I contributed and will put it on the Jay House Facebook page. If you need a place to put someone up for a live fundraiser or an item for an auction, I’ll be happy to donate nights at Jay House vacation rental. -Connie
In fact, I just went to the Universal Studios link Joe posted and it clearly says that ‘the exteriors were all shot on the Universal backlot.’ But one of the pictures it shows is actually shot in Colusa- you can see the stone drugstore and orange trees I mentioned in the background!
not Boo Radley’s house- a couple of scenes outside the courthouse were filmed at the Colusa Courthouse. They actually used the steps at the back entrance to the courthouse addition rather than the front of the courthouse which has no steps. The scenes include crowds rushing to the courthouse for the trial, and the kids hanging out on the steps before going in. In the background you can see a stone building which at the time was the Carnegie Library- for the film it was given an awning and made into a drug store. Interestingly, this same building was used as the police station in tick…tick…tick… I don’t know whether it was still the library at the time (the film came out in 1970) but it is the police station now- so maybe a case of life imitating art! There are also a couple of orange trees visible in the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ scenes that are still there today.
Colusa is a delightful little town. Only a couple of hours from San Francisco, an hour from Sacramento, but a completely different world. Very southern ambience, including the antebellum style courthouse next to the Colusa Theater, used for outdoor scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact the 1970 film …tick…tick…tick was shot in Colusa, and was set in a (fictional) town called Colusa in the deep south. I have a vacation rental 3 blocks from the theater, called Jay House (www.jayhousecolusa.com). Most guests are bird watchers, as we’re right in the Pacific Flyway. But we’d love to host some theater enthusiasts too!
I contributed and will put it on the Jay House Facebook page. If you need a place to put someone up for a live fundraiser or an item for an auction, I’ll be happy to donate nights at Jay House vacation rental. -Connie
In fact, I just went to the Universal Studios link Joe posted and it clearly says that ‘the exteriors were all shot on the Universal backlot.’ But one of the pictures it shows is actually shot in Colusa- you can see the stone drugstore and orange trees I mentioned in the background!
not Boo Radley’s house- a couple of scenes outside the courthouse were filmed at the Colusa Courthouse. They actually used the steps at the back entrance to the courthouse addition rather than the front of the courthouse which has no steps. The scenes include crowds rushing to the courthouse for the trial, and the kids hanging out on the steps before going in. In the background you can see a stone building which at the time was the Carnegie Library- for the film it was given an awning and made into a drug store. Interestingly, this same building was used as the police station in tick…tick…tick… I don’t know whether it was still the library at the time (the film came out in 1970) but it is the police station now- so maybe a case of life imitating art! There are also a couple of orange trees visible in the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ scenes that are still there today.
Colusa is a delightful little town. Only a couple of hours from San Francisco, an hour from Sacramento, but a completely different world. Very southern ambience, including the antebellum style courthouse next to the Colusa Theater, used for outdoor scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact the 1970 film …tick…tick…tick was shot in Colusa, and was set in a (fictional) town called Colusa in the deep south. I have a vacation rental 3 blocks from the theater, called Jay House (www.jayhousecolusa.com). Most guests are bird watchers, as we’re right in the Pacific Flyway. But we’d love to host some theater enthusiasts too!