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"Citizen Kane" Production Still
1941
Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheelchair. Cinematographer Gregg Toland, weari...
Irene Castle and Frank Hall Crane on a film set.
1917
Irene Castle and her director Frank Crane discussing a script on the set of either Vengence is Mine or Stranded in Arcady, two films they made in 1917. In the right foreground is a Pathé 35mm motio...
William Dieterle and Madline Carroll
Director William Dieterle, actress Madeline Carroll and other unidentified cast and crew during the production of the 1938 film "Blockade" on a sound stage. The set is made to look like the entranc...
"Diamond Handcuffs" Production Still
1928
Director John McCarthy watching as Henry Sharp films Eleanor Boardman and Lawrence Gray in a scene from the 1928 film "Diamond Handcuffs."
Filming "Miranda"
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 left. The set's framework can be seen on ...
"Destination Moon" production still with actors and technicians.
1950
Five crew members surround a large Technicolor camera on a crane. In the background is a large set of the surface of the moon with four astronauts standing next to a telescope.
