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File Name
V-0031F_008
Period
1915
Format
BetaCam SP
Length
00:04:04
Pricing
Regular rate
Timecode start:
00:18:30
Timecode stop:
00:22:34
Additional copies:
PLS16MM-1315-1_002 16mm

Master file available for standard delivery by Producers Library Team

b&w - silent film production history - narration - various stills and moving footage of silent film studios, film stars stills of Willat-Fox Studio, major Ft. Lee, New Jersey movie studio w/s still exterior studio (used by Triangle and Fox), production crew, large greenhouse style soundstage for more light still of interior studio soundstage, set during filming e/c/u still of Theda Bara , major silent star, whose real name was Theodosa Goodman, she came from Cincinnati, Ohio c/u still of vamp, Theda Bara, in Egyptian style headdress c/u still of Bara behind painted female body w/ snake tattoos or drawings on chest (only face looks real) c/u still from unknown movie, Bara lies on bed as if dead, hands crossed on chest, older woman mourns at her side c/u still and e/c/u still of Bara w/ Harry Hilliard, leading man c/u still Douglas Fairbanks in period costume, Fairbanks takes direction from director Joe Hanaberry (sp?) during making of western movie - on set still of outdoor set from Les Miserable (1916), still scene thousands of extras (largest set ever built at that time), mob scenes, various still from set of A Tale of Two Cities(Fox production in 1917), detailed sets, c/u peasants, extras, stills of street scenes - exterior light soundstage looks like huge greenhouse c/u still June Caprice (Fox star) - c/u still Tom Mix, dressed as cowboy c/u George Walsh, Fordham football star holds large dog like St. Bernard on his shoulders c/u still Virginia Pierson in article w/ photo cut outs of her house in Ft. Lee, New Jersey m/c still of aka Roscoe Arbuckle aka Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand in silent comedy scene c/u still from early Keystone comedy made at Willat Studio, c/u Mabel Norman and Mack Sennet