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Franklin J. Schnaffner

Date: 1978
Description: Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978). Schnaffner is looking through the viewfinder of a Panaflex camera.
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MGM Studio Booth

Date: 08 1928
Description: A man operates a Mitchell camera from inside an MGM sound booth as Raquel Torres and Nils Asther perform seated in front of lights and a microphone. Direct...
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Sound Booth Operator

Date: 1931
Description: The mixer in a sound booth talks to actor Ramon Novarro and director Jacques Feyder as they record dialogue for the film "Son of India."
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Thomas Ince and William S. Hart production still

Date: 1915
Description: Thomas H. Ince gestures to a cameraman who is moving a Bell & Howell camera on its tripod. Over Ince's shoulder is William S. Hart in costume as a minister...
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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock is seen walking on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He is wearing a suit and a trench coat and is walking towards the camera.
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Walter Wanger on Set

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Description: Walter Wanger is seen talking to a man on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." A large microphone boom on wheels is directly behind them. They are ...
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Walter Wanger

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Description: Walter Wanger is seen talking to a man on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." They are standing outside in the yard of a prison. Wanger has his ha...
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Shirley Clarke

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Shirley Clarke. She is holding a microphone and wearing a bowler hat and a black outfit with a white shirt, as well as a "Portr...
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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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Lewis Milestone

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Description: Director Lewis Milestone reads the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" while sitting on a sofa. Milestone directed the 1930 film version of the novel.
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Dave W...
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Shirley Clarke with Video Setup

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Description: Shirley Clarke is sitting on a couch and holding a video camera. She is looking off to the side. There are two monitors and other equipment in front of her...
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Scene with Sheep from "Blockade"

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Description: Elevated view of a herd of sheep surrounding a film crew, including director William Dieterle, as they are filming a scene from the 1938 film "Blockade." A...
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James Whale

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Description: Director James Whale and the film crew during the making of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." The men are standing around a movie camera, and one o...
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James Whale, Louis Hayward, and Joan Bennett

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Description: Director James Whale and actors Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett on a garden set of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." They are on a sound stage, with...
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Laurence Olivier on a Camera Crane

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Description: Director and actor Laurence Olivier sitting on a camera crane on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." On the right is a man working a boom microphone attache...
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Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan

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Description: Elevated view of actors Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan filming the duel scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Both men are using daggers and rappers. A m...
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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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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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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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