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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew gathered during the production of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Three men are pushing a platform on tracks towards a lake. The platform has ...
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Keefe Brasselle, Ida Lupino, and Sally Forest

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Description: Director Ida Lupino is standing behind actors Keefe Brasselle and Sally Forest. Brasselle and Forest are sitting at a table with Lupino bending over them. ...
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Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: Cast and crew are filming a scene from the 1938 movie "Blockade." A microphone is hanging over the cast in the background. In the left-foreground is the cr...
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William Dieterle and Madline Carroll

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Description: Director William Dieterle, actress Madeline Carroll and other unidentified cast and crew during the production of the 1938 film "Blockade" on a sound stage...
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William Dieterle

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Description: Director William Dieterle is sitting on a camera dolly on tracks with unidentified crew. They are filming a scene from the 1938 film "Blockade."
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Dock Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: Cast and crew preparing to film a scene from the 1938 film "Blockade" on a sound stage. The set is made to look like a dock, with a group of actors in a bo...
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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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Cafe Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: The crew for the 1938 film "Blockade" are filming a scene in a cafe set. The movie camera is on a crane over a crowd of extras.
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Glynis Johns with Mermaid Tail

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Description: Two women are arranging a mermaid tail over actress Glynis Johns. The latter is in a special bed that is hiding her legs. They are preparing to shoot a sce...
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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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Filming "Miranda"

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Description: Elevated view of the crew watching the making of a scene from the 1948 film "Miranda." The scene itself is not shown. Producer Betty Box is second from the...
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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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Scale Model of Set for Miranda

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Description: An unidentified man, possibly art director George Paterson, is showing producer Betty Box a scale model of the underwater cave set for the 1948 film "Miran...
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Griffith Jones

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Description: Actor Griffith Jones on the underwater cave set, preparing to film a scene from the 1948 movie "Miranda." The set contains a platform where some of the fil...
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Actors Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones, and unidentified crew, on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." Johns is in her mermaid costume. The ...
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Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

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Description: Glynis Johns, Griffith Jones, and the film crew on the underwater cave set of the 1948 film "Miranda." The sound stage and a light are set up above a pool ...
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Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Roy Glenn

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Description: Elevated view of actors Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Roy Glenn filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." The trio are at a bus stop...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

Date: 1950
Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson pausing while filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are on a sound stage. In the foregro...
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Louis Hayward and James Whale

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward and director James Whale during the production of the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." Both men are sitting at a table on set, wit...
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Prison Scene from "The Man in the Iron Mask"

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Description: Director James Whale filming a scene from the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." An unidentified actor, possibly Louis Hayward, is wearing the iron mask...

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