Father Of The Bride (1991)

Father of the Bride is a funny yet heartwarming story about letting go.  While Steve Martin does provide much of the humor, Martin Short steals the show as eccentric wedding planner Franck.  I was never a hot dog lover but it's a good thing I never ate hamburger buns otherwise I'd probably have the same meltdown trying to figure out how much ground beef makes for eight buns. 

Father of the Bride was filmed in Pasadena, Monrovia, Alhambra, Burbank, San Gabriel and Santa Monica, CA

Location: George Picks Up The Bicycle

Address: 407 S Myrthle Avenue, Monrovia, CA

Location: The Banks House

Address: 843 S El Molina Ave, Pasadena, CA

2003

2016

The Banks backyard was filmed at 500 N Almansor Road, Alhambra, CA

Location: The MacKenzie Mansion

Address: 364 Saint Cloud Road, Los Angeles, CA

Location: Meeting Franck

Address: 8408 Melrose Place, West Hollywood, CA

Location: The Grocery Store

Address: 1011 N San Fernando Boulevard, Burbank, CA

Location: The Bar

Address: 41 S De Lacey Avenue, Pasadena, CA

The White Horse

Location: The Church Exterior

Address: 6116 N San Gabriel Boulevard, San Gabriel, CA   Hope Christian Fellowship

Location: The Church Interior

Address: 1015 California Avenue, Santa Monica

Vintage Church LA 

Locations Visited: November 2003, March 2016, April 2023

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Elf (2003)

Elf is a hilarious fish-out-of-water story about an elf who finds out he's actually a human.  Buddy makes the trek from The North Pole to New York City to meet his father and to help restore holiday cheer while asking that most important question - What's YOUR favorite color?  

Elf was filmed in New York, NY

Location: The Empire State Building

Address: 305 S 5th Avenue and W 34th Street, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Waves to Man

Address: Park Avenue and 47th Street, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Collects Flyers

Address: 1550 Broadway, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Jumps the Crosswalk

Address: 5th Avenue and 22nd Street, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Sees "Santa"

Address: 5th Avenue and 23rd Street, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Eats Gum

Address: E 23rd Street and Broadway, New York, NY

Location: Revolving Door

Address: 10 W 33rd Street and 5th Avenue, New  York, NY

Location: The Hobbs' Apartment Building

Address: 55 Central Park West, New York, NY

This was also used as Dana and Louis' apartment in Ghostbusters (1984)

Location: Michael's School

Address: 40 W 68th Street and Central Park West, New York, NY

Location: Buddy Waits for Michael

Address: 41 W 68th Street and Central Park West,  New York, NY

Location: Buddy & Michael's Snowball Fight

Address: Central Park - Pinebank Arch, NY, NY

The Pinebank Arch is near W62nd & Central Park West.  While there are some rock formations around the arch, none seem to match what is seen on film.  It's possible some fake ones were added by production...

Part of the area was blocked off by fencing so I couldn't line it up exactly but you can see the tilted tree is still there...

Location: Rockefeller Center

Address: 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

Buddy and Jovi first cross Fifth Avenue in front of Saks...

Location: Running Past Christmas Trees

Address: 118 59th Street, New York, NY

Locations Visited: January 2016, July 2016, December 2020

Still Need To Locate:

Jovi's Apartment Building

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