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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Eight people are standing in front of an Oakland automobile and airplane, and four more...
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Directing a Movie

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Mr. Sutton and Fay directing a scene for the movie "American Girl." Three people are standing in front of an automobile parked next to an airplane at Pennc...
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Emil Jannings and Jesse Lasky

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return...
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Emile de Antonio and Marietta Tree

Date: 1959
Description: Three people sit in pink and white lounge chairs on a large outdoor patio surrounded by green plants and trees. Emile de Antonio sits next to socialite Mar...
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Alfred Hitchcock and Joel McCrea

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock and Joel McCrea stand on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent" with an unidentified woman wearing a rain poncho. Hitchcock and the w...
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Shirley Clarke Directing "The Cool World"

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Description: Shirley Clarke directing a scene from "The Cool World" on a city sidewalk. Her back is to the camera, and she is standing giving directions to the camerama...
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"Gallant Lady" Still

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Description: The director and four other men sitting and standing on a raft holding the motion picture camera while shooting the film "Gallant Lady." There are two came...
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair, getting her foot bandaged by an unknown man on the outdoors set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." A foot cast is next ...
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William Dieterle

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Description: Director William Dieterle in between a movie camera and light with some of the unidentified film crew on the set of the 1938 film "Blockade." A model ship ...
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Car Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: Cast and crew are filming an outdoors scene from the 1938 film "Blockade." Two actors (probably Madeleine Carroll and Henry Fonda) are sitting in a car, wh...
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William Dieterle, Henry Fonda, and Madeleine Carroll

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Description: Elevated view of director William Dieterle standing and instructing actors Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll. The latter two are sitting in a car facing a ...
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Henry Fonda, Madeleine Carroll, and William Dieterle

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Description: Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll are sitting in a car in the background, and director William Dieterle is standing in the center. They are shooting a scen...
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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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"Salt of the Earth" Production Still

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Description: Director Herb Biberman and three other men are sitting and standing on a platform built on the roof of a shack during the filming of "Salt of the Earth." B...
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John Ford and John Wayne

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Description: Director John Ford and John Wayne stand next to each other and an unidentified man on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. A stagecoach, with a camera and...
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John Ford and crew on set

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Description: Director John Ford is seen on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach with many members of the film crew. Trucks can be seen in the distance and the sky is cl...
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John Ford and John Wayne

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Description: Director John Ford stands next to and looks at John Wayne on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. Wayne looks straight ahead. Ford smokes a pipe.

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