- Title: V-6961
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: THE REAL BEHIND THE SCENES HOLLYWOOD, CIRCA 1951. CU SIGN: "HANCOCK PARK, LA BREA PITS". VARIOUS SCENES LA BREA TAR PITS WITH WESTERN STAR TIM MCCOY. FOSSILS FOUND IN PITS, EXPLAINED TO BOY BY MCCOY; BELAIRE HOME OF HAZEL BROOKS, WIFE OF HOLLYWOOD ART DIRECTOR CEDRIC GIBBONS, ACTRESS IN JOHN GARFIELD FILM, "BODY AND SOUL". WITH HER SHELL COLLECTION AT POOL-SIDE. HAT FASHIONS MODELLED, FUNNY HATS; TENNIS STAR "GUSSIE" MORAN MODELS OUTFIT, PLAYS TENNIS. WALTER LANTZ, CREATOR OF "WOODY WOODPECKER", AT HIS CARTOON STUDIO. SHOWS HOW ANIMATIONS ARE DONE.
- Description:01:56:22 - CU STREET SIGN: "WILSHIRE BLVD." ANOTHER SIGN: HANCOCK PARK, LA BREA PITS". MLS PAN OF FAMED LA BREA TAR PITS, AT BOTTOM OF WHICH BONES OF PRE-HISTORIC FOSSILS OF SEVERAL EXTINCT ANIMALS SPECIES WERE FOUND, INCLUDING SABER-TOOTHED TIGER. 01:56:46 - COLONEL TIM MCCOY IN HIS COWBOY OUTFIT HE USES IN WESTERN MOVIES, SHOWS YOUNG BOY AROUND THE SITE. CU EIGHT YEAR-OLD BRAD GRAVER, LISTENS AS MCCOY TELLS HIM ABOUT THE SITE, SHOWS HIM STATUES OF PRE-HISTORIC ANIMALS FOUND IN PITS. CU FACE SHOT MCCOY AS HE TALKS TO BOY. 01:57:18 - MCCOY AND BOY, BACKS TO CAMERA, LOOK AT STATUES OF TWO GIANT TIGERS PERCHED ON ROCK. TIGERS, CAMELS, BISON, WILD HORSES AND SABER-TOOTH TIGER, WERE TRAPPED IN THE OIL ALONG WITH MANY OTHER ANIMALS. THIRTY YEARS AGO THEIR SKELETONS WERE FOUND BY SCIENTISTS AT DEPTH OF FOUR TO TWENTY FEET. 01:57:39 - MCCOY AND BRAD IN BKGD, PERUSE STATUE OF SABER-TOOTH TIGER IN FRGD. CU CEMENT LIKENESS OF GIANT GROUND SLOTH ARE SHOWN TO BRAD BY COLONEL MCCOY. HUGE STATUE OF GRIZZLY BEAR. MCCOY, ARM AROUND BRAD'S SHOULDER, BACKS TO CAMERA, POINTS TO BEAR STATUE IN FRONT OF THEM. CU FACE SHOT TIM MCCOY 01:58:49 - BRAD ASKS TO SEE COLONEL TIM MCCOY'S GUN. CU MCCOY SITS AND TAKES OUT HIS GUN, SHOWS IT TO BOY. 01:59:19 - "AT HOME". AERIAL PAN OF FABULOUS KIDNEY-SHAPED SWIMMING POOL IN BACK YARD OF HOME ON A HILL IN FASHIONABLE BELAIRE. GLAMOUR QUEEN-ACTRESS HAZEL BROOKS, WIFE OF HOLLYWOOD ART DIRECTOR CEDRIC GIBBONS, SITS ON PATIO CHAIR, READING BOOK ABOUT SEA SHELLS OF WHICH SHE IS AVID COLLECTOR. 01:59:42 - HAZEL PICKS UP ONE OF HER SHELLS, COMPARES IT WITH DESCRIPTION IN BOOK. CU FACE SHOT HAZEL AS SHE EXAMINES SHELL IN HER HAND, PAN TO HER COLLECTION OF SHELLS ON PATIO TABLE. 02:00:40 - CU HAZEL PUCKERS HER LIPS TO WHISTLE. HER TWO SCOTTY DOGS, "CHOPPER" AND "CHESTER" PLAYFULLY APPROACH HER. THEY STAND ON HIND LEGS TO BEG FOR MORSELS OF FOOD SHE FEEDS THEM. 02:01:33 - "FASHIONS". HAT FASHIONS BY DESIGNER "YAR". YAR SHOWS HOW HE TURNS HAT A BRIM BRIM INTO SEVERAL CREATIVE HAT STYLES. 