- Title: V-6959
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: BEHIND-THE-SCENES HOLLYWOOD.
- Description:01:34:54 - "CLOSE UPS AND LONG SHOTS" VARIOUS SCENES WESTERN BIG BAND SINGER AND ACTRESS CAROLINA COTTON SHOWING HER SKILLS IN ART OF SELF- DEFENSE. 01:34:58 - WIDE-EYED CAROLINA COTTON PEERING FROM WINDOW OF STAGECOACH. LOOKS AROUND WITH EXPRESSIONS OF AWE AND ADVENTURE ON HER FACE. SPOTS HORSE IN CORRAL DUCKS UNDER THE FENCE RUNS TO THE HORSE, CLIMBS INTO SADDLE. EXPERTLY GALLOPS OFF. 01:35:23 - CU COWBOY "VILLAIN" DON MASSA IN BLACK OUTFIT. RUNS TO ATTACK CAROLINA. IS SURPRISED WITH SERIES OF SELF- DEFENSIVE JUDO MOVES. CAROLINA FLIPS MASSA TO GROUND, PICKS HIM UP FLIPS HIM SEVERAL MORE TIMES. ENDS BY GRABBING STUNNED VILLAIN BY HIS ARMS, GIVING HIM KNEE TO THE STOMACH, THEN STANDS OVER HIM, ONE FOOT ON HIS CHEST, IN CONQUEST. 01:36:07 - MONTAGE CAROLINA'S MOVES OF SELF-DEFENSE IN SLOW MOTION 01:36:16 - CU VILLAIN CHARGES CAMERA WITH KNIFE. CU CAROLINA WITH EXPRESSION OF CONCERN ON FACE. RUNS TOWARDS CAMERA. IN SERIES OF SELF-DEFENSIVE JUDO MOVES, GRABS VILLAINS ARM, TWISTS IT UNTIL HE DROPS WEAPON. 01:36:27 - CAROLINA THEN FLIPS VILLAIN OVER HER SHOULDER TO GROUND. SITS ON HIS STOMACH, TAKES OUT COMPACT, POWDERS HER NOSE. WOMAN BEATS MAN 01:36:41 - "ON THE BOULEVARD" CU STREET SIGN: "BEVERLY BOULEVARD". LARGE SIGN ABOVE BUILDING: "BRACKEN RADIO AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, INC". VARIOUS SCENES HOLLYWOOD ACTOR-COMEDIAN EDDIE BRACKEN, PRESIDENT OF BRACKEN RADIO AND TELEVISION. WALKS OUT OF STORE WITH FULL-SIZE CARDBOARD CUT-OUT FIGURE OF HIMSELF UNDER HIS ARM. 01:36:54 - BRACKEN'S SECRETARY STOPS HIM, HAS HIM SIGN PAPERS,. ASKS HIM TO CHECK ROLL OF MOVIE FILM. BRACKEN UNROLLS FILM AS HE HOLDS IT UP TO SKY, CHECKS VARIOUS FRAMES. CU THE FAMILIAR BRACKEN COMICAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. CU BRACKEN WAVES TO PASSING FAN AS HE UNWINDS THE ROLL OF FILM. CU FACE SHOT OF SECRETARY DOROTHY FERMAN. 01:37:46 - SECRETARY WATCHES. SHAKES HER HEAD AS EDDIE WALKS AWAY DRAGGING THE CARDBOARD FIGURE ON GROUND, HEAD FIRST. 01:37:55 - BRACKEN WALKS AWAY DRAGGING DUMMY. 01:38:00 - APPROACHED BY TWO TEENAGE BOYS ASKING FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH. SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS. TWO GIRL FANS RUN OVER. 01:38:14 - PATS THEM ON THEIR HEADS. 01:38:19 - TURNS FIGURE OVER SO IT'S HEADS UP. WITH HANDS UP IN AIR AND MOUTH OPEN. 01:38:24 - EDDIE STOPPED BY WOMAN, AGAIN FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH. SIGNS WITH HIS ARMS AROUND CARDBOARD FIGURE OF HIMSELF. 01:38:33 - CU COMICAL FACE SHOT OF BRACKEN FACE TO FACE WITH FIGURE ON CARDBOARD DUMMY. 