No, we don’t have a Hollywood sign that looms over our landscape. Yet.
That does not mean Delco is not making its mark on the silver screen.

We recently saw “Invincible,” the story of one of our own, Interboro High grad Vince Papale and his improbable rise to a roster spot on the Philadelphia Eagles, hit the big screen.

Now in the can is “Our Lady of Victory,” the magical story of the national champion Immaculata women’s basketball team, which was chock full of women hoopsters who called Delco home. It will be out next year.

This week, there’s a little slice of Hollywood in, of all places, the MacDade Mall.
Yes, the mall has been a bit down on its luck in recent years. There are only a few stores left of what was one of the first malls in the region.

This week it has been turned into a Hollywood set, as the background for shooting of the movie version of “The Lovely Bones.”

That is not a reference to what’s left of the mall. It’s the movie version of Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel about the rape and murder of a young girl. The book was located for the most part in Chester County. Filming has already been done in Royersford, Montgomery County. This week it’s Delco’s turn as they shoot some scenes in what is the perfect backdrop for a ‘70s-style shopping center.

The movie biz could be an increasingly big-time presence in the county. That’s because negotiations continue to bring a film studio to the Tri State Sports facility in Chester Township.

County Council has been working with Pacifica Ventures, of Santa Monica, Calif., to bring the movie studio to the county.

One of the developers told Chester Upland Scholl District Officials he would continue to push the measure.

The $90 million deal includes a million from the county, $10 million from the state, and $13 million in bonds floated by the county.

Tinseltown, right here in Delaware County. Only in the movies.