Pomona, California: Cat In The Hat Town
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 bizarre paint jobs remain in Pomona's antique district.
- Address:
- E 2nd St, Pomona, CA
- Directions:
- Top hat at E 2nd St and Gibbs St. Other props in Old Towne Pomona.
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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.
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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.