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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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Laurence Olivier as Hamlet

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Description: Actor and director Laurence Olivier filmed while performing the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from the 1949 film "Hamlet." A light is in the upper left co...
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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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Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert

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Description: Actors Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert filming a scene from the 1948 film "Sleep, My Love." They are surrounded by assorted film making equipment, in...
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Don Ameche

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Description: Actor Don Ameche sitting on the set of the 1948 film "Sleep, My Love." A light and movie camera are in the foreground.
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Linda Darnell and René Clair

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Description: Actress Linda Darnell and director Réne Clair (far left) during the production of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." Men are near a movie camera in the ...
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René Clair

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Description: René Clair and an unidentified man during the making of the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." Both men are behind a movie camera perched on a crane.
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Scene from "It Happened Tomorrow"

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Description: Elevated view of cast and crew filming a scene from the 1944 film "It Happened Tomorrow." The set recreates apartment rooftops. Studio lights are above the...
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Time Marches On

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising proof. Headline reads: "'Time Marches On' with International Trucks." There is an illustration of two men using a movie camera to film from an ...
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Frank Borzage on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Film director Frank Borzage and camera operator Joseph Biroc, along with other members of the film crew, are seen in the reflection of mirrors on the set o...
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"History Is Made at Night" Overhead Shot

Date: 1937
Description: View of the set of the 1937 film "History Is Made at Night" taken from above. The scene being shot takes place in a restaurant kitchen. The camera is focus...
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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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Location Shooting for "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 1961
Description: A film production crew operating a camera crane in front of a street scene, with signs for Tiny's Saloon, Briggs Saloon, and Wm. "Pop" Wiener, Auctioneer. ...
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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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