, the Doheny Mansion transforms into the Consulate of Genovia, the pear-rich country of which Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is princess. Mia undergoes her princess makeover inside the Mansion – and later, the interior of the building is the background to her learning to dance and dine like a princess.
      
      

      © The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Brown House Production, and Bottom of the Ninth Productions Inc. (2001)
      Cast: Anne Hatheway, Julie Andrews, Mandy Moore, Hector Elizondo
      Director: Garry Marshall

   10. The Princess Diaries

       When Mia (Anne Hathaway) first arrives to meet her grandmother (Julie Andrews), she is unaware of her family’s royal standing. In this scene, she arrives (late) to tea with her grandmother and rushes to get into the building. She is told in many languages (including Genovian, presumably) to “get off the grass”. Don’t worry, though – Mount students are welcome to relax on the grassy lawns of the Doheny campus.
       
       

       © The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Brown House Production, and Bottom of the Ninth Productions Inc. (2001)
       Cast: Anne Hatheway, Julie Andrews, Mandy Moore, Hector Elizondo
       Director: Garry Marshall

   11. Spider-Man 3

       The Pompeian Room served as an upscale NY Restaurant where Peter Parker/Spider Man (Tobey Maguire) tries to patch up his relationship with his girl friend, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst).
       
       
       

       © Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007)
       Cast: Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Franco
       Director: Sam Raimi

   12. Catch Me If You Can

       The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio), who allegedly performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His foremost crime was check fraud, in which the FBI later turned to him for help catching other check forgers. The Pompeiian Room was filmed as an upscale restaurant where Frank gifts his father (Christopher Walken) a brand-new Cadillac.
       
       
       

       © Amblin Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Kemp Company, Splendid Pictures (2002)
       Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
       Director: Steven Spielberg

   13. Wax Presidents Trailer

       When the Hall of Presidents and First Ladies in Gettysburg decided to shut their doors, John Oliver bought five wax former presidents to not only display on his show, but he also wrote a short film about Tom Hanks gathering the 5 presidents together to help him fight crime in America.  This was filmed in the Doheny Mansion and culminated in the Pompeian Room. This was the 2nd time that Tom Hanks filmed in the Mansion, the first time being in Catch Me If You Can.
       
       
       

       © Avalon Television, Partially Important Productions (2017)
       Cast: Tom Hanks

   14. Veep

       The final season of "Veep" was filmed in both the Doheny Mansion (the Nobel Reception in an Oslo Public House) and the Stimson House (Interior of the Finnish Embassy) where Selina (Julia Louise Dreyfus)  and her team are in Oslo, Norway, to accept the Peace Summit Award from the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
       
       
       

       © HBO Entertainment, Dundee Productions (2019)
       Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Reid Scott

   15. Mad Men - Seasons 5 - 7

       A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies in the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's talented ad executives, Donald Draper (Jon Hamm). Don is at the top of his game, but the secrets from his past and his present threaten to topple his work and family life. The Stimson House was filmed as a home for Betty (January Jones) and Henry Francis (Christopher Stanley).  
       
       

       
       © Weiner Bros. Production, Lionsgate Television, AMC Original Productions (2012)
       Cast: Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Elizabeth Moss, John Slattery, Christopher Stanley

   16. Legion

       Is a psychological thriller about a troubled young man, David Haller (Dan Stevens), who may be more than human. He is Professor Charles Xavier’s mutant son and he hears voices and has visions that might be real. The Stimson House was filmed as David’s childhood home.
       
       

       
       © 26 Keys Productions, The Donners’ Company, Kinberg Genre, Marvel Television, FXP (2019)
       Cast: Harry Lloyd, Stephanie Corneliussen

   17. Bud Light Seltzer Commercial - Super Bowl LV

       Filmed on the South Lawn of Building 10 as a commercial about making lemonade out of a lemon of a year (2020). In this specific scene lemons are falling on an outdoor wedding reception.
       

       
       
       © Wieden+Kennedy (2021)

   18. Anheuser-Busch Commercial - Super Bowl LV

       The commercial is about people coming together during the difficult times of the pandemic.The North Lawn of the Doheny Mansion was dressed where an exterior wake/memorial was taking place.
       
       

       
       © Wieden+Kennedy (2021)