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Production still with costume and "Bob Hope" director's chair

Date: 1943
Description: A German army steel helmet and officer's visor cap rest on a director's chair that has been amusingly stenciled with two versions of the name "Bob Hope," o...
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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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Lewis Milestone and Aaron Copland

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Description: Composer Aaron Copland and director Lewis Milestone during the filming of the 1943 film "The North Star." Milestone is seated on a crane behind a movie cam...
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Scene from "The North Star"

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Description: Elevated view of assorted cast and crew on a village set of the 1943 film "The North Star." Cinematographer James Wong Howe, in the lower right corner near...
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Filming "The North Star"

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Description: A group of men on a sound stage, watching something out of frame, probably the filming of the 1943 film "The North Star." Director Lewis Milestone is to th...

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