This is a follow-up to “On Set, Off Camera,” posted on April 2, 2018, which can be accessed here,  and more recently “On Set, Off Camera Redux,” posted on August 13, 2023, which can be accessed here. They mainly consisted of shots of actors caught in off-camera moments during the making of a movie. They included directors as well as actors, sometimes off-set, at home and elsewhere. I’ve continued that here. Some of these are candid and some are staged promotional photos. But as before, I think they’re all interesting.

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Below, Marlon Brando and director Elia Kazan during the making of Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and below that, Brando and Vivian Leigh, also during Streetcar.

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On the set of Chinatown (1974), with Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, James Hong (with arms folded), and director Roman Polanski.

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Omar Sharif and director David Lean during the making of Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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Director Sam Peckinpah and William Holden during the shooting of The Wild Bunch (1969).

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Director Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel during the making of Mean Streets (1973), followed by Scorsese and De Niro during Taxi Driver (1976).

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Al Pacino and Christopher Walken in younger days.

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Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster and John Garfield, followed by a shot of Donald O’Connor, Kelly, and a visiting Fred Astaire on the set of Singin’ in the Rain (1952).

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Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Rear Window (1954), with James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

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Hitchcock with Kim Novak during the making of Vertigo (1958).

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Tony Perkins and Janet Leigh at lunch with Hitchcock during Psycho (1960).

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On set with Godzilla (1954) during a break from destroying Tokyo.

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Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters during The Night of the Hunter (1955).

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James Cagney, William Powell, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, and Jack Lemmon during the making of Mr. Roberts (1955).

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Walter Huston, Tim Holt, director John Huston, and someone I can’t identify during the making of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). **** Since posting this, I’ve learned that the