Movies
History on one of Santa Paula's first and most famous directors, Gaston Méliès.
The Great Heart of the West 1911
The Strike at the Gringo 1911
Red Cloud's Secret 1911
His Terrible Lesson 1911
Two Fools and Their Follies 1911
The Hobo Cowboy 1911
A Shattered Dream 1911
The Mission Waif 1911
$200.00 1911
The Call of the Wilderness 1911
The Better Man 1911
His Terrible Lesson 1911
The Reason Why 1911
The Cross of Pearls 1911
Right or Wrong 1911
A Shattered Dream 1911
The Miser Miner 1911
The Ranchman’s Debt of Honor 1911
The Local Bully 1911
The Oil Country Romance 1911
The Great Heart of the West 1911
A Western Girl 1911
The Stolen Grey 1911
Tommy’s Rocking Horse 1911
In the Right of Way 1911
Red Cloud’s Secret 1911
Mexican as It Is Spoken 1911
The Strike at the Gringo 1911
Two Fools and Their Follies 1911
The Spur of Necessity 1911
The Gypsy Bride 1911
The Mission Father 1911
The Hobo Cowboy 1911
The Ghost of Sulphur Mountain 1911 - 1912
The Remittance Man 1912
The Rustler’s Daughter 1912
Forgive Us Our Trespasses 1912
The Castaway II 1912
Ghosts at Circle X Camp 1912
The Cowboy Kid 1912
A Cowboy’s Proposal 1912
Cowboy vs. Tenderfoot 1912
Dodging the Sheriff 1912
His Partner's Share I 1912
His Partner's Share II 1912
Widowers Three 1912
Clearing Land for Farming in the West 1912
Two Loves 1912
The Lesson 1912
A String of Beads 1912
The Smuggler’s Prisoner 1912
Wanted: A Wife 1912
The Swastika 1912
A Son’s Example 1912
Melita’s Ruse 1912
A Woman’s Gratitude 1912
True Till Death I 1912
The Unworthy Son 1912
A Woman’s Way 1912
A Western Coquette 1912
The Sheriff Pro Tem 1912
Oil 1912
The Sheriff’s Daughter II 1912
The Obsession 1912
The Moth and the Flame 1912
Value Received 1912
Troubles of the XL Outfit 1912
Linked by Fate 1912
A Man Worthwhile 1912
The Will of Destiny 1912
The Man Inside 1912
The Governor's Clemency 1912
Wrongly Accused II 1912
Ropen In II 1912
Jack’s Burglar 1912
Seven Bars of Gold 1912
All is Fair 1912
Making Good II 1912
Judgement of the Sea 1912
The Ranger’s Girls 1912
The Mortgage 1912
Smiling Bob 1912
The Prisoner’s Story 1912
Finding the Last Chance Mine 1912
Slim Becomes a Detective 1913
Slim Gets the Reward 1913
Curing the Doctor 1913
Slim Proposes, But… 1913
Her Great Chance 1913
Honor Thy Mother 1913
Molly’s Mistake 1913
A Gambler’s Heart 1913
Slim and the Boys at Breezy Beach 1913
Slim and the Petticoats 1913
When Roaring Gulch Got Suffrage 1913
Tempest Tossed 1913
Caught at His Own Game 1913
St. Joseph’s Taper 1913
The Kiss of Salvation 1913
Slim Turns the Tables 1913
Aileen o’ the Sea 1913
The Gypsy’s Warning 1913
Slim Becomes an Editor 1914
Man to Man 1914
The Bandit of Devil’s Gap 1914
For His Brother’s Crime 1914
The Circle of Gold 1914
Man of the Hills 1914
O’Brien Finds a Way 1914
A Mender of Ways 1914
The Rustler Outwitted 1914
A Belle Of Olden Days 1914
Cattle 1914
Her Birthday Present 1914
Father: A Member of the Purity League 1914
The Gypsy’s Warning 1914
The Hello Girl of Angel Camp 1914
Dr. Killem’s Dope 1914
Slim Becomes a Cook 1914
As a Man Chooses 1914
The School Teacher at Angel Camp 1914
Joe’s Retribution 1914
Stung By the Bee 1914
Slim and the Dynamiters 1914
Slim’s Strategy 1914
Slim to the Rescue 1914
Slim and the Indians 1914
Slim and the Money Pots 1914
The Janitor’s Son 1914
Slim’s Last Trick 1914
Her Higher Ambition 1914
The Man in the Attic 1914
Under Arizona Skies 1914
Four Days 1914
The Best Man I 1914
Slim Joins the Army 1914
The Gambler’s Daughter 1915
The Curse 1915
The Haunting Eye 1915
The Picture on the Wall 1915
Lily of the Valley 1915
Blazing the Trail 1915
Christmas at Lonesome Gulch 1915
The Other Girl III 1915
The Girl with the Camera 1915
The Come Back 1915
When The Tide Turned I 1915
The Smuggler’s Daughter 1915
The Girl and the Butterfly 1915
The Deputy’s Reward 1915
With a Girl at Stake 1915
When Shadows Fall 1915
Strength of the Weak 1915
Brothers 1915
At Twelve O’Clock 1915
Passions Inherited 1916
Hell’s Angels 1930
- Pivotal scene filmed with an airplane in the canyon
Fallen Angel 1945
It's a Small World 1950
The Skydivers 1963
Red Zone Cuba 1966
Shadow Over Elveron 1968
The Sheriff 1971
The Other Side of the Mountain 1975
- need to confirm
Carrie 1976
-124 N 7th Street used as Carrie White's house
- Carrie is teased by boy on bike as she walks on north side of East Santa Paula Street and north 6th Street
