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Making movies, Hollywood, California

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  • Production Shot, Deanna Durbin in "100 Men and a Girl", Hollywood, Cal

    Production Shot, Deanna Durbin in "100 Men and a Girl", Hollywood, Cal

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    Image of a production crew filming a scene from "100 Men and a Girl" with actresses Deanna Durbin and Alice Brady sitting at a table and director Henry Koster and cinematographer Joseph A. Valentine at left.

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  • Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in a production shot, Hollywood, Cal

    Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in a production shot, Hollywood, Cal

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    Image of a production crew filming a scene in Hollywood, California, with actors Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler posing on the grass outdoors.

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  • Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California

    Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California

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    Image of a street scene with automobiles driving on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre with the First National Bank building at center on the corner of Highland Avenue. Signs are visible along the boulevard for the Broadway, Hotel Drake and a marquee at the Paramount Theatre reads "Louis Hayward 'House by the River' and on stage with Herb Jeffries. A banner reading "Welcome Home Champs ... Stars of Portland, Gilmore Field, Mar. 28th 8:15" is visible across the road.

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  • Patricia Ellis in a production shot, Hollywood, Cal

    Patricia Ellis in a production shot, Hollywood, Cal

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    Image of actress Patricia Ellis smoking a cigarette while sitting with director William McGann and a production crew, spotlights and a motion picture camera in Hollywood, California.

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    Photographs of Snader Telescriptions operations and filming of musicians for television, Hollywood, California

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    A collection of photographs (all 4 x 5-inch negatives) depicting the filming of "Snader Telescriptions," three-minute musical performances by popular bands and singers shown on television, 1950-1952. Louis D. Snader, an ex-musician and real estate developer, created these early "music videos" he called Snader Telescriptions (derived from "television" and "transcription"). The company started filming performers in 1950 and ceased production in 1952. The photographs depict singers, bands and orchestras performing and also in group portraits with Snader and other production personnel. The filming took place at Hollywood Center Studios (also known as General Service Studios), in Hollywood, California, and the soundstage, camera crew, lighting, and other aspects of television filming are illustrated in many images. Louis Snader appears in many photographs, as well as producer Duke Goldstone and musical director Phil Moore. The musicians pictured performing are: Lionel Hampton and Betty Carter; Martha Davis and Her Spouse; the Chordettes; George Shearing; Wesley Tuttle; Nat King Cole trio; June Christy with the Ernie Felice quartet; Miguelito Valdez and his Orchestra; Herb Jeffries; Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour; Red Nichols and his Five Pennies; Arthur Lee Simpkins; Clark Dennis; Cab Calloway and his Caboliers; [Patricia Morison?]; Danny Kuaana; and the Starlighters. There are also images of a private screening of the telescriptions at a hotel, with Snader and unidentified people viewing a television screen; and the Snader Telescriptions screen credit logo, dated 1950.

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  • The guv’nor

    The guv’nor

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    Image of a scene in a boathouse on a lake with four men and a couple standing near a kitchen table and chair, boat, and oars, with a vignette of a proposal scene with a man and woman sitting and holding hands while an older man looks on; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Guv'nor" written by E. G. Lankester.

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