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Dedham, Massachusetts has been featured on both television and film screens.
DedhamDED-əm is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by Canton. The town was first settled by Europeans in 1635.
- William Desmond Taylor's 1919 silent film Anne of Green Gables was filmed in Dedham. [1] 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. [2]
- The 1973 film The Friends of Eddie Coyle was filmed in Dedham and starred Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, and Alex Rocco. [3]
- In the 1980s the Endicott Estate was featured in an episode of Spencer for Hire . [4] [5]
- The 1982 cult classic Pieces was filmed mainly in Madrid, but also included the same Dedham Square robbed in ‘Eddie Coyle.’ [6]
- The 1998 film Urban Relics was filmed in Dedham. [3]
- 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. [7] 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 . [4]
- The award-winning 2000 film State and Main was filmed in Dedham [3] and Alec Baldwin's character slept in the Endicott Estate. [5]
- The 2002 film Advice and Dissent was filmed in Dedham. [3]
- The 2003 film Discharge was filmed in Dedham. [3]
- 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. [8] 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. [9]
- Dedham was mentioned by Leonardo DiCaprio in two movies by Martin Scorsese. In the 2006 film The Departed , he mentions the Dedham Mall. [10] The 2010 thriller Shutter Island , a film partially filmed in Dedham, [11] has several mentions of the Dedham Jail.
- The 2014 film The Judge was filmed partly in Dedham Square, [12] showing the Norfolk Superior Court and First Church.
- An as yet untitled Detroit project directed by Kathryn Bigelow was filmed inside the Dedham District Court. [13]
William Desmond Taylor was an Anglo-Irish-American director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, he directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.
Anne of Green Gables is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor. The film was based upon the novel of the same name by Lucy Maud Montgomery. By 1999, all prints of the film were believed to have been lost.
Mary Miles Minter was an American actress. She appeared in 54 silent era motion pictures from 1912 to 1923.
