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Pomona, California: Cat In The Hat Town (Gone)

For the 2003 live action film of Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, the production transformed a couple of Pomona streets with bright paint and giant props. Some props and fading paint jobs remained in Pomona's antique district.

Directions:
Top hat was at E 2nd St and Gibbs St. Other props were in Old Towne Pomona.
Hours:
Mar. 2017: Last vestiges reported gone.
Status:
Gone

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Cat In The Hat Town

Unfortunately the hat is also gone. We are here right now and it's gone. Officially not worth a stop anymore. There are some fun looking antique shops though.

[JonnyMarbles, 03/05/2017]
Cat in the Hat Town

All buildings are faded. Only prop remaining is the top hat. Not worth a detour.

[Jessica, 05/23/2015]

Cat in the Hat top hat.

Cat In The Hat Props

Two streets of old props from when they turned downtown Pomona into bright oversized building fronts for the 2003 movie.

[George Geary, 10/21/2012]

In 2002 the town's antique district was temporarily transformed with giant props and buildings painted to look like cartoons. Some of the nutty paint treatment survives, and the top hat is still there along with some interior displayed items.


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