- Title: V-6965
- Summary: HOLLYWOOD REEL: ACTRESS, COMEDIENNE, EVE ARDEN AT HOME WITH DAUGHTERS CONNIE AND LIZA. CIRCA, 1951 HOLLYWOOD; HAL ROACH STUDIOS IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA. HAL ROACH, JR. PRODUCES FOR TELEVISION. HAL JR. AT THE STUDIO, CONVERTS STUDIO FROM FILM TO TELEVISION PRODUCING. MAKE-UP MAN ABE HABERMAN. SHOT OF THE HAL ROACH STUDIO, BACK LOT. WRITER ARNOLD BELGARD; LOS ANGELES TOWN HOUSE. BRENTWOOD VILLAGE COUNTRY MART, FREQUENTED BY MOVIE STARS. SUSAN MORROW AND RODDY MACDOWELL GO SHOPPING. HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL EFFECTS MEN RALPH PERANAY AND IRVING SINDLER, DEMONSTRATE SPECIAL EFFECTS WINE GLASS TRICK DESIGNED BY PERANAY. GAG FIRST USED IN CARY GRANT MOVIE "THE BISHOP'S WIFE".
- Description:02:37:28 - "AT HOME". PAN HIGH ANGLE HOLLYWOOD SKYLINE, MOVIE AND GLAMOUR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, AS SEEN FROM FRONT PORCH OF HOME ON HOLLYWOOD HILLSIDE, OF MOVIE- TELEVISION-RADIO ACTRESS-COMEDIENNE EVE ARDEN. 02:37:35 - EVE ARDEN WALKS ON HER PORCH, HAND AND HAND WITH THREE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CONNIE, SHOWS HER GRAND VIEW OF CITY BELOW. CU FACE SHOT OF EVE AND CONNIE. 02:37:48 - HIGH ANGLE ARDEN'S SIX YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LIZA WAVES TO EVE AND CONNIE IN FRGD, FROM POOLSIDE, AS SEEN FROM PORCH. CU LIZA WAVING. EVE, CONNIE WALK DOWN STEPS TO JOIN LIZA AT POOLSIDE. 02:38:45 - CU EVE HUGGING CONNIE, REMOVES CONNIE'S SOCKS, SITS HER BY POOL EDGE, DANGLES HER FEET IN POOL. LIZA JUMPS IN, SWIMS AROUND. EVE'S PET DACHSHUND DOG WALKS BY. 02:39:35 - "AROUND THE LOT". VARIOUS SCENES OF THIRTY-THREE YEAR-OLD HAL ROACH, JR., SON OF MOVIE PIONEER HAL ROACH, SPENDS BUSY DAY ON STUDIO BACK LOT, WHICH HE USES FOR TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS. 02:39:45 - PAN FAMOUS MOVIE STUDIO BUILDINGS, ONCE THE HOME OF OUR GANG COMEDIES, LAUREL AND HARDY AND CHARLIE CHASE. 02:39:48 - HAL ROACH JR. EXITS BUILDING LEADING TO BACK LOT IS STOPPED BY SECRETARY EDITH UDELL WHO HAS HIM SIGN PAPERS. HAL, JR. IS FIRST PRODUCER TO MAKE HOUR-LONG MOVIE, "THE THREE MUSKETEERS", ESPECIALLY FOR TELEVISION. 02:40:18 - HAL IS STOPPED NEAR SOUND STAGE BY MAKE-UP MAN ABE HABERMAN, WHO HANDS HAL A WIG FOR APPROVAL. HAL, JR. WALKING ACROSS BACK LOT, CONTAINING SET OF SMALL TOWN. 02:41:07 - HAL IS CONFRONTED BY WRITER ARNOLD BELGARD WHO DISCUSSES SCRIPT WITH HAL. 02:41:27 - "FASHIONS". COLLAPSIBLE ACCESSORIES BY LUCIENNE HARANG. CU AWNING WITH SIGN: "THE TOWN HOUSE". IN LOS ANGELES. 02:41:38 - MODEL LILLIAN CASSEN SHOWS CLEAR SEE-THROUGH PLASTIC HANDBAG CONTAINING A NUMBER OF COLLAPSIBLE ITEMS, SEVERAL HEADWEAR ITEMS, SEVERAL STYLISH GLOVES, SLIPPERS OF VARIOUS COLORS. AND A PAIR OF SPATS TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF HER SHOES. ALL MODELLED BY LILLIAN. 02:43:32 - "HAVIN' FUN". VARIOUS SCENES OF FORMER CHILD STAR, NOW TWENTY-THREE YEAR-OLD ACTOR RODDY MCDOWELL AND STARLET SUSAN MORROW SHOPPING AT OUTDOOR "BRENTWOOD COUNTRY MART", OPEN AIR STORES FREQUENTED BY MOVIE STARS. 02:43:37 - SIGN ON BUILDING: "BRENTWOOD COUNTRY MART", TILT DOWN TO ENTRANCE. HIGH ANGLE, PAN OPEN AIR MART, WITH FOOD COUNTER, OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLES AND UMBRELLAS, SHOPPERS. 02:43:49 - CU MONTAGE SIGNS HANGING OUTDOOR STORES: "MEN'S SHOP"; "CHILDREN'S WEAR"; "BRENTWOOD MUSIC SHOP"; HOT DOGS, HAMBURGERS, FRENCH FRIES"; "BOOTERY"; TELEVISION, RADIO, RECORDS, SALES & SERVICE"; BARBER POLE PAINTED ON PLAQUE. 02:44:02 - HIGH ANGLE ACTOR RODDY MCDOWELL EXITING MARKET WITH STARLET SUSAN MORROW, FOR WHOM HE IS ACTING AS GUIDE. POINTS TO OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST. CU FACE SHOTS OF TWO. 02:44:44 - RODDY AND SUSAN STOP AT OPEN COUNTER , ORDER TWO "CHICKEN-IN-A-BASKET". RODDY IS APPROACHED BY 10 YEAR-OLD DAVID MAYS, WHO ASKS FOR AUTOGRAPH; RODDY SIGNS. 02:45:29 - CU THE TWO SIT AT OUTDOOR TABLE, EAT CHICKEN. 02:46:00 - "BEHIND THE SCENES". VARIOUS SCENES SPECIAL EFFECTS MEN RALPH PERANAY AND IRVING SINDLER DEMONSTRATING WINE TRICK OF SELF FILLING AND EMPTYING GLASS, DESIGNED BY PERANAY. GAG WAS USED IN CARY GRANT MOVIE "BISHOP"S WIFE". 02:46:02 - CU SIGN "SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS". CU HAND POURING WINE INTO TWO GLASSES. AS SECOND GLASS IS FILLED, FIRST ONE MYSTERIOUSLY EMPTIES OUT. GLASS IS FILLED AGAIN, EMPTIES AGAIN. CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO FILL GLASS FAIL TO SUCCEED 02:46:29 - CU JUST AS GLASS IS ABOUT TO BE FILLED AGAIN, IT MIRACULOUSLY FILLS ITSELF FROM BOTTOM UP. 02:46:35 - RALPH PERANAY AND IRVING SINDLER SHOWS HOW GAG IS DONE. TRICK IS ALSO DONE WITH BOTTLE. 02:48:28 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-6965