History of Dedham, Massachusetts in television and film

History of Dedham, Massachusetts in television and film

Dedham has been featured on both television and film screens.

*William Desmond Taylor's 1919 silent film Anne of Green Gables was filmed in Dedham.cite journal | title=Anne of Green Gables & Dedham| journal=Dedham Historical Society Newsletter| year=1998| issue=May| url=http://www.dedhamhistorical.org/newsletters/1999/dhs_news_05-98.doc | format=dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AAnne+of+Green+Gables+%26+Dedham&as_publication=Dedham+Historical+Society+Newsletter&as_ylo=1998&as_yhi=1998&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] It was the favorite role of star Mary Miles Minter but no copies of the film are known to have survived. The film also starred Paul Kelly.Cite web| url=http://www.tickledorange.com/LMM/1919AoGG.html| title=Anne of Green Gables: The 1919 Film| accessdate=2006-11-30| publisher=TickledOrange.com/| format=html]

*The 1973 film The Friends of Eddie Coyle was filmed in Dedham and starred Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, and Alex Rocco.Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Dedham,%20Massachusetts,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Dedham,%20Massachusetts,%20USA|title=Titles with locations including Dedham, Massachusetts, USA|accessdate=2006-11-30|publisher=IMDB.com|format=html]

*In the 1980s the Endicott Estate was featured in an episode of Spencer for Hire.Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A765984?s_id=9|title=The Endicott Estate in Dedham, Massachusetts|accessdate=2006-11-29|publisher=British Broadcasting Company|format=html] Cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/12/historic_mansion_opens_doors_in_gala_celebration_of_100_years/|title=Historic mansion opens doors in gala celebration of 100 years|accessdate=2006-12-26|publisher=Boston Globe|year=2005|author=Sandy Coleman|format=html]

*The 1998 film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156155/ Urban Relics] was filmed in Dedham. ]

*A neighborhood in Riverdale was shown in the 1998 film A Civil Action for which the people of Dedham received a "special thanks" in the closing credits.Cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800322054/cast|title=A Civil Action (1998)|accessdate=2006-11-29|publisher=Yahoo! movies|format=html] The scene was filmed in the month of December and several houses included in the scene had Christmas lights strung up on them. The owners of the houses each received $100 to remove the lights until the shot was completed.

*The Endicott Estate was also featured in the 2000 film The Perfect Storm. ]

*The award winning 2000 film State and Main was filmed in Dedham ] and Alec Baldwin's character slept in the Endicott Estate. ]

*The 2002 film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297705/ Advice and Dissent] was filmed in Dedham. ]

*The 2003 film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216715/ Discharge] was filmed in Dedham. ]

*In a 2004 episode of The Practice viewers learned that Alan Shore grew up in the town and numerous references to the Sacco and Vanzetti trial were also made.Cite web|url=http://www.boston-legal.org/script/TP08x15.pdf|title=Mr Shore Goes to Town|accessdate=2006-11-29|publisher=David E. Kelley Productions|year=2004|author=David E. Kelley|work=Season 8, Episode 15|format=pdf] Images of Dedham Square, the Dedham Historical Society building and the courthouses were shot on location. In addition, "extremely rare" interior and exterior photos of the courthouses from the turn of the 20th century were shown.cite journal | title=Dedham on National T.V.| journal=Dedham Historical Society Newsletter| year=2004| issue=March| url=http://www.dedhamhistorical.org/newsletters/2004/dhs_news_03-04.doc]

*The Dedham Mall was mentioned in the 2006 film The Departed.

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