Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California. As of July 1, 2005, the population was approximately 156,200 residents. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's world famous Wine Country and fifth largest in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Film locations

Santa Rosa has served as a location for many major films, including (courtesy of oldmovies.com):

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• The Happy Land (1943) Shot in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg.
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Filmed at Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine #140, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and McDonald Avenue. Made into a TV-movie in 1991 (eight weeks filming on McDonald Avenue).
• The Sullivans (1944) Shot on Morgan Street, Santa Rosa.
• All My Sons (1948) Shot on McDonald Avenue, Santa Rosa.
• The Wonderful World of Disney (1954- Present)In the early 1970s, the episodes "City Fox" and "Harbor Seals" were filmed just outside of Healdsburg. For the latter, water from Russian River was pumped into a huge pool used for filming. In the late 1960s to early 1970s, the "Inky the Crow" episodes filmed in Fountain Grove.
• Storm Center (1956) The story of small-town witch-hunting and book-burning used the Santa Rosa Library, with Miss Davis spending six weeks on the location: from the Library's collection of clippings on the film, you can see that she spent a lot of time with the women's clubs and, especially, with real librarian Ruth Hall, and that she made a strong impression on them. Shot mostly at Santa Rosa's Main Library.
• Pollyanna (1960) The 1960 film was shot at Mableton Mansion, McDonald Ave., Santa Rosa.
• Little Dog Lost (1963) Filmed in Cloverdale and Santa Rosa.
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) The sequence involving the plane and the control tower was shot at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa.
• The Candidate (1972) Shot in Howarth Park, Santa Rosa.
• Slither (1972) Highway 101, south of Santa Rosa. Also filmed in Cloverdale.
• Steelyard Blues (1973) Shot in downtown Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Airport.
• Smile (1975) Shot at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium and many other locales in and around Santa Rosa.
• Little Miss Marker (1980) Shot at Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.
• Shoot the Moon (1982) The scene where Albert Finney took his kids to Carl's Jr. was the filmed at a real Carl's Jr. near Hopper Avenue. Also filmed at Wolf House at Jack London State Park.
• Cujo (1983) Locations include Petaluma, Santa Rosa (and Mendocino).
• Smooth Talk (1985) Locations include Sebastopol, the Gravenstein Highway and Santa Rosa.
• The Blue Yonder (1985, TV) Lower -4th Street in Railroad Square.
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Locations at Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma.
• Wildfire (1988) Lakeville Highway. Dixon Ranch. Wood Pontiac & Cadillac on Corby Avenue.
• Wired (1989) Filmed in Santa Rosa.
• Die Hard II (1990) Scenes shot at Santa Rosa Air Center.
• Shadow of a Doubt (1991, TV) McDonald Avenue. Downtown Petaluma. Train Depot.
• Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Shot over a four week period at Santa Rosa Air Center (also in L.A. area).
• Bandits (2001) The Flamingo Hotel was given a light makeover in preparation for some scenes that were shot there.
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Set in Santa Rosa.
• Cheaper By the Dozen (2004) The family home in fictional Midland, IL, was actually filmed in rural Petaluma. Also Filmed in Railroad Square.
• Scary Movie (2000) Scenes were shot at Santa Rosa High School