Dobbs Ferry Trivia
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Dobbs
Ferry in Books
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Book
Name
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Author
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Date
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Notes
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| The Perfect Couple | Elin Hilderbrand |
2018 | Mentions Dobbs Ferry and the main characters go to DFHS |
| Forty-Thirty | June J. McInerney | 2014 | Set in Dobbs Ferry in the late 1960s |
| Mercy College: Yesterday and Today | Eric Martone and Michael Perrota | 2013 | History |
| Fever: A Novel | Mary Beth Keane | 2013 | Dobbs Ferry is the setting for part of the story, which is about Typhoid Mary. |
| Dobbs Ferry (Then & Now) | Judith Doolin Spikes and Anne Marie Leone | 2012 | History |
| Today's a Yellow Day | James Roth | 2012 | Set in Dobbs Ferry |
| George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson and the Trapping of Cornwallis | Richard Borkow | 2011 | History |
| Life | Keith Richards | 2010 | Brief but historic mention of Dobbs Ferry |
| George Washington at "Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry": July 4 to August 19, 1781 | Mary Sudman Donovan | 2009 | History |
| Profiles of Dobbs Ferry | Sr. Mary Agnes Parrell, R.S.M. | 1976 | History |
| Life of a River Village: Dobbs Ferry, a Centennial Publication | William J. Blanck (ed.) | 1974 | History |
| Backyard Safari Thunder and Lightening plus others |
John and Cathleen Polgreen | 1963-1971 | Numerous books by the Polgreens were set in Dobbs Ferry. |
| 121 Pudding Street | Jean Fritz | 1955 | The story of young children growing up in JF's neighborhood. References to some parts of DF and the characters are written about the neighborhood kids. |
| An American Schoolmistress: The Life of Eliza B. Masters | Marion Brown Shelton | 1927 | Biography |
| Doris of Dobbs Ferry | Carolyn Wells | 1917 | Read the entire book for free here |
| History of Westchester County New York: Vol. II | J. Thomas Scharf | 1886 | History |
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Dobbs
Ferry in TV Shows
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Date
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Notes
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| Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector | 2020 | At the beginning of the Feb 28th episode, the main characters talked about a clue that was located in Dobbs Ferry and mentioned George Washington's connection to Dobb Ferry during the Revolutionary War, with a monument that was located on the edge of town. Unfortunately, when they got there, the landscape and supposed "monument" did not look like anything familiar. |
| The Blacklist | 2018 | Netflix TV series. Filmed down by the river. |
| Divorce | 2017 | HBO show with Sarah Jessica Parker. Filmed walking up Main Street. |
| The Affair | 2015 | Showtime series. Filmed inside a local business on Cedar Street, along Elm Street, Harper's Restaurant on Main Street, along Main Street, at the Upholstery Shop and on Chestnut Street in front of The Cookery. |
| The Leftovers | 2014 | Exteriors were filmed on Cedar Street. |
| Buddy's Bakery Rescue | 2014 | Food Network episode about Lidia's Bakeshop. |
| Person of Interest | 2014 | Episode named "Most Likely to...". |
| Mad Men | 2014 | In one episode, a women says "She has opened an office on Palisades Street in Dobbs Ferry". |
| Twisted | 2013-2014 | A lot of scenes filmed around DFHS |
| Castle | 2010 | Season 2/Episode 17 "Tick, Tick, Tick...". The murder victim, who is found at Grand Central Station, is identified as being from Dobbs Ferry. |
| Law & Order | Many years | Various
episodes One was filmed on Belden Avenue at the Gronansader house |
| The Electric Grandmother | 1982 | Filmed on Clinton Avenue |
| Oh, Boy! Babies! | 1982 | NBC Special Treat,
Season 7, Episode 1 Filmed in the middle school and included DF students. |
| Shamus | 1973 | Burt Reynolds jumped over a stone wall on Clinton Avenue, just south of Braeside Lane. |
| Candid Camera | Late 1960s | Interviewed students about their fathers, then showed the film to the father and filmed their comments (with their knowledge). |
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Dobbs
Ferry in Movies
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Show
Name
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Date
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Notes
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| The Dinner | 2017 | Starring Richard Gere. Filmed January, 2016 on Cedar Street. |
| The Girl on the Train | 2016 | See the trailer here. Filmed in Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Irvington. Dobbs Ferry locations included Pilates and More studio, plus Harper's Restaurant & Bar. |
| Why Stop Now? | 2012 | DFHS auditorium,
foyer and outdoor scenes are featured prominently in the movie. Many scenes
were also filmed in Sleepy Hollow. See the HS auditorium and some outdoor scenes in the trailer |
| Predisposed | 2008 | Short film that got remade as a feature film called Why Stop Now?. Not sure if this short was filmed in Dobbs Ferry, also. |
| Lord of War | 2005 | Filmed interiors at Masters School |
| Unfaithful | 2002 | Starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane |
| Company Man | 2000 | Starring Douglas McGrath and Sigourney Weaver |
| Stepmom | 1998 | Starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon |
| Falling in Love | 1984 | Starring Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro. Scenes at the train station. |
| Tootsie | 1982 | Has a scene announcing "Dobbs Ferry next stop" when Duston Hoffman is on the train going upstate. |
| you get no bread with a meatball | About 1971 | Filmed at Dick's Cabin restaurant |
| Splendor in the Grass | 1961 | Starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Scenes of DFHS about halfway through the film. |
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Dobbs
Ferry in Commercials
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Date
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Notes
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| Oreo Big Stuf cookie | 2013 | Watch it here |
| Hershey's Syrup | Late 1980s | Messy Marvin. Watch it here |
| Folger's Coffee Christmas commercial | 1982 | Fimed at 79 N. Mountain Drive. Watch it here |
| Dr. Pepper or A&W | Early 1980s | Filmed at the high school |
| Mop 'N Glo | 1970s | Filmed at the high school |
| Campbell Soup, Geritol, Niagara Light & Power and others | Early to mid 1960s | Filmed at 51 Beechdale Road |
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Dobbs
Ferry in Other Shows
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Show
Type
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Dates
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Notes
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| NY
World's Fair Socony Mobil Pavilion |
Video
for simulated driving test |
1964-1965 | A TV screen on the driving test showed a movie of a road. In one of the movies, the test road ran from Villard Hill near Hastings up to the intersection of Judson, Appleton and Clinton in Dobbs Ferry. |