Columbia Ranch

06/07/2025

Here is one of a few newly discovered commercials.

Check out and scroll down on the Advertisement page at www.columbiaranch.net/Advertisement.html to see many of the commercials filmed at the Columbia Ranch.

25/06/2025

22/06/2025

The original Gate Entrance to the Ranch as seen in this collage, dating from 1974 to 2023!
(Click the🔍+ icon at the top to enlarge)

Many thanks to Esther and Gary for their wonderful contributions!

18/06/2025

Here is a fun and chippy commercial from around 1966. Can you spot where this was filmed?

15/06/2025

The Ranch was featured in many Ads throughout the decades. Both in print and in television. Below is a print Ad from 1964 for a Ford Galaxie 500 and shows a fresh and recently constructed Higgins facade as a backdrop. Though the Ad was for 1964, the actual photo was taken in 1963 before the show 'Bewitched' started filming.

To see more Ads and commercials using the Ranch, check out http://www.columbiaranch.net/Advertisement.html

07/06/2025

The original entrance to the Ranch on Oak Street, as seen here in this photo from 1996, before it was closed off in 2001, when the new entrance on Hollywood Way was opened..
The original entrance dated back to the birth of the Ranch in 1934 and was demolished in Dec of 2023.

The columns on either side were constructed in 1992 and the lamps that you see, on top of the columns, were originally wall sconces during the Columbia years. They can be seen in numerous movies and shows, attached to different buildings, such as the Kirby Building and even the Deeds Mansion, all the way up to the 1970's.

25/05/2025

A unique view of the Little Egbert house as seen in 'The Lone Wolf in London (1947)'. I could not find any other comparable shot but this is what the house looked like in 1996 and lastly in 2020 (Courtesy of Gary DeVaugn).
The Little Egbert house got its name from the first movie filmed on the Ranch in 1935, 'A Feather in her Hat', and was the longest standing original structure on the Lot.

18/05/2025

From the Western Street 'back end', a great similar view of Western Streets A & B, taken 17 years apart.

The 1941 view is from the movie 'North from the Lone Star' and the 1958 view is from a staged set up for a Life Magazine shoot. The railroad tracks in the foreground were real and remained there till the 1970 fire.

Although the Western Street was demolished in the mid 80's, the large tree in the middle of both shots remained until December of 2023 when it sadly, together with the rest of the Ranch was leveled. It stood proud and tall for 90 years!

11/05/2025

Because there was/is so much activity on last week's post about the Higgins House (aka. Bewitched House), here is an almost complete history of the facade.

https://www.columbiaranch.net/Higgins1.html

Please be so kind to read through the page before posting comments. Your questions may already be answered!

(You may get a security alert that its not safe. However, there is no personal data being transmitted and it is safe to continue to the site.)

04/05/2025

Here is a 1980 throwback view of the Higgins House (aka, Bewitched House) when the garage, side door and side back gable were still original to the façade. The front window and upper front dormers were already modified back in 1978 for the movie 'Big Wednesday'.

Thanks to Marcia Opal for this great photo!

20/04/2025

Just a little virtual view of what it might have looked like if this aerial view was taken back in 1972 :)