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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Cullen Landis with Camera

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Cullen Landis, who has become one of the screen's most popular figures, used to be a camera-man, or cinematographer, as they say in Fren...
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Production Still at Universal Studios

Date: 1917
Description: From a high angle, this snapshot shows actors, crew, and bystanders at an open-air studio under canvas diffusers at Universal City. The cameraman stands be...
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Walter Wanger and Neville Brand

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Description: Walter Wanger stands on the left while talking with actor Neville Brand, on the right. On the far left is a movie camera. They are on the set of the film "...
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"Riot on Cell Block 11" Stage Set

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Description: Elevated view of the set for the film "Riot on Cell Block 11." There is a large group of men in the center back, and movie cameras, lighting equipment, and...
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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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"Klondike" TV Show Set

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Description: The cast and crew of the TV show "Klondike" on an outdoor set designed like the main street of a western town. There is a camera operator on the left. Bann...
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"Gallant Lady" Still

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Description: The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh...
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"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Stills

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Wuthering Heights." The crew is standing and sitting behind the camera which is on the ground. An actor and actress a...
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"The Crowd" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Production still from the 1928 film "The Crowd." Two cameramen are sitting on a wooden slide behind a small camera. People are sitting at the top of the sl...
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"Diamond Handcuffs" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Director John McCarthy watching as Henry Sharp films Eleanor Boardman and Lawrence Gray in a scene from the 1928 film "Diamond Handcuffs."
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Boxing Scene from "Body and Soul"

Date: 1947
Description: James Wong Howe filming John Garfield with a handheld camera in a boxing ring during the making of the 1947 film "Body and Soul." Two actors are standing b...
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
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Madeline Carroll

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Description: Actress Madeline Carroll and an unidentified actor sitting at a table preparing to film a scene for the 1938 film "Blockade." They are next to lights and a...
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Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll

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Description: Actors Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll are lying on the ground surrounded by rubble. They are preparing to film a scene from the 1938 film "Blockade." Th...
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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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Theater Scene from "Miranda"

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Description: Cast and crew preparing to film a scene on a theater auditorium set for the 1948 film "Miranda." Actors Griffith Jones, Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, John ...
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Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, and Glynis Johns

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Description: Actors Googie Withers, Griffith Jones and Glynis Johns filming a scene from the 1948 film "Miranda." Withers is sitting in a chair with a newspaper, Jones ...

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