was it a wonderful life filmed in seneca falls
The film was shot at RKO Radio Pictures Studio in Culver City, California, and the 89 acre RKO movie ranch in Encino, where ``Bedford Falls'' consisted of Art Director Max Ree's Oscar-winning sets originally designed for the 1931 epic film Cimarron that covered 4 acres (1.6 ha), assembled from three separate parts, with a main street stretching 300 yards (three city blocks), with 75 stores and buildings, and a residential neighborhood. For 'IAWL' Capra built a working bank set, added a tree-lined center parkway, and planted 20 full grown oak trees to existing sets. Pigeons, cats, and dogs were allowed to roam the mammoth set in order to give the ``town'' a lived-in feel. Due to the requirement to film in an ``alternate universe'' setting as well as during different seasons, the set was extremely adaptable. RKO created ``chemical snow'' for the film in order to avoid the need for dubbed dialogue when actors walked across the earlier type of movie snow, made up of crushed cornflakes. Filming started on April 15, 1946 and ended on July 27, 1946, exactly on deadline for the 90-day principal photography schedule.
Bedford Falls (It's a Wonderful Life)