01:38:48 - EDDIE BRACKEN WALKING UP BEVERLY BOULEVARD WITH CARDBOARD DUMMY UNDER HIS ARM. 01:38:55 - "FASHIONS" FURS BY ROSE FURMAN ARE MODELLED AT BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL BY MODELS JANE LINDE, JERRI CAMERON. FUR FASHION SHOW 01:38:57 - LARGE NEON SIGN ON ROOF: "BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL". 01:39:03 - CU TILT DOWN WHITE MING FUR CAPE WITH TUXEDO FRONT MODELLED BY JANE LINDE. 01 39 -- CU WHITE ERMINE HALO AND JACKET MODELLLED BY JERRI CAMERON. HALO BECOMES COLLAR OR AN ASCOT. MODEL JANE LINDE SHOWS ANOTHER CREATION BY ROSE FURMAN 01:40:14 - "HAVIN' FUN" STREET SIGNS AT CORNER: BEVERLY DRIVE" AND "SUNSET BLVD". AUTO TRAFFIC ON BUSY CORNER. 01:40:26 - CU SIGN: "NO DOGS ALLOWED IN THIS PARK, EXCEPT ON LEASH". TWENTY YEAR-OLD LOIS BUTLER, ONE OF NATION'S FINEST SOPRANOS AND ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG STARS IN HOLLYWOOD, WALKS HER DOG ON PATH IN PARK TOWARDS CAMERA. PALM TREES IN BKGD 01:40:44 - CU LOIS SQUATS DOWN, GETS FACE TO FACE WITH HER DOG "TRIEVE" WHO LICKS HER HAND. GETS UP & WALKS DOWN PATH TOWARDS CAMERA. PRETTY, BRIGHT, BLONDE, LOIS SINGS ON TELEVISION, RADIO, AND ON CAPITOL RECORDS. MARRIED TO WRITER, HALL BARTLET. 01:41:40 - LOIS TAKES SEAT ON LOW WALL ALONG LAKE. HER LARGE COLLIE? DOG CUDDLES UP TO HER. CU DOG. CU LOIS WAVES TO CAMERA. 01:42:10 - "BEHIND THE SCENES" ROAD SIGN: "PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY". PICTURESQUE SCENES, BEACH WITH PACIFIC WAVES CRASHING ONTO ROCK FORMATIONS A FEW MILES FROM HOLLYWOOD. 01:42:23 - PAN WAVES CRASHING AGAINST LARGE ROCKS TO MODEL- STARLET BARBARA FREEKING POSING "CHEESECAKE" FOR "MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE" PHOTOGRAPHER, CHARLIE RHODES. 01:42:38 - BARBARA TRIES HARD TO TAKE "CHEESECAKE" POSE IN SWIM SUIT ON ROCKS ALONG SHORE ON COLD MORNING. RUBS HER HANDS AND SHOULDERS BEFORE TAKING POSE OBVIOUSLY FORCING HERSELF TO LOOK NORMAL. CU CHARLIE NODS APPROVAL. 01:42:49 - CU BARBARA'S PET POODLE, GETS TO WEAR SWEATER AS HE WATCHES ON LEASH. 01:43:04 - BARBARA, SHOWING HER REACTION TO COLD, IS HELPED OFF ROCKS BY CHARLIE AS SHE TAKES BREAK. QUICKLY PUTS COAT. SITS ON BLANKET IN SAND. PUTS ON FUR LINED BOOTIES, WRAPS HERSELF IN BLANKET. POURS HERSELF CUP OF HOT COFFEE FROM THERMOS. CU BARBARA SHIVERS AS SHE DRINKS. PETS HER SMALL POODLE. 01:43:49 - CU PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLIE RHODES CUPS HIS HAND TO MOUTH TO CALL BARBARA BACK FOR MORE SHOTS. WAVES FOR HER TO COME BACK. 01:44:07 - BARBARA TAKES HER LAST SIP, REMOVES BOOTIES, COAT AND SHIVERINGLY WALKS OUT TO ROCKS. TIP TOES INTO THE ICY WATER AND ONTO ROCKS. GRUDGINGLY POSES "CHEESECAKE". 01:44:41 - CU RHODES GESTURES WITH FINGER, "ONE MORE". CAMERA SHIVERS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6959