- Title: V-6963
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: BELAIRE COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE, CIRCA 1951. FILM STAR DENNIS O'KEEFE ON THE LINKS; HOME OF CHARLES LAUGHTON AND WIFE ELSA LANCHESTER. ELSA ON LAWN WITH PET CAT. BRUSHES CAT, READS MOVIE TRADE PAPER. DESIGNER GAFTNER SPONSORS 1890'S BATHING SUIT DISPLAY. STREET SIGN: "SUNSET BLVD. AND STREET. ACTRESS MARIE WINDSOR SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS; PROP MAN IRVING SINDLER AT SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS, SHOWS KNIFE TRICKS USED IN MOVIES. TRICKS SHOWN, EXPLAINED.
- Description:02:14:57 - "SPORTS". GOLF. VARIOUS SCENES MOVIE ACTOR DENNIS O'KEEFE GOING OUT ONTO BELAIRE COUNTRY CLUB GOLF LINKS FOR PRACTICE ROUND OF GOLF, FOR BIG MONDAY MORNING MATCH, WITH HIS CADDY. 02:14:59 - BELAIRE COUNTRY CLUB. MS ACTOR DENNIS O'KEEFE WALKS OUT OF TO THE LINKS, FOLLOWED BY CADDY, WALLY. FACE SHOT, O'KEEFE ADJUSTS GLOVE, REACHES FOR CLUB AS HE ASKS CADDIES ADVISE. DENNIS TAKES PRACTICE SWING. 02:15:59 - WALLY MAKES GESTURES WITH ARM INDICATING DENNIS' IMPROPER SWING. DENNIS HITS. CU EXPRESSION OF AWE ON CADDIES FACE. CU DENNIS EXPRESSES SATISFACTION, STICKS OUT HIS TONGUE AT CADDY. THE TWO WALK OFF TO NEXT SHOT, TOWARDS CAMERA. 02:17:02 - "AT HOME". HOME OF ACTORS MARRIED COUPLE CHARLES LAUGHTON AND ELSA LANCHESTER, IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. VARIOUS SCENES ELSA LANCHESTER OUTSIDE PALATIAL HOME WITH HER CAT. 02:17:30 - ELSA WALKS DOWN STEPS OF HOME FOLLOWED BY HER CAT. SHE SITS ON STEPS, BRUSHES DOWN HER PET CAT "CAMILLE". 02:17:46 - CU ELSA TAKES CAT, WRAPS IT AROUND HER NECK LIKE FUR COLLAR. CAT QUIETLY SUBMITS. CU FACE SHOTS OF ELSA, CAT. 02:18:20 - CU ELSA PERUSES THE MORNING MOVIE TRADE NEWSPAPER. CU ELSA LAUGHS AT WHAT SHE READS. CU OTHER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 02:19:18 - "FASHIONS". DESIGNER GAFTNER CELEBRATES HIS SEVENTY- FIFTH ANNIVERSARY WITH MODELS JOANNE EVANS AND STEPHANIE HANSEN MODELLING 1876 BATHING SUITS 02:19:23 - CU FEET OF MODEL JOANNE EVANS SHUFFLING ALONG IN 1876 BATHING SUIT, WHICH COVERS ENTIRE BODY, TIGHTENS AROUND THIGHS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO WALK. JOANNE STOPS BY SWIMMING POOL, MODELS SUIT WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT TWENTY POUNDS WHEN WET. 02:19:59 - MODEL STEPHANIE HANSEN MODELS ANOTHER VINTAGE SUIT. MAN SEATED IN CHAIR BY POOL LOOKS ON, IS NOT IMPRESSED BY SUIT 02:20:11 - MS STEPHANIE LIFTS SKIRT OF SUIT SHOWING PANTALOONS UNDERNEATH. 02:20:19 - STEPHANIE COMES OUT TO [POOL SIDE WEARING MODERN TWO PIECE BATHING. CU MAN SEATED NEARBY GETS EXCITED, LOOKS AT STEPHANIE THROUGH BINOCULARS. CU TILT DOWN BATHING SUIT, MODEL REMOVES STRAP FROM TOP, MAKING SUIT STRAPLESS. SHE PULLS ON TIES ON EACH SIDE OF TRUNKS, MAKING THE SUIT BIKINI-LIKE. 02:21:24 - "ON THE BOULEVARD". CU STREET SIGN: "SUNSET BOULEVARD". AUTO TRAFFIC ON SUNSET BOULEVARD, TOWARDS CAMERA, PAN TO AUTOS AT CURB AND A NUMBER OF FASCINATING SHOPS, ONE OF WHICH ACTRESS MARIE WINDSOR EXITS, WITH GIFT PACKAGE IN HAND. SHE PLACES GIFT ON SEAT OF CONVERTIBLE AUTO, IS CONFRONTED WITH AUTOGRAPH SEEKER. CU SIGNS AUTOGRAPH. CU FACE SHOT MARIE WINDSOR. 02:22:25 - MARIE WINDSOR GETS INTO HER RACY CONVERTIBLE, A CUSTOM BUILT "MUNTZ JET". THE FIRST SPORTS CAR MANUFACTURED IN U.S. HIGH ANGLE MARIE, BACK TO CAMERA, AT THE WHEEL. SPORTS CAR ROLLS AWAY FROM CURB TOWARDS CAMERA. MLS AUTO, MOVING AWAY FROM CAMERA JOINS TRAFFIC DOWN SUNSET BOULEVARD. 02:22:43 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". SIGN: "SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS". 02:22:51 - PROP MAN IRVING SINDLER, STANDING, READING AGAINST WALL OF BUILDING, IS APPROACHED BY MAN WHO PLUNGES DAGGER SEVERAL TIMES INTO SINDLER'S BACK. NO REACTION FROM SINDLER. CU BOTH SMILE AS SINDLER DEMONSTRATES TRICK KNIFE WHOSE BLADE SPRINGS BACK INTO HANDLE. 02:23:06 - IN ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION, SINDLER, BACK TO CAMERA RAISES DAGGER ONCE, TWICE, THEN THROWS IT AT MAN STANDING ALONGSIDE DOOR. KNIFE NARROWLY MISSES THE MAN'S FACE. SINDLER SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE. 02:23:26 - CU MAN WATCHES KNIFE STUCK IN DOOR ALONGSIDE, AS IT RETRACTS, DISAPPEARS, INTO THE DOOR. CU MECHANISM BEHIND DOOR PUSHES DUPLICATE KNIFE INTO PLACE MAKING IT "APPEAR" AT SAME TIME AS KNIFE IS THROWN BY SHINDLER. IN FACT, SHINDLER THROWS KNIFE TO GROUND AT EXACT MOMENT KNIFE "APPEARS IN DOOR. 02:23:37 - CU SPECIAL EFFECTS MAN RALPH TERINIK, SHOWS MECHANISM. CU KNIFE IS LOADED, THEN SHOT FORWARD BY HEAVY RUBBER BAND. 02:24:35 - CU SINDLER, WEARING TRICK GLASSES, WINKS ONE OF HIS "BIG" EYES AT CAMERA. 02:24:51 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6963