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Universal Studios will use Santa Anita Park for five weeks of filming for the movie "Seabiscuit." An open casting call will select thousands of extras to be used when shooting begins in November.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001- 2010
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24928AN
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Special behind-the-scenes sights, sounds and stories about the movie "Seabiscuit" will be at the 81st Los Angeles County Fair.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26248
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
26449AN
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Free tours are being conducted at Santa Anita Park to show areas where scenes for Seabiscuit were filmed.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 27, 2003
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p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 27, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
26162AN
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More extras needed for "Seabiscuit" film. Scenes will be shot at Santa Anita Park race track in December with extras needed for large crowd scenes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2002
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p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24969AN
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Newspaper Index
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A review of the movie Seabiscuit.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2003
Pages
p. U9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 25, 2003
Pages
p. U9
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
26161AN
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Newspaper Index
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Featured articles on Seabiscuit include quotes from the book, readers remembering the horse, locals used as extras in the filming of the movie at Santa Anita Park, silver lined hooves on display at the California the Thoroughbred Association's library, information on Gary Stevens, and interviews with author Laura Hillenbrand.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25866
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2003
Pages
p. A12, A13, C1, U6. U10, U13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2003
Pages
p. A12, A13, C1, U6. U10, U13
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
26066AN
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Newspaper Index
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"Seabiscuit" casting call draws hundreds of aspiring extras.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24932AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photos of dummies wearing fedoras filling the bleachers at Santa Anita Park for the filming of "Seabiscuit."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24781
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24975AN
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Newspaper Index
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Recent changes in the scope of motion picture and television filming at the Arboretum has caused some residents to question the productions' use of the facility.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27450
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
27647AN
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Moving Pictures

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1. Little Red Depot has many names. Arcadia Tribune August 3, 1936. 2. Arcadia at top. Arcadia Tribune. April 20, 1939. 3. Films available. Arcadia Public Library A.V. Dept. film list; local films. 4. Moving pictures shot at Arboretum. List of movies from 1937-1942 from Rancho Santa Anita …
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1. Little Red Depot has many names. Arcadia Tribune August 3, 1936.
2. Arcadia at top. Arcadia Tribune. April 20, 1939.
3. Films available. Arcadia Public Library A.V. Dept. film list; local films.
4. Moving pictures shot at Arboretum. List of movies from 1937-1942 from Rancho Santa Anita scrapbook #5 (June 1940-May 1941).
5. Heart of a Race Tout. Packet regarding search for the film shot at Baldwin's race track in 1909.
6. Film on library brings U.S. notice. Arcadia Tribune April 23, 1962.
7. Arcadia:Thoroughbred Town. Arcadia Tribune. February 1964.
8. From Tarzan to Fantasy Island - they're all filmed at Arboretum. Arcadia Tribune September 17, 1978.
9. List received from Historical Section of Arboretum August 1979.
(MISSING 9/2002)
10. This company's next picture - the first complete story film to be made in Los Angeles - was entitled "The Heart of a race tout." Page copied from book, "Early film making in L.A., by Charles G. Clarke, 1976.
11. Movies filmed at Arboretum. Paper written by Janet Christensen, March 25, 1977.
12. Photocopied pages from, "The Motion picture stunt pilots and Hollywood's classic aviation movies, " by H. Hugh Wynne. Discusses aviation films filmed in Arcadia.
13. Los Angeles State and County Arboretum Movie Locations. List of movies 1936-1984 that were shot on location at the Arboretum. Includes names of actors/actresses and some photos.
14. "The Return of Seabiscuit" by William Nack. Sports Illustrated, August 4, 2003, p. 58-61. (Magazine and color photocopy)
15. Cinema producers rediscover ideal locations near home. California terrain duplicates every land on earth and Rancho Santa Anita is a favorite location. Sunday Times, February 6, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
16. Paramount Studios shooting an outdoor location scene on Rancho Santa Anita for a Bing Crosby picture, "Paris Honeymoon." Arcadia Tribune, June 17, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
17. A Ritz brother while on location with a 20th Century Fox company unit at Rancho Santa Anita shooting scenes for "Straight, Place and Show" contemplates purchasing a stable of horses. Arcadia Tribune, June 24, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
18. Only the films could think of this. The Paramount location company while working on Bing Crosby's "Paris Honeymoon" brought a flowering apple tree to Rancho Santa Anita. Arcadia Tribune, June 18, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
19. Boris Karloff on location at Rancho Santa Anita for picture scenes in "Devil's Island." Arcadia Tribune, July 20, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
20. Newspaper employees watching the filming of Boris Karloff's "Devil's Island" laughed their heads off! Arcadia Tribune, July 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936 - January 1, 1939, Arcadia Historical Society.
21. Memo by Don Penman dated November 16, 1999 re: recommendation to approve request from Paramount Pictures to close portions of Huntington Drive for the film production of "Numbers."
22. Article about "Attack of the Giant Leeches" filmed at the Arboretum, by Paul Parla, 1995. Issue 20 of Scary Monsters Magazine.
23. Santa Anita Depot in Disney movie "Saving Mr. Banks" about P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins. March 13, 2014 retrieved from www.arcadiasbest.com.
Subjects
Moving Pictures
Item ID
153AF
Collection
Subject Files
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The variety of scenery at the Arboretum had made it a popular spot as a film location since the 1930's.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
July 26, 2000
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p. 1
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Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
July 26, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
19498AN
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Newspaper Index
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Man is riding bicycle on a path inside Rancho Santa Anita Park and Lake (later, the Arboretum), with many palm trees. Sign reads "Open to the Public Daily until 7PM, private property" and "Curves, drive slowly through park." The following information is from Sandy Snider: This is indeed, today’s Arboretum, but at the time the property was owned by a real estate syndicate named Rancho Santa Anita Inc. The enterprise was headed by the Chandler family (Harry until he died), and they bought the land from Anita Baldwin in 1936 for purposes of residential development. About 1939 they opened “the park” to visitors in hopes of encouraging land sales. About 30 acres surrounding the lake was sort of set aside as Santa Anita Park and Lake, that was roughly the area made available for movie location rentals and clearly for bicyclists, etc. 1939 is the circa date for this photograph, but it could have been anytime between 1936 and 1947 (when the land was sold to State and County for use as an Arboretum). The granite boulders lining roadways were typical Baldwin Ranch landscape features, and the pillars seen in the photo are also from Baldwin times. In the background you can see more boulders in a circular sort of shape – likely the old Baldwin Lily Pond.

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Date
c.1939
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Date
c.1939
Subjects
Arboretum
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
2170
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Photographs
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A 90-foot crane used for a movie shoot at the Arboretum toppled arm-first into Baldwin lake, which is being used as the set for the upcoming Columbia Pictures movie "Anaconda."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
5905AN
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Newspaper Index
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General admission for adults to the arboretum will be raised to $5 beginning September 1.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
177AN
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Newspaper Index
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Story about Insect Fair at Los Angeles County Arboretum.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
14 April, 2002
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p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
14 April, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
23296AN
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Sunset Magazine's new demonstration garden at the Arboretum is finally about to open to the public.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 1998
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 1998
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
16608AN
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Newspaper Index
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The orchid houses at the Arboretum received $844,000 from the will of Huber S. Spahr, a Los Angeles teacher who died 2 years ago at age 63.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
3520AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Voluntarios, a group of about 300 men and women, contribute more than 30,000 hours of service to the Arboretum.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
19502AN
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Newspaper Index
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The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1991
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
464AN
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Newspaper Index
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An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
461AN
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Newspaper Index
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