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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.
"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.
HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
b&w
1951
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