Warner Bros Studios Ranch
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The Warner Ranch
Familiar to most as the location of the park featured in the opening credits of 'Friends', the Warner Ranch (also known as the Columbia Ranch) has been featured in countless movies and TV shows.
- 1164 Morning Glory Circle - detailed information about the Ranch
- Columbia Ranch history
- Link to Behind the Scenes at the Columbia Ranch website
Blondie Street
A curved residential street containing 12 different types and sizes of house, surrounding a large central park. Some of the houses have practical interiors. It also contains a brick church with steeple and paved sidewalks.
Seen on screen:
- Movies
- Lethal Weapon [Danny Glover's street]
- American Beauty
- Pleasantville
- TV Shows
- Gidget
- Bewitched
- The Partridge Family
- Eight is Enough
- Life Goes On
Amusing video tour of Blondie Street:
Park Boulevard
Adjacent to Blondie Street, this block of upscale Bostonian Row houses looks out over a lush green park and fountain.
Seen on screen:
- Movies
- Legal Eagles
- Bird
- Must Love Dogs
- TV
- Friends opening credits [park and fountain]
- Crazy Like A Fox
- Living Single
- Side Order of Life
Swimming Pool
Located in the central park at the Ranch, this 51'6" x 37" pool has three underwater camera portals making it a versatile location of underwater and surface filming.
Seen on screen:
- Movies
- Witches of Eastwick
- Cape Fear
- True Lies
- TV Shows
- Bewitched
Walton House
This famous house and barn were used for the original long-running TV series The Waltons. The house offers practical interiors and a wide front porch.
The Walton House was originally located in the northern section of the Jungle area of Warner Brothers studios in Burbank. Walton's Mountain, which could be seen from the house's front porch, was actually a slope of the Hollywood Hills directly south of the Warner Bros. Studios. Interiors of the house were filmed on Stage 26. The roadway leading to the Walton house through the remaining portion of the jungle still existed in 2003 and is visible during the studio tour, although Ike Godsey's store has long since disappeared. The house had been dismantled a few years before to make way for a parking lot and was moved to it's new home on the Warner Ranch, where it still functions as a workable exterior set. If you check the Season 1 DVD's of "Gilmore Girls" you will note that the old "Dragonfly Inn" that Lorelai and Sookie purchase and then renovate is the exterior of the Walton house.
Western Street
Seen on screen:
- High Noon (1952)
Soundstages
As well as the exterior locations, stages 30 - 34 are situated at the Ranch.
More information coming soon.