- Title: V-6951
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: HOLLYWOOD BEHIND-THE-SCENES CIRCA 1950. BEVERLY PARK AMUSEMENT PARK WITH MARJORIE REYNOLDS AND CHILD. BOB CROSBY RECORDING SESSION, DESIGNER KENNETH HOPKINS HATS, CHARLES J. CONRAD RODEO AT GRIFFITH PARK, MABEL STARK, TIGER TRAINER, TAMER. LOS ANGELES AND HOLLYWOOD.
- Description:00:36:55 - PAN SIGN "BEVERLY PARK". VARIOUS SCENES ACTRESS MARJORIE REYNOLDS TAKES HER THREE-AND-A-HALF YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LINDA ON MERRY-GO-ROUND AND OTHER RIDES AT THE MINIATURE CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARK. 00:37:15 - MARJORIE RIDES ON MERRY-GO-ROUND WITH DAUGHTER. SHE THEN PLACES LINDA ON AIRPLANE RIDE. CU BLOWS LINDA A KISS AS RIDE STARTS. REYNOLDS WATCHES LITTLE LINDA GO ROUND IN BOAT RIDE AND FERRIS WHEEL. CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS OF MARJORIE REYNOLDS. 00:39:16 - CU LITTLE LINDA BITING INTO ICE CREAM CONE. SAME MARJORIE. 00:39:28 - "ON THE BOULEVARD". BUSY BOB CROSBY PULLS UP TO RECORDING STUDIO IN HIS 1949 (?) CADILLAC. SIGNALS PARKING ATTENDANT TO PARK HIS CAR, RUNS UP OUTSIDE STAIRCASE TO RADIO STUDIO. 00:40:04 - A HURRIED BOB CROSBY RUSHES OUT OF STUDIO ENTRANCE, VALISE IN HAND, RUNS DOWN STREET TO HIS SECOND ENGAGEMENT, FOLLOWED BY SECRETARY WHO RUNS TO TRY TO GET HIS ATTENTION TO SIGN PAPERS SHE IS WAVING. 00:40:24 - BOB CROSBY PICKS UP THE PACE AS HE RUNS TO HIS CAR CROSSING SUNSET BOULEVARD WITH HIS SECRETARY IN HOT PURSUIT. SHE FINALLY CATCHES UP WITH BOB AT INTERSECTION, HE SIGNS DOCUMENT. WIPES HIS BROW. CU SECRETARY GIVES SIGH OF RELIEF. FEMALE FAN ALSO CATCHES UP WITH BOB, PINS FLOWER ON HIS LAPEL. 00:41:16 - BOB EXITS STUDIO RUNNING WITH VALISE IN HAND. CAB IS WAITING. BOB GESTURES TO CABBIE TO TAKE OFF FOR AIRPORT FOR FLIGHT TO NEW YORK. 00:41:39 - "FASHIONS". MODELS SHOW HATS DESIGNED BY KENNETH HOPKINS. 00:41:46 - MODEL JERRI CAMERON MODELS WIDE BRIMMED STRAW HAT AND OTHERS HOPKINS CREATIONS. 00:41:53 - CU MODEL BARBARA FREEKING MODELS A "GO TO CHURCH" BONNET OF STRAW WOVEN UNDERWATER IN CHINA. SHE LATER MODELS A PINK SPUN STRAW HAT WITH LILIES. 00:42:09 - CU MODEL VIVIAN DUBOIS SHOWS A HOPKINS COCKTAIL HAT AND LATER ANOTHER HOPKINS' CREATION. 00:43:06 - "PERSONALITIES". CHARLES J. CONRAD COMBINES ACTING WHILE HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE. 00:43:08 - CU SIGN: "RE-ELECT CHARLES J. CONRAD ASSEMBLYMAN 57TH DISTRICT", "HOLLYWOOD'S REPRESENTATIVE". TILT DOWN TO CONRAD SITTING AT DESK IN FRONT OF SIGN. SECRETARY GRACE O'DELL HANDS CONRAD PAPERWORK, WHICH HE SIGNS.. 00:43:47 - NINE YEAR OLD CHILD ACTRESS GIGI PEREAUX AT GRIFFITH PARK, TAKES PONY RIDE AS DO OTHER CHILDREN. 00:44:29 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". CU TITLE ON BOOK COVER, "HOLD THAT TIGER". ELDERLY MABEL STARK SITS WITH TIGER ON BENCH AND READS HER AUTO-BIOGRAPHY AS EIGHT-MONTH OLD TIGER "RUFFY" READS OVER HER SHOULDER. SIGN ON CAGE, "DANGER KEEP OUT" 00:44:45 - MABEL STARK ENTERS TIGER CAGE WITH WHIP AND LONG PROD IN HAND. MABEL IS THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE WORLD CRAZY ENOUGH TO TRAIN TIGERS. LS MALE WORKER OPENS RAMP TO LET TIGER INTO CAGE WITH MABEL. CU TIGER THREATENINGLY BARES TEETH, BUT MABEL HAS TIGER DO VARIOUS TRICKS LIKE LYING DOWN, ROLLING OVER. 00:45:46 - MABEL WITH PROD AND WHIP IN HANDS GETS TIGER TO STAND ATOP BARREL AND ROLL IT ALONG, BACKWARDS. 00:46:20 - MABEL GETS TIGER TO WALK A SET OF TIGHT ROPES, USING BOTH HIS FEET. TIGER DOES IT AGAIN WALKING ABOVE CAMERA. AMAZING STUNT. CIRCUS ACT; ANIMAL ANTICS; ENTERTAINMENT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-6951