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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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François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Cargol in L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child)

Date: 1970
Description: Scene still of François Truffaut, as Dr. Jean Itard, and Jean-Pierre Cargol, as the wild child Victor, in Truffaut's L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child,
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John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
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Actors and Director John Ford

Date: 1956
Description: Director John Ford (in glasses and a hat) on the set of the film "The Searchers," with actors including John Wayne (left) and Doris del Rio. Behind them st...
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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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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock stands with Joel McCrea and another man on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." McCrea wears a suit, trench coat and bowler; the o...
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Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin...
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Walter Wanger, Neville Brand and Leo Gordon

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Description: Walter Wanger talks with actors Neville Brand and Leo Gordon outdoors on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." A large movie camera on wheels is on ...
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"Our Daily Bread" Location Still

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Description: Outdoor group portrait taken on location for the film "Our Daily Bread." Barbara Pepper and Karen Morley are seated along with two men in director's chairs...
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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 "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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René Clair, Linda Darnell, and Dick Powell

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Description: Director René Clair talking with actors Linda Darnell and Dick Powell on the set of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." A microphone is over their heads....
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Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur talk with director Frank Borzage on the set of the 1937 film "History Is Made at Night". Borzage sits in a chair while Boyer ...
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De Mille on the set of "Fool's Paradise"

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Description: Director Cecil B. DeMille confers with actors John Davidson and Julia Faye on the set of the 1922 film "Fool's Paradise". Davidson is dressed in a uniform ...
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Francis Ford and Grace Cunard

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Description: Francis Ford stands next to and leans towards Grace Cunard who sits in a chair. Cunard and Ford co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in the Universal seria...
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On the set of "The Only Thing"

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Description: Director Jack Conway and screenwriter Elinor Glyn talk to Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel on the set of the 1925 film "The Only Thing". The four stand un...
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Percy Marmont and Herbert Brenon

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Description: Film director Herbert Brenon holds a "LICENCED PEDDLER" pin to Percy Marmont's lapel. Marmont is dressed as a crippled peddler for the 1925 film "The Stree...
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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 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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