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===Filming locations=== [[File:LA County Arboretum - fountain.JPG|thumb|right|[[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden|Los Angeles County Arboretum]] is located on Baldwin Ave.]] Many films on location (including Tarzan and the Bing Crosby On the Road movies), television series, most notably ''[[Fantasy Island]]''<ref name="arbor">{{cite web|author=Eric Sprague, caphotos.com Photos|title=Arcadia and LA Arboretum Photos and Posters|url=http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225084036/http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|archive-date=February 25, 2004|access-date=May 18, 2012|publisher=Laphotos.com}}</ref> were filmed in Arcadia. A popular visiting site is the house with the bell tower, where Tattoo rang the bell, is the [[Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn|Queen Anne Cottage]], located in the [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]] in Arcadia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6Z0J_Baldwins_Queen_Anne_Cottage_Arcadia_CA |title=Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage β Arcadia, CA β Victorian Houses on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date=August 8, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The plane, "arriving" with the guests, was filmed in the lagoon behind the Queen Anne Cottage.<ref name="arbor"/> Occasionally, outdoor scenes and commercials are filmed at the Arboretum have been filmed on the grounds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |title=Arboretum |publisher=Employees.oxy.edu |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514151919/http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The [[Santa Anita Park]] Racetrack is another popular filming locations. The true story film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003) was filmed and takes place at the Santa Anita race track. A commercial for [[Claritin]] allergy medicine, a [[Lexus]] commercial, and three episodes of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' have used it as a location ("Walk on Water", "Drowning on Dry Land" and "Some Kind of Miracle").<ref name="amoeba.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2011/01/eric-s-blog/arcadia-the-san-gabriel-valley-s-community-of-homes-from-arkkkadia-to-arcasia.html |title=Arcadia: The San Gabriel Valley's Community of Homes β From ArKKKadia to Arcasia at the Amoeblog |publisher=Amoeba.com |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> This city was one of the filming locations for [[Columbia Pictures]]' comedy film ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' (1994).{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The fantasy-comedy film ''[[Matilda (1996 film)|Matilda]]'' was shot here in 1996.<ref name="amoeba.com"/> A scene from ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]'' (2008) was shot at the nearby Derby restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/stepbrothers.shtml |title=Step Brothers: Filming Locations |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=May 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505004220/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/StepBrothers.shtml |archive-date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref> Scenes from ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006) were shot at Methodist Hospital.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} In the movie ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the scene in which the survivors walk inside [[Bloomingdale's]] was actually filmed inside a [[Robinsons-May]] store under reconstruction inside the [[Westfield Santa Anita]] in Arcadia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The film ''[[Eagle Eye]]'' (2008) was also filmed in this location.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Scenes from ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]'' (2005) were shot at Foothill Middle School and in Arcadia homes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The movie ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013) filmed their train scenes here within the Santa Anita Race Track parking lot by building an elevated 'roller coaster' like track.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The comedy film ''[[Deal of a Lifetime]]'' (1999) was filmed entirely at Arcadia High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/5467 |title=Arcadia High School β Arcadia, California/CA |publisher=Public School Review |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The movie ''[[Moxie (film)|Moxie]]'' (2021) was filmed at Arcadia High School's North Gym and Salter Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garrison|first1=Anna|url= https://www.distractify.com/p/where-was-moxie-filmed |title= Where Was 'Moxie' Filmed? The Location of Amy Poehler's New Movie |date= March 4, 2021 |publisher=Distractify |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
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