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Cygnet Films

Date: 10 1968
Description: Bill Duren (in the background), owner of Cygnet Films, talks with a production assistant during shooting for a training film. Cygnet Films, which was based...
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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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Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
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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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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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Sid Boyum Directing Video

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Description: Sid Boyum, at right in the director's chair, and a Gisholt executive on the left. They are sitting while working on a Gisholt film.
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Shirley Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie

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Description: Dizzy Gillespie looking at Shirley Clarke, sitting on the left with a contemplative look on her face, during a recording session for the film "The Cool Wor...
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Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie and Mal Waldron

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Description: Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Mal Waldron and an unidentified man in the studio during a recording session for the film "The Cool World."
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Shirley Clarke and Mal Waldron

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Description: Shirley Clarke standing next to Mal Waldron, who is sitting. There is a television monitor behind them. They are working on the film "The Cool World."
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Shirley Clarke and Cameraman

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Description: Shirley Clarke, wearing a hat and holding a cigarette, is leaning on the cameraman to look through the camera lens during the shooting of the film "The Coo...
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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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Ted Moore and John Huston

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Description: Camera operator Ted Moore and director John Huston, possibly at Isleworth studios in England, filming the 1951 film "The African Queen." Moore is operating...
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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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Filming "The North Star"

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Description: A group of men on a sound stage, watching something out of frame, probably the filming of the 1943 film "The North Star." Director Lewis Milestone is to th...
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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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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

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Description: Head and torso photograph of director John Ford. He is wearing a large cowboy hat, glasses, scarf and jacket. Ford has a pipe in his mouth and has an int...
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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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John Ford and Tim Holt

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Description: Director John Ford walks next to actor Tim Holt who is riding a horse on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. Ford wears a beret and light colored jacket,...
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John Ford and cameramen

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Description: Director John Ford sits next to an elevated platform on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. Director of photography Bert Glennon sits behind the camera. ...

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