‘The Tom Hanks, Beckett House’ – In Merion From The Movie Philadelphia
Nearly all of the 1993 Academy Award-winning movie, “Philadelphia” was shot in, and takes place in the city of Philadelphia. However, there is a sequence that’s a little more than two minutes long that supposedly takes place at Andrew Beckett’s parents’ home in Merion (Andrew is the AIDS stricken lawyer who Tom Hanks plays). 39 seconds of the “Merion segment” was actually filmed at that house, on Merion Road, almost across the street from the Merion Train Station.
The website Reel to Reel Filming Locations shows photos of nearly all of the location shots for the movie “Philadelphia” (including City Hall, the AIDS
Action Center, Andy and Miguel’s loft, the office of Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) Joe’s Deli (actually Famous Deli), the Fisher Library at Penn, the drug store, Joe Miller’s house in Germantown, the Stallion Theater (actually the Adrienne Theater on Samson Street) and Presbyterian Hospital.
The one location they couldn’t find was the Beckett House on Merion Road.
Thanks for the link and thanks for finding the house! I was looking all over for it!