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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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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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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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