- Title: V-6953
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: HOLLYWOOD BEHIND THE SCENES. STARS, FASHIONS, AND FILM MAKING. STERLING HAYDEN AND HIS SAILBOAT; PROP MAN IRVING SINDLER; DESIGNER DIANE OF HOLLYWOOD; COMPORT'S STOCK RANCH, HOLLYWOOD'S ANIMAL RENTER LIONEL COMPORT.
- Description:01:00:27 - HIGH ANGLE OF RUGGED, SHIRTLESS, FILM STAR STERLING HAYDEN IN ROWBOAT ALONGSIDE HIS NORWEGIAN SAILBOAT "OSCAR TYBRAIN" BUILT IN 1895. HAYDEN PULLING ON SAIL LINES, RAISING SAILS AND OTHER CHORES ON SAILBOAT AS HE READIES FOR SAIL. 01:01:10 - HAYDEN RAISES THE OLD SAILS, WORKING FEVERISHLY BEFORE PUTTING OUT TO SEA. 01:01:25 - HAYDEN, BACK TO CAMERA, WAVES TO DISTANT LIGHTHOUSE AS HE SAILS BY. CU FACE SHOT OF HAYDEN AT HELM. UNLIKE OTHER STARS, HAYDEN WAS A GLOUCHESTER FISHERMAN, WENT TO SEA AT 15, NAVIGATED THE FAMOUS "GERTRUDE L. SEABOLD" AGAINST "BLUENOSE" IN 1938 INTERNATIONAL FISHERMAN'S RACE ALONG WITH OTHER UNUSUAL ADVENTURES. 01:03:02 - STERLING HAYDEN AT HELM OF OLD SAILBOAT, LIGHTHOUSE IN DISTANCE, PASSES BUOY IN FRGD, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:03:17 - "PERSONALITIES". "AROUND THE LOT". IRVING SINDLER, ACE PROP MAN EXITS HIS TRAILER CARRYING BEAUTIFUL FLOWER BOX USUALLY SEEN DELIVERED TO GLAMOROUS STARS IN FILM. "EVER WONDER WHAT'S IN THE BOX?" IRVING OPENS EMPTY BOX. HE LAUGHS. 01:03:34 - "FASHIONS". DESIGNER "DIANE" OF HOLLYWOOD, WATCHES MODELS SHOW HER NEWEST HAND KNIT CREATIONS. 01:03:37 - CU FACE SHOT OF DIANE, IN PRIVATE LIFE MRS. JOAN ADELLE. MODEL ROSALIE CALVERT APPROACHES DIANE WEARING HAND KNIT DRESS. REMOVES JACKET, DRESS BECOMES STRAPLESS EVENING DRESS. WHEN REMOVING SKIRT. DRESS BECOMES BATHING SUIT. 01:04:51 - MODEL MEROUHA SIPS CHAMPAIGN AS SHE MODELS "DIANE" DRESS. 01:05:07 - MODEL JINNY ADAMS AND CHILD MODEL PATTY ZIMMERMAN WALK OUT HAND IN HAND, SHOW MOTHER AND DAUGHTER MATCHING DRESSES AND HATS. CU VIEWS OF OUTFITS. 01:05:33 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". SIGN: "COMPORT'S STOCK RANCH" HOLLYWOOD'S ANIMAL RENTER LIONEL COMPORT SHOWS VARIETY OF ANIMALS HE RENTS FOR MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS. FARM ANIMALS; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; WILD ANIMALS. 01:05:42 - CU LIONEL SPEAKS TO PARROT PERCHED ON HIS WRIST. 01:05:45 - HORSE WALKS AMONG HERD OF SHEEP IN CORRAL. CU RAM DIGS INTO A PILE OF HAY. BLACK SHEEP EATING HAY ON GROUND. CU WHITE RAM PEERS INTO CAMERA. WORKER BENDS OVER, GETS BUTTED BY RAM AS HE DOES IN MOVIES. MONTAGE VARIETY OF GOATS. 01:06:11 - PAN CATTLE USED IN WESTERN MOVIES LOUNGE IN CORRAL. 01:06:17 - "OSCAR" THE ELK WITH ITS HUGE HORN RACK, WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA. CU ELK EATS OUT OF COMPORT'S HAND. 01:06:35 - MONTAGE RABBITS, DOGS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, CAT AND KITTEN, CHICKENS, DUCKS, GEESE, LARGE TURKEY AND SWAN ARE ALSO SEEN IN COMPORT'S BARN YARD. 01:06:50 - CU COMPORT BRAVELY HOLDS SKUNK UP TO CAMERA. PIGEONS PERCHED ON BARNYARD FENCE. 01:07:06 - YARD WORKER WALKS OLD BLACK BEAR ON LEASH, TOWARDS CAMERA. RETIRED AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WORKING IN MOVIES. 01:07:11 - BRAHMA BULL, A WHITE PIG, A BULL, AND THREE DONKEYS BEING HAND-FED HAY, BY COMPORT. 01:07:30 - COMPORT HOLDS LEASH OF WHITE DONKEY, "SNOWBALL" WHICH HE MAKES DO SEVERAL TRICKS. CU COMPORT BEING KISSED ON LIPS BY "SNOWBALL". PAN OF FANCY TRAILERS USED TO TRANSPORT MULES. 01:08:03 - CU SIGN: "MGM-TUESDAY, SWAY BACK HORSE", (HORSE HAS LONG BODY WITH DEEP RECESS ON ITS BACK). COMPORT WALKS BY WITH SWAYBACK HORSE "NELLIE", NEEDED BY MGM STUDIOS THAT TUESDAY. LOADS HIM ON OPEN TRAILER, DRIVES AWAY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-6953