Horne's and Popular Culture
Well beyond Pittsburgh, Horne's became a part of popular culture. Artist Andy Warhol worked at a Horne's location in the store's display department as a summer job in 1947.
The television series Twin Peaks provided the fictional Horne's department and owner Ben Joseph Horne were inspired by the real Horne's. The co-creator Mark Frost attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Horne's also made notable appearances in movies, including the Monroeville Mall Horne's location, which was shown in George A. Romero's 1978 movie Dawn of the Dead. The Downtown Pittsburgh flagship store was the site of the 1987 erotic thriller, Lady Beware, starring Diane Lane as a window designer. This was Horne's most notable appearance, because it was shown in its fullest and was not blocked out in the movie. Diane Lane's character worked at Horne's proudly.
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