So You Have a Store or Business That Was Featured In a Movie
These are movies or television shows that feature an actual business (preferably stores, but others can be included) that still exists, or had existed, in the real world with actual fixed addresses. Which is your favorite?
To suggest more or rave about the show or movie, go here! (The location of the business in the real world, with the suggestion, is preferred.)
The most popular is listed last. You got to read through the whole list.
To suggest more or rave about the show or movie, go here! (The location of the business in the real world, with the suggestion, is preferred.)
The most popular is listed last. You got to read through the whole list.
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- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieRichard GreeneJoan DavisThe son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store's sports clerk (Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for a teacher (Greene) and gets expelled.Cabot Department Store, 5th Ave, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (Closed )
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsDick Van DykeBarbara FeldonJohn McGiverA butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.Gimbel’s (Closed 1986)
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsJudy GarlandRay BolgerJohn HodiakOn a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.Fred Harvey’s The Harvey House chain of restaurants and hotels. Considered the first restaurant chain in the United States. It existed originally at the stops along railroad lines, primarily along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. When passenger railroad travel declined, they became oasis stops along the highways.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsRobin WilliamsMaria Conchita AlonsoCleavant DerricksA Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.Bloomingdale’s, 5th ave, New York City
- CreatorAndrew DaviesKate BrookeStarsRon CookJeremy PivenTom Goodman-HillCenters on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.Selfridges and Co. on Oxford Street, London, England. Thank you, yrnej for remembering this show.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsRichard GereGregory HinesDiane LaneMeet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.The Cotton Club (closed), Harlem neighborhood of New York City, New York
- DirectorFrank OzStarsJim HensonFrank OzDave GoelzKermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.Bergdorf Goodman, Fifth Avenue, New York. Suggested by Peter.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinSammy Davis Jr.Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.The Sands (closed June 30, 1996), The Flamingo (still open), The Desert Inn (closed August 28, 2000), The Sahara (now called The SLS Hotel and Casino), and The Riviera (closed on May 4, 2015) were, or are all real casinos in Las Vegas. Thanks to Yrnej for reminding me of this film with her “Ocean’s Eight” suggestion.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsAnnabeth GishJulia RobertsLili TaylorThree teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.Mystic Pizza, 56 West Main Street
Mystic, CT. Suggested by Dan Dassow. - DirectorWill GluckStarsJames CordenFayssal BazziDomhnall GleesonA rabbit sneaks into a garden to steal food, and they get a new challenge with a new owner.Harrods, Knightsbridge, London. Suggested by Peter.
- DirectorGary FlederStarsAndy GarciaChristopher WalkenChristopher LloydFive different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.The Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave, Denver Colorado. Suggested by DREAM_WEAVER
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBing CrosbyDanny KayeRosemary ClooneyA successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.Club Carousel, where Rosemary Clooney sang “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me”. (Not to be confused with “The Carousel Club” which is a different type of club than “Club Carousel”. ) Club Carousel was a jazz nightclub. (Closed), 66 West 52nd. Street , New York City, New York.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.Macy’s (actually R. H. Macy and Straus Brothers and Co.) and Gimbel’s (Closed 1986). Both were on 5th Ave and Harold Square In New York City.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsVince VaughnHeather GrahamJon FavreauA wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.The Derby (swing dance scene), 4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Feliz, CA. Suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorGary RossStarsSandra BullockCate BlanchettAnne HathawayDebbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.Boutique Cartier NYC, (inspecting and scanning the necklace) - 653 Fifth Ave, New York, NY, suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.Do I really need to say the name of this one? Tiffany’s, 5th Ave, New York City.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsJohnny DeppBenedict CumberbatchDakota JohnsonThe true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.Triple O’s Lounge, Broadway at D street, in South Boston (“Southie”). Suggested by DREAM_WEAVER
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy LettsA fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.Thrift Town, 410 El Camino Ave, Sacramento, CA. Suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorMichael GraceyStarsHugh JackmanMichelle WilliamsZac EfronCelebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.As it was presented in the movie, P.T. Barnum’s Circus and Museum was at a fixed location in New York City before the building burnt down, and Barnum got his tent.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Katz’s Deli, (The orgasm scene), 205 East Houston Street, Lower East Side, NYC - suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.FAO Schwartz, (The piano dance scene), 767 Fifth Ave at 58th St., NY. That location was closed but reopened at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown, New York City in 2018. Suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsWill FerrellJames CaanBob NewhartRaised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.Gimbel’s (actually Gimbel Brothers Department Store), 5th Ave. Harold Square, New York City (The movie was made after the store had closed in 1986.)
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.Shakespeare and Company, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 5th arrondissement, Paris. Suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsRichard GereJulia RobertsJason AlexanderEdward, a rich entrepreneur, hires Vivian, a prostitute, to accompany him to a few social events. Trouble ensues when he falls in love with her and they try to bridge the gap between their worlds.Boulmiche Boutique, 9501 Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA. Suggested by yrnej.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsGeorge ClooneyVera FarmigaAnna KendrickRyan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 S Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102, and Hilton St. Louis Airport, 10330 Natural Bridge Road, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63134-3303, USA, and The Cheshire Inn, 6300 Clayton Rd, Richmond Heights, MO 63117, and General American Life Insurance Company National Headquarters, 706 Market St., St. Louis, Missouri 63102, and finally Marriott St. Louis Grand, 800 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63101. Suggested by Dan Dassow.