It Happened One Christmas 1977
The Incredible Melting Man 1977
- need to confirm
- possibly filmed in river bed, orange trees, hillside
Long Journey Back 1978-on YouTube
- used SPHS students
The Unseen 1980
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
- Glimpse from the movie
Impulse 1984
Three Amigos 1986
Assassination 1987
Phantasm II 1988
- filmed downtown which was made to look deserted and abandoned
Sunset 1988
Disorganized Crime 1989
- filmed downtown Main StreetThree Fugitives 1989 (need to confirm!)Amityville 4 1989
- James M Sharp House
Warlock 1989
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story1989
- filmed on Main Street
Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael 1990
- Winona Ryder on set with Main Street in the background
- 6:00 Main Street
- 7:00 Santa Paula Street
- 13:17 Main Street
- 14:50 Santa Paula Street
- 24:11 Santa Paula Street
- 35:25 Main Street
- 46:30 Main Street
- 58:26 Unitarian church / Main Street
- 58:45 Main Street
- 1:07:20 Main Street
- 1:08:20 the Depot
- 1:11:30 Main Street
- 1:13:28 - 1:16:16 police station
False Identity 1990
The Two Jakes 1990
- possibly near Rafferty Ranch
Appearances 1990
Guess Who's Coming to Christmas? 1990
- also known as UFO Cafe
- full movie found here
- main street filming
Pure Luck 1991
Babe Ruth 1991
- made for TV movie
Crazy from the Heart 1991
- LA Times Article
The Addams Family 1991
- filmed downtown as Lurch drives the family
Chaplin 1992
- 30:44 126 Valley Going Out West
- 43:05 Santa Paula Depot In Place Of Pasadena
- Held a casting call for background actors
Radio Flyer 1992
Amelia Earhart, The Final Flight 1993
Philadelphia Experiment II 1993
Nowhere to Run 1993
- Filmed at Kodenko's Automotive on 1056 Main Street
Phantasm III 1994
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
- the end of the film highlights the James M Sharp house and the orchards going west on 12
A Walk in the Clouds 1995
- filmed at the Depot
The Black Gate 1995
- James M Sharp House
The Walking Dead 1995
The Darkening 1995
Jerry Maguire 1996
- filmed at Morehart Mercantile; 9016 Mupu Rd
Leave It to Beaver 1997
- used many Santa Paula residents as extras
- infamous tea cup scene filmed downtown
- the clock tower changed from silver to bronze
The F-Zone 1997
For Love of the Game 1999
I'll Remember April 2000
Joe Dirt 2001
- Filmed on Main Street and popular Mary B's
Bubble Boy 2001
Enough 2002
The First Time II 2003
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
- a DC3 aircraft was brought in and filmed in front of a Quonset hut hangar on the field
The Amateurs 2005
Though None Go With Me 2006
- filmed at depot and Main Street
- had residents as extras
Shaggy Dog 2006
- Mill and Train Station
Mr. Woodcock 2007
Georgia Rule 2007
- 9:51 9th And Santa Barbara And Davis
- 18:20 Main Street
- 35:01 Main Street
- 39:00 9th And Santa Barbara And Davis
- 46:59 Main Street
- 53:35 Main Street
- 1:03:19 Main Street
- 1:17:29 Main Street But It's Raining + Town Clock!
- 1:22:00 Main Street
- 1:29:07 Main Street
- 1:30:44 Main Street
- 1:35:01 Main Street
The Heartbreak Kid 2007
Premonition 2007
Bedtime Stories 2008
- End scene has Adam Sandler's character jump over a train in a motorcycle
The Double Born 2008
Water for Elephants 2011
- Highlighted Fillmore Western Railway Trains
Gangster Squad 2012
- filmed at the SP Airport
Coldwater 2013
Godzilla 2014
Reaper 2014
- opening scene features the SP on the hill and W Santa Paula St
- 8:07 Glen Tavern Inn
- 22:08 old Chili Hut location
- 28:27 Main and 10th
- 31:22 filmed at Five Guys Liquor
Pee Wee's Big Holiday 2016
- 25:35 a robbery chase shows Davis and Main
A Harvest Wedding 2017
- Main Street used as a street in Massachusetts
In the Orchard 2018
The Untold Story 2019
Return to Hardwick 2019
Call of the Wild 2020
-Faulkner Farm
The Oxnard EDD Shooting Massacre 2022
Outrage ? American Méliès TBD
Short Films
Brooklyn’s Bridge to Jordan 2005
Grasshopper 2006
Cienfuegos 2008
F.U.B.A.R. 2009
Ba Daresh (I Can’t) 2009
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38RQC6K83WA
Harvest I 2009
Here’s Johnny 2013
Amidst the Wind 2016
Northbound 2016
Elwood Takes a Lover 2018
The Dead Can’t Knock 2019
Enlisted 2020
*see “Acknowledgments” for citations
Filmed in Santa Paula 
