Movie ranch in Los Angeles County, California
Golden Oak Ranch
is an 890-
acre
(360-
hectare
)
movie ranch
owned by the
Walt Disney Studios
subsidiary of
The Walt Disney Company
that serves as a
filming location
and
backlot
. The ranch is off of Placerita Canyon Road outside of
Newhall, Santa Clarita, California
, less than an hour north of
Los Angeles
; its entrance is not far from Placerita Canyon Road's intersection with
California State Route 14
.
[
citation needed
]
The ranch is on land that was part of the
Rancho San Francisco
land grant. Its name honors the first discovery of gold in California at the site by Francisco Lopez, years before
the discovery that precipitated
the
California Gold Rush
.
[1]
The ranch has a
heliport
,
grassy meadows
, two
creeks
, a
waterfall
, and various
Western
sets.
[2]
History
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Walt Disney Productions
first leased the land for the
Mickey Mouse Club
"Adventures of Spin & Marty" segments in the
1950s
.
[3]
The company bought the 315-acre (127 ha) ranch in 1959 for $300,000 (~$2.4 million in 2023).
[2]
[4]
Subsequent purchases of adjacent land increased the area of the ranch to 890 acres (360 ha).
[4]
A
business district
set and
residential street
set were built on the ranch by 2012. The district set has 42 stores, while the residential set has 23 houses all with separate architectural style.
[5]
In May 2013, Disney announced plans to redevelop 58 acres (23 ha) of the property into a new film and television production studio, consisting of six new
sound stages
and production offices.
[6]
[7]
The site will be called Disney |
ABC Studios
at The Ranch.
[8]
The project was approved by
Los Angeles County
in August 2013.
[3]
[9]
In October 2017, a second extension for the new studio's construction permit was granted, extending the permit to January 2019.
[4]
Productions
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The ranch was used to film the episodes of
Spin and Marty
, a popular segment of
The Mickey Mouse Club
and parts of
Zorro
. The first movie shot at the ranch was
Toby Tyler
. Most of the exterior scenes in
Old Yeller
were filmed here. The Bolton Estate scenes and several others from Disney's
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
was shot here. The town featured in
Roots: The Next Generations
was also built on the Golden Oak Ranch. Other films and television shows that were shot on this location include:
[
citation needed
]
The ranch has also been used for filming
Colonel Sanders
commercials for
Kentucky Fried Chicken
,
[13]
and the
music video
for
Jordin Sparks
' song,
Battlefield
.
[14]
A covered bridge spans the man-made stream featured in
Follow Me, Boys!
, episodes of
Bonanza
,
The Greatest American Hero
, various episode of multiple
Star Trek
series and was used for parts of the music video of
Amaranth
by
Nightwish
. The exterior house featured in the original 1961 film
The Parent Trap
was also shot on the ranch, as was the Peabody farm from the
Universal
film
Back to the Future
. It was also used for the filming of three of the five Herbie films, including two scenes at the lake in
The Love Bug
and
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
, along with
Alonzo Hawk
's
dream sequence
in
Herbie Rides Again
. In 1985,
Big Top Pee-wee
was filmed here and part of
Short Circuit
was filmed here as well. According to
Phil Abraham
, parts of "The Hobo Code" (a first-season episode of
Mad Men
) were filmed here (specifically, the scenes of
Don Draper
's childhood).
[15]
The rural farmhouse set on the ranch (known as "Olivia's House") played the part of Margaret Sterling's hippie commune in the fourth episode of Season 7 of
Mad Men
.
[16]
It is also the setting of
Dwight Schrute
's farm on several episodes of
The Office
, and has also been used for the exterior downtown scenes of
WandaVision
.
[17]
The official video of
Ed Sheeran
'
s song
Overpass Graffiti
was filmed there. The music video for
HelloGoodbye
's song "
Here (In Your Arms)
" was also filmed there.
References
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]
- ^
Worden, Leon (October 2005).
"California's REAL First Gold"
.
COINage
magazine
.
Santa Clarita Valley
Historical Society
. Retrieved
2009-07-31
.
- ^
a
b
Collins, Keith (October 26, 2003).
"Disney timeline"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
June 29,
2017
.
- ^
a
b
Johnson, Ted (27 August 2013).
"L.A. County OKs Disney's Plans for New Studio Lot Near Santa Clarita"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
28 August
2013
.
- ^
a
b
c
Holt, Jim (October 17, 2017).
"Plan to develop Golden Oak Ranch extended one year - again"
.
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
. Paladin Multi-Media Group, Inc
. Retrieved
2020-04-23
.
- ^
"Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers"
.
Company Town. Los Angeles Times
. 2012-01-24
. Retrieved
2020-04-23
.
- ^
Verrier, Richard (22 May 2013).
"Disney moves forward with ABC Studios project at Golden Oak Ranch"
.
The Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
28 May
2013
.
- ^
Cieply, Michael (19 May 2013).
"Bold Growth Plans at Hollywood Studios"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
27 May
2013
.
- ^
"Disney | ABC Studios at The Ranch, Where Indoor and Outdoor Production Meet"
.
The Walt Disney Company
. Golden Oak Ranch
. Retrieved
28 May
2013
.
- ^
Cunningham, Todd (27 August 2013).
"Disney Gets Greenlight for Major TV, Film Studio Near Santa Clarita"
.
The Wrap
. Archived from
the original
on 28 August 2013
. Retrieved
28 August
2013
.
- ^
a
b
"Filming Location Matching "Walt Disney's Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)"
.
IMDb
.
- ^
"Westworld at Golden Oak Ranch - filming location"
.
- ^
Fischer, J. & Kinsey, A. Earwolf Productions. June 2020. 'Initiation' - Office Ladies podcast.
https://officeladies.com/
- ^
Verrier, Richard (24 January 2012).
"Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers"
.
The Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
28 May
2013
.
- ^
"Jordin Sparks ? Behind The Scenes of Battlefield Video"
. AOL Music.
AOL
. Archived from
the original
on July 12, 2012
. Retrieved
February 1,
2012
.
- ^
Director
Phil Abraham
's
DVD commentary track
for
"
The Hobo Code
".
Man Men
. Season 1. Episode 8. September 6, 2007.
AMC
.
- ^
Mad Men Season 7 Review: Episode Four - The Monolith By Ben Skipper. May 7, 2014,
International Business Times
.
- ^
"The Hidden Secrets Behind the Locations of WandaVision"
. 17 January 2021.
Bibliography
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]
- Cotter, Bill (2002) [1997].
"Disney's Golden Oak Ranch"
(blog of former Disney employee and author of "The Wonderful World of Disney Television").
External links
[
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]
- Official site
- Cinchset.com
Panoramic views of the Golden Oak Ranch compiled from rare films and Walt Disney's, Adventures of Spin and Marty, 1955)
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