- Title: V-6949
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: BEHIND-THE-SCENES HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, STARS, STUNT MEN, FILM MAKERS, FASHIONS. ALL SHOT IN HOLLYWOOD OR LOS ANGELES.
- Description:00:13:26 - "NEWS": PAN "U.S. POST OFFICE, HOLLYWOOD STATION", WRITTEN ON BUILDING ABOVE ENTRANCE. COWBOY SUPER STAR GENE AUTRY AND HIS SECRETARY WALK OUT OF BUILDING, AUTRY CARRYING BUNDLE OF LETTERS IN HANDS. SECRETARY, PRETTY LOUISE HEISAY (?) WHO AFTER APPEARING ON FAN MAGAZINES WITH HER BOSS, DEVELOPED A FAN CLUB OF HER OWN. 00:13:55 - CU AUTRY AND SECRETARY STOP ON STEPS OF POST OFFICE, WHERE AUTRY SIGNS UP AS MEMBER OF HER FAN CLUB. AUTRY HANDS HER THE LETTERS, WHICH WERE FROM HER FANS. 00:14:14 - "HAVIN' FUN": HOLLYWOOD CHILD STAR GIGI PERREAU IS FOLLOWED OFF STAGE AT GRIFFITH PARK BY CAMERAMAN. VARIOUS SCENES GIGI ENJOYING ICE CREAM POP, GOING TO ZOO IN GRIFFITH PARK, AND FEEDING ANIMALS AS OTHER CHILDREN DO. 00:14:24 - CU GIGI SITTING ON ROCK IN PARK, EATING ICE CREAM POP. 00:14:47 - "BOJO" THE ELEPHANT STICKS HIS TRUNK THROUGH WIRE SCREEN TO TAKE PEANUT SERVED TO HIM BY GIGI. GIGI PLAYED IN MOVIES, "MY FOOLISH HEART", "ENCHANTMENT" AND OTHERS. 00:15:11 - HIGH ANGLE OF DUCKS IN POND WHICH GIGI FEEDS POPCORN. BLACK BEARS SEATED ON ROCKS, AS SEEN BY GIGI 00:15:45 - GIGI FEEDS PIGS, PENGUINS AND PETS GOATS. GIGI COMES FROM TALENTED FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES HER BROTHER, 10 YEAR-OLD PETER MILES, WHO PLAYED IN "THE RED PONY", AND FIVE YEAR-OLD GENNINE, WHO PLAYED WITH KATHARINE HEPBURN IN "SONG OF LOVE". 00:16:36 - "FASHIONS" BY ALLERDALE: DESIGNER ESTELLE ALLERDALE HELPS MODEL GRACE MCLAUGHLIN TAKE OFF COAT SHE ALSO DESIGNED, TO SHOW DRESS UNDERNEATH, OUTFIT HEADS LIST OF WINTER PASTELS BY ALLERDALE. GARDEN SETTING. 00:17:07 - MODEL SANDRA WHITE SHOWS ALLERDALE SILK EVENING GOWN. 00:17:26 - MODEL ANITA LOIS SHOWS ALLERDALE DRESS WITH REMOVABLE TUNIC APRON. MODEL WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:17:56 - "SPORTS". SIGN: "CALIFORNIA COUNTRY CLUB". SCREEN ACTOR LLOYD NOLAN IS MET BY CADDY AS HE WALKS OUT OF CLUBHOUSE. 00:18:40 - CU LOYD, CIGARETTE IN MOUTH, TEES UP, TAKES PRACTICE SWING, PUTS CIGARETTE ON GROUND, HITS ONE DOWN FAIRWAY. PICKS UP CIGARETTE, WALKS DOWN FAIRWAY WITH CADDY. 00:20:10 - AFTER MAKING PAR ON FIRST HOLE, LLOYD NOLAN IS MET BY "TARZAN" ACTOR & ATHLETE JOHNNY WEISSMULLER WHO STOPS TO SAY HELLO. CU WEISSMULLER TURNS TO SHOW LLOYD TWO GOLF BALLS IN GADGET ATTACHED TO BACK OF BELT. THE TWO HAVE LAUGH AS THEY PART. NOLAN, BACK TO CAMERA, TEES OFF ON NEXT HOLE, WALKS DOWN FAIRWAY WITH CADDY. 00:20:52 - "AT HOME". SIGN: "AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR DOGS". "HENRY EAST". CU COVER OF LARGE PAPER BACK BOOK "HOW TO TRAIN A DOG", IS LOWERED TO EXPOSE HENRY EAST SEATED IN DIRECTOR CHAIR, HIS PRIZE DOG ANIMAL ACTOR "RAGS", SEATED IN DIRECTOR CHAIR ALONGSIDE. CU "RAGS". ANIMAL ANTICS; MOTION PICTURES. 00:21:28 - CU EASTON GESTURES WITH FINGER AS HE "ARGUES" A POINT IN THE BOOK WITH "RAGS". "CU RAGS "ARGUES" BACK. VARIOUS SCENES EASTON MAKING "RAGS" DO THE KIND OF TRICKS HE DOES IN MOVIES BY USING SIMPLE HAND SIGNALS. "RAGS" STANDS AND WALKS FORWARD AND BACKWARDS ON HIND LEGS. 00:22:46 - EASTON TAKES "BUTCH" ANOTHER DOG STAR OUT OF HIS KENNEL AND MAKES HIM DO A VARIETY OF TRICKS. "BUTCH" WORKED WITH WILLIAM POWELL IN "THE MERMAID". CU "BUTCH" IN EASTON'S ARMS. 00:23:05 - EASTON TAKES SEVENTEEN-YEAR OLD "WIMPY" OUT, LOVINGLY PETS, FONDLES HIM . "WIMPY" WHO IS HALF-BLIND AND HAS NO TEETH, BECAME A STAR AT 6 MONTHS OLD, WORKED FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, WAS THE BEST WESTERN PICTURE DOG IN THE BUSINESS. 00:23:39 - ANOTHER OF EASTON'S DOGS, RETIRED FIFTEEN YEAR-OLD "NAPOLEON" LIES IN GRASS, YAWNS, GOES BACK TO SLEEP AND DREAMS OF DAYS WHEN HE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS DOG IN HOLLYWOOD.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-6949