Summary

HOLLYWOOD TODAY

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: HOLLYWOOD TODAY
File Number: AFP-2J 16mm; VTM-2J Beta SP; NET-143 DigiBeta (at 01:00:00:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 1928
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1928 Hollywood show business newsreel compilation. Various movie stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s, movie studio buildings, and famous Hollywood cinemas movie theaters. Movie star head shots are almost all from feature films of the era, so they may not be usable. Silent. 01:22:08:00 B W 1928 Cameraman hand-cranks movie camera he turns the camera so that its lens is directed at CAM, on-screen text of "Hollywood" comes out of the lens. He does not look through eyepiece. 01:22:39:00 B W 1928 Sprawling landcape of Hollywood, Los Angeles, POV AV. 01:23:11:00 B W 1928 "Hollywood Boulevard" street sign Hollywood Boulevard, HA Hollywood Boulevard, POV driver of moving car. 01:23:34:00 B W 1928 "Sunset Boulevard" street sign traffic on Sunset Boulevard. 01:23:48:00 B W 1928 Warner Brothers Studio building, EXT. 01:23:59:00 B W 1928 A movie studio building EXT ??? 01:24:09:00 B W 1928 Panorama of movie studio lot buildings ??? 01:24:17:00 B W 1928 Mack Senett Studios buildings, EXT. 01:24:27:00 B W 1928 Pathe Studios building, EXT. 01:24:57:00 B W 1928 A large, fancy movie theater (?), EXT. 01:25:04:00 B W 1928 Grauman's Chinese theater, TD EXT. 01:25:13:00 B W 1928 The Warner Theater, EXT marquee. 01:25:21:00 B W 1928 The Hollywood Bowl outdoor ampitheater. 01:25:40:00 B W 1928 Montmartre Cafe restaurant EXT, "Roy Fox's Orchestra" sign on marquee. 01:25:48:00 B W 1928 A once-famous Hollywood restaurant (?), EXT. 01:25:56:00 B W 1928 The Large Brown Derby restaurant, EXT. 01:26:03:00 B W 1928 The Zulu Hut restaurant, EXT. 01:26:27:00 B W 1928 Movie theater marquee: "world premiere of "Interference." 01:26:37:00 B W 1928 Movie stars celebrities (wearing fur coats and tuedos) stop to speak into microphone on sidewalk outside of gala event premiere, among them are: Dorothy Mackaill, Al Jolson, James Hall, George Bancroft, Buddy Rogers, Bebe Daniels, and Gary Cooper with Lupe Velez. 01:27:39:00 B W 1928 Front door of Christie Film Company building street scene of the Christie Film Company studio lot mogul Al Christie poses next to wall plaque commemorating his company as the first motion picture studio in Hollywood Bobby Vernon and Ann Cornwall humorously polish the plaque. 01:28:37:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Vera Steadman making a telephone call. 01:28:47:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: an excited Neal Burns wearing straw hat in back seat of a car with a woman. 01:29:04:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Natalie Joyce dressed as maid takes care of baby in bassinet carriage. 01:29:17:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: Jimmy Adams wears long, gray fake beard, fake mustache and wig which he happily removes. 01:29:35:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: Bobby Vernon & Jack Duffy in Scottish costumes, kilts. 01:29:42:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Billy Dooley dressed as Navy sailor looks in his empty wallet Dooley happily kisses woman on couch. 01:30:18:00 B W 1928 Fox Studio building, EXT. 01:30:26:00 B W 1928 Cowboy Tom Mix wearing ten-gallon hat on his horse Tony, he dismounts in front of "West Coast Studio" building. 01:30:42:00 B W 1928 Shirley Mason & Frances MacDonald on movie set, director and cameraman in FG they all confer after director yells "cut." 01:31:39:00 B W 1928 Bessie Love and Harold Goodwin relax on movie set, she sews and he plays ukulele. 01:32:17:00 B W 1928 Charles (Buck) Jones, LC Williams, Charles French and others talking and shaking hands. 01:33:02:00 B W 1928 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio buildings, POV AV. 01:33:23:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpts: Marion Davies dressed as European farm girl, CU brushing her teeth. 01:33:40:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: Lillian Gish with curled hair, CU. 01:33:50:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Antonio Moreno, he takes off his top hat. 01:33:59:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Norma Shearer smiles, hangs up candlestick telephone. 01:34:06:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Alice Terry smiling. 01:34:18:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpts: CU John Gilbert with goatee wearing Spanish court costume (from "Queen Christina") smiling Gilbert as a soldier. 01:34:32:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Renee Adoree wearing bonnet Adoree smiles with arms akimbo. 01:34:45:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Lon Chaney as a stern-faced soldier wearing peaked cap. 01:34:57:00 B W 1928 Lon Chaney wearing white eye-piece to appear one-eyed (in costume for his role as Quasimodo), makes a series of convincing facial expressions exhibiting his range of talents. Excellent shot. 01:35:28:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Joan Crawford and Charles Ray. 01:35:58:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Ramon Navarro. 01:36:06:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Claire Windsor smiling. 01:36:16:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU sad-faced William Haines wearing Navy sailor's peaked cap. 01:36:28:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Sally O'Neil. 01:36:36:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Lew Cody wearing top hat. 01:36:45:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpts: CU Eleanor Boardman ECU Boardman saying "I love you." 01:36:55:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpts: CU shots of Mae Murray. 01:37:07:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU George K Arthur wearing bow tie. 01:37:20:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Greta Garbo. 01:37:30:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Joan Crawford. 01:37:38:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: Norma Shearer and Conrad Nagel in romantic kiss and embrace. 01:38:07:00 B W 1928 EXT Warner Brothers Studio building. 01:38:35:00 B W 1928 John Barrymore smokes while talking two two men, MS. 01:38:50:00 B W 1928 Mae Marsh and William Seiter leave building together. 01:39:00:00 B W 1928 Harry Myers and Otto Hoffman. 01:39:07:00 B W 1928 Ernst Lubitsch and Monte Blue. 01:39:20:00 B W 1928 Baby Priscilla Moran waves toward CAM. 01:39:32:00 B W 1928 Marie Prevost walks arm-in-arm with friend. 01:39:40:00 B W 1928 Alice Calhoun is helped out of car Calhoun writes her name on wall next to sign that says "do not deface these walls". 01:40:00:00 B W 1928 Dolores Costello arrives at a movie theater premiere. 01:40:07:00 B W 1928 Irene Rich arrives at a movie theater premiere. 01:40:43:00 B W 1928 Universal Studio lot entarnce, main building EXT and HA panorama. 01:41:22:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: cowboy Hoot Gibson. 01:41:35:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: MS Blanche Mehaffy cuts a piece of cake in kitchen. 01:41:58:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpts: CU Fred Gilman surprised Gilman as cowboy smiles. 01:42:13:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU Laura LaPlante sighs. 01:42:32:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: MS Reginald Denny makes animated speech. 01:42:58:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: Dorothy Gulliver smiling. 01:43:07:00 B W 1928 Feature film excerpt: CU George Lewis, a friendly dog rests head on his shoulder
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