- Title: V-6956
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: BEHIND-THE-SCENES HOLLYWOOD, CIRCA 1950. HOLLYWOOD STARS, FASHIONS AND FUN. SUNSET BOULEVARD AT ALVAREZ STREET. PAT MEDINA TRIES ON MEXICAN HAT; PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY TO MALIBU. LLOYD BRIDGES' MALIBU HOME WITH SONS BO, JEFF BRIDGES AND MRS. BRIDGES, THE FORMER DOROTHY SIMPSON; ANN RUTHERFORD'S BEVERLY HILLS HOME ON GREENWAY DRIVE; PROP TRAILER WITH ITEMS USED TO SUPPLY PROPS ON SETS.
- Description:00:02:00 - "ON THE BOULEVARD". CU STREET SIGN, "SUNSET BOULEVARD" AND "OLVERA STREET", AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. PAN OLD MEXICAN OUTDOOR MARKET ON OLVERA STREET. 00:02:17 - MEXICAN MAN WEARING MEXICAN SOMBRERO, TILT DOWN TO HIS MEXICAN "CABALLERO" COWBOY OUTFIT. MS PAN VARIETY SHOPS AND STANDS SELLING ALL SORTS OF MEXICAN MERCHANDISE. 00:02:34 - MOVIE ACTRESS PAT MEDINA TRIES ON MEXICAN STRAW. CU CHECKS OUT HOW IT LOOKS IN HAND-HELD COMPACT MIRROR. PAT PERUSES COLORFUL SCARVES HANGING ON OUTDOOR STAND. PAT GOES FROM STAND TO STAND LOOKING AT ITEMS. 00:03:27 - MEXICAN MERCHANT SITS ON STOOL, FITS MEDINA WITH PAIR OF MEXICAN SANDALS. CU SHE NODS APPROVAL. BUYS THEM. 00:04:11 - "HAVIN" FUN". SIGNS: "PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY"; "MALIBU BEACH" VARIOUS SCENES LLOYD BRIDGES AND WIFE, THE FORMER DOROTHY SIMPSON AT SECLUDED BEACH HOUSE ON MALIBU BEACH WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS, NINE YEAR-OLD BEAU BRIDGES AND BABY SON JEFF BRIDGES. 00:04:22 - YOUNG BEAU BRIDGES EXITS BEACH HOUSE FOLLOWED BY FATHER LLOYD WHO BOUNCES A BOUNCES VOLLEYBALL, BOTH IN SWIM SUITS, FOLLOWED BY BABY BROTHER JEFF IN MOTHER ARMS. CU FACE SHOTS LLOYD, BEAU, WIFE AND BABY SON. 00:04:40 - LLOYD BRIDGES GRABS BABY SON JEFF, TOSSES HIM UP AND CATCHES HIM, KISSES HIM ON CHEEK. HANDS BABY TO WIFE, RUNS OFF WITH VOLLEYBALL IN HAND, IS TACKLED BY BEAU. 00:05:03 - ALL FOUR, BACKS TO CAMERA HEAD FOR SURF. LLOYD AND SON BEAU PLAY VOLLEYBALL, WITH NET SET UP ON SAND, BEACH HOUSE IN BKGD 00:06:22 - LLOYD BRIDGES AND SON BEAU, BACKS TO CAMERA, RUN OUT AND DIVE INTO WAVES. 00:06:31 - "AT HOME". ROAD SIGN: "BEVERLY HILLS CITY LIMITS" STREET SIGN: "GREENWAY DRIVE". STATELY COLONIAL HOME OF ACTRESS ANN RUTHERFORD ON GREENWAY DRIVE. 00:06:40 - ACTRESS ANN RUTHERFORD SHOWS SIX YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER GLORIA HOW TO PLAY CROCKET ON BACK LAWN. CU ANN REACHES BEHIND DAUGHTER TO SHOW HER HOW TO STRIKE BALL WITH MALLET. 00:07:15 - CU BALL BEING STRUCK BY GLORIA MISSES HOOP, WHILE BALL STRUCK BY ANN GOES THROUGH HOOP. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF THE TWO HITTING THE BALL WITH MALLETS. CU ANN STICKS TONGUE BETWEEN TEETH AS SHE AIMS AND SHOOTS. 00:07:58 - FAMILY PET "GWENDALINE", TWO YEAR-OLD HODGES POODLE, JOINS THE TWO, GLORIA PICKS UP THE SMALL DOG. 00:08:21 - DOG STANDS ON HIND LEGS, PERFORMS TRICKS FOR ANN. 00:08:30 - MAID ELIZABETH, CALLS ANN AND GLORIA FOR LUNCH. GLORIA AND ANN RUN INTO HOUSE HAND-IN-HAND, FOLLOWED BY DOG. 00:08:49 - "FASHIONS". BATHING SUITS. SIGN: "THE TOWN HOUSE, LOS ANGELES". 00:08:56 - BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER ROSEMARIE BOW, MISS TACOMA", WALKS OUT TO POOLSIDE, MODELS THE LATEST SWIM SUITS FROM COLE OF CALIFORNIA. CU FACE SHOT ROSEMARIE, TILT DOWN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF SUIT MADE OF BLACK SILK VELVET 00:09:16 - CU TILT UP ROSEMARIE AS SHE PUTS ON SWIM CAP, DIVES INTO POOL. UNDERWATER SHOT MODEL ENTERING POOL, WAVING TO CAMERA. 00:09:33 - ROSEMARIE AGAIN MODEL SILK CHANTON SWIM SUIT, CU VIEW OF SUIT, TILT DOWN. MODEL DIVES INTO WATER. UNDERWATER SHOT, BOW WAVING. ROSEMARIE MODELS TWO PIECE SUIT, DIVES IN POOL. UNDERWATER SHOT. 00:10:25 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". VARIOUS SCENES TWO TON, PULLED BY HUGE TRUCK, IS STOCKED WITH SUPPLY OF PROPS, TO BE USED ON MOVIE SETS. 00:10:35 - CU SIGN ON TRAILER: "SENATOR" GEORGE BAHR", "PROPS AND WARDROBE" 00:10:48 - GEORGE BAHR, OPENS DOOR TO TRAILER GOES IN, EXITS WITH ONE OF 32 DRAWERS FULL OF PROPS, 4000 DIFFERENT ITEMS. 00:10:55 - CU BAHR TAKES OUT THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLACK JACKS, FOR MOVIES OF BADMEN, A MAGNIFYING GLASS FOR MOVIE DETECTIVE, HANDCUFFS FOR VILLAIN AND REVOLVER FOR THE HERO. 00:11:13 - CU AN OLD AUTO HORN; A JACK-IN-THE-BOX. CU PLASTER DENTURE MOLD; BOX OF ROBIN'S EGGS; A SLEDGE HAMMER. 00:11:33 - BAHR REMOVES CANVAS FROM BACK OF TRUCK REVEALING SEVERAL FURNITURE ITEMS. MS JACK OPENS DOOR ON TRAILER, A MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT POPS OUT, COMPLETE WITH MIRROR AND CHAIR. HE CLEANS THE MIRRORS. 00:12:04 - BAHR OPENS DOUBLE DOOR ON OTHER SIDE OF TRAILER, REVEALS WARDROBE WITH SUITS, COATS HANGING UP ON RACK. HE PULLS OUT IRONING BOARD AND IRON, INCLUDING A PLACE TO PLUG IT IN. 00:12:51 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6956