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Laurence Olivier on a Camera Crane

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Description: Director and actor Laurence Olivier sitting on a camera crane on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." On the right is a man working a boom microphone attache...
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Laurence Olivier and Probably Eileen Herlie

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Description: Director and actor Laurence Olivier crouching under a movie camera. He is directing an actress, probably Eileen Herlie, whose face is obscured. The camera ...
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Jean Simmons

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Description: Actress Jean Simmons getting her hair adjusted by an unidentified woman, probably hairdresser Vivienne Walker. Simmons is sitting in costume on the set of ...
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Jean Simmons

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Description: Jeans Simmons with film crew, preparing to film a scene from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Ms. Simmons is in the process of lying down in a creek, to reenact the...
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Play Scene from "Hamlet"

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Description: Elevated view of the cast and crew filming the play scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." The movie camera is on a semicircular track around the stage. Lights...
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Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan

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Description: Elevated view of actors Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan filming the duel scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Both men are using daggers and rappers. A m...
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Sound Equipment for "Hamlet"

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Description: Recording equipment, most likely a microphone boom pole attached to a stand with wheels, on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." Assorted cast and crew are s...
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Unidentified Equipment in "Hamlet"

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Description: An unidentified person is standing and working with what is probably sound recording equipment on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." A boom mic is behind h...
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Laurence Olivier

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Description: Director and actor Laurence Olivier preparing to film Ophelia's drowning scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." He is standing next to a movie camera wearing w...
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." She is holding blueprints while standing in front of an arch.
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Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon and an unidentified man are viewing the construction of one of the sets from the 1948 film "Hamlet." Another unidentified man is...
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Scene from "Hamlet"

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Description: Elevated view of cast and crew filming a scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Laurence Olivier and Norman Wooland have a microphone over their heads. A stage...
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Laurence Olivier

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Description: Director and actor Laurence Olivier looking through a device on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." The device appears to provide a literal frame for the vi...
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Laurence Olivier as Hamlet

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Description: Actor and director Laurence Olivier filmed while performing the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from the 1949 film "Hamlet." A light is in the upper left co...

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