02:01:34 - CU SIGN ON STORE AWNING, "THE TOWN HOUSE". CU FACE SHOT OF FAMOUS MALE HAT DESIGNER "YAR". YAR STANDS OVER MODEL DIANE MILLER SEATED WITH BRIM OF HAT ON HER HEAD. HAT TAKES THE BRIM, TWISTS, MANIPULATES IT, PLACES BACK ON MILLERS' HEAD, ADDS A FEW FEATHERS, MAKES STYLISH HAT OUT OF IT. 02:02:13 - CU WITH BRIM BENT TO A POINT IN FRONT, YAR ADDS NET, TIES A BOW IN IT AND MAKES ANOTHER STYLISH MODEL. 02:02:13 - CU YAR PLACES MESH NET OVER MILLER'S FACE, AND HEAD, ADDS THE BRIM OVER IT, LIFTS IT FROM FACE, MANIPULATES IT OVER THE BRIM, CREATES ANOTHER GREAT STYLE HAT. CU YAR SMILES. 02:02:34 - "HAVIN' FUN". SPORTS. FASHIONS. VARIOUS SCENES OF GLAMOUR QUEEN OF THE WORLD TENNIS COURT, GORGEOUS "GUSSIE" MORAN, PRACTICES HER GAME OF TENNIS, SHOWS HER NEW TENNIS OUTFIT 02:02:39 - MORAN RUNS OUT ONTO TENNIS COURT, PLACES BALL, TENNIS RACKET ON CHAIRS, TAKES OF HER JACKET, MODELS HER NEW OUTFIT FROM "DIANE" OF HOLLYWOOD. CU TILT UP FROM FEET TO SMILING FACE. CU SMALL TENNIS RACKET AND FLOWERS, EMBROIDERY ON HER SHORTS. MORAN TURNS, SHOWS BACK IN "CHEESECAKE" POSE. TILT DOWN. "GUSSIE" FIRST STARTLED THE TENNIS WORLD BY WEARING LACE PANTIES AT WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND. 02:03:41 - MORAN RUNS ONTO COURT SHOWS HER TENNIS STYLE. 02:03:53 - TWO MEN, TWO WOMEN SEATED AT COURT SIDE WATCHING GUSSIE PLAY. WOMEN'S HEADS FOLLOW BALL BACK AND FORTH. MENS HEADS FOLLOW GUSSIE UP AND DOWN. 02:04:06 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". CU MOVIE TITLE: "A WALTER LANTZ CARTOON", STARRING "WOODY WOODPECKER", "COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR". CARDBOARD CARTOON FIGURE, WOODY WOODPECKER, TILT DOWN TO WALTER LANTZ, BACK TO CAMERA, SEATED AT DRAWING BOARD, DOING CARTOON SKETCH OF WOODY. CU FACE SHOT, LANTZ, SMILING AT HIS WORK. 02:04:29 - CU LANTZ DRAWING WOODY, AS SEEN FROM OVER HIS SHOULDER 02:05:05 - CU LANTZ SHOWS HOW ANIMATED CARTOONS ARE MADE. BY TAKING A STACK OF DRAWINGS AND FLIPPING THE EDGE, GETS ALLUSION OF WOODY WOODPECKER IN MOTION. IT TAKES 10,000 DRAWINGS TO DO A SIX MINUTE REEL. 02:05:23 - CU LANTZ PLACES CELLOPHANE OVER DRAWING, INKS IN THE COLORS ON THE CELLOPHANE, CELLOPHANE DRAWINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED BY CAMERA OPERATED BY WILLIAM BRASNER. DRAWING ARE SUPER-IMPOSED ONTO REQUIRED BACKGROUND. ONE-BY-ONE THEY ARE PHOTOGRAPHED BY BRASNER, WHO OPERATES CAMERA WITH FOOT LEVER. 02:06:08 - LANTZ TAKES FIRST LOOK AT COMPLETED WORK OVER A MOVIEOLA, A MINIATURE THEATER IN WHICH THE FILM CAN BE STOPPED AT ANY TIME FOR MARKING SCENES. CU LANTZ, BACK TO CAMERA, SEES THE ANIMATION ON TINY SCREEN OF MOVIOLA. CU VIEW OF ANIMATION 02:06:35 - LANTZ POSES TRIUMPHANTLY, WITH ARM AROUND SHOULDER OF CARDBOARD FIGURE OF WOODY WOODPECKER, AS HE HOLDS 16MM FILM CAN IN HAND 02:07:03 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6961