In the 1991 comedy “Father of the Bride,” the idyllic Colonial where George Banks (Steve Martin) and his family lived is one of the most iconic houses in movie history.
George says, “This house is warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and looks spectacular with Christmas lights. It’s a great house and I never want to move.
There is a quick change of tune in the 1995 sequel, “Father of the Bride Part II” – which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week! – when he briefly sells the pad to Mr. Habib (Eugene Levy) before buying it back at an extremely high price.
The charming two-story clapboard house is located at 843 S. El Molino Avenue in neighboring Pasadena but is said to be at 24 Maple Drive in posh San Marino. Almost two miles away, at 500 N. Almansor St. in Alhambra, a similar-looking Colonial was where the backyard scenes, including the tear-jerking basketball segments, were shot. Despite the absence of snow, swans, and tulip borders seen in the 1991 film, the driveway, white-picket fence-lined yard, and vine-covered façade look very much as they did on screen — except that it’s just set dressing for the driveway, the white-picket fence-lined yard, and the vine-covered façade.
It was built in 1913 as a four-bedroom, four-bath, 4,339-square-foot house. Today, Zillow values the home at almost million, despite George explaining that the wedding of his daughter Annie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley), the subject of the first film, cost more than the house (welcome to the ’90s, Mr. Banks!). Owning a piece of movie history, however, is hard to define.
