Ghosts of girlfriends past wedding12/30/2023 ![]() ![]() It's one of only six non-denominational chapels in the United States. The building takes its name from the mothers of Ford and his wife Clara Martha Bryant and Mary Litogot Ford. The first wedding celebrated in the chapel took place in 1941. Wood for the chapel came from trees felled by the Hurricane of 1938. ![]() Located on a knoll surrounded by white pines, the white chapel was built by boys from the Wayside Inn Boys' School run by Henry Ford when he owned the property. "He grew up in Framingham so when he founded out a chapel was needed for the film he knew the Martha-Mary Chapel would be perfect," says LeBlanc. The chapel site was proposed by film scout Mark Fitzgerald. "Once they got here, they wanted us out of the way," recalls LeBlanc, who was given a radio by the production crew to provide him with updates. The crew from New Line Cinema arrived early in the morning last April and stayed late into the night, according to Guy LeBlanc, Wayside Inn's museum services coordinator. He exit the woods with the Ghost of Girlfriends Future played by Olga Maliouk. The movie, which opens Friday, May 1, and also stars Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas and Breckin Meyer, offers a twist on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with McConaughey playing a bachelor who gets haunted by the ghosts of his former girlfriends. "I've been in there," they may boast.Ī wedding scene in the romantic comedy takes place in the famous chapel while an exterior shot shows Matthew McConaughey, one of the film's stars, emerging from nearby woods. "I've seen that place," they might proclaim. ![]() PHOTOS: A look back at last year's "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" filming Moviegoers familiar with the Martha-Mary Chapel at Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury may be tempted to speak up if they see the film "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." ![]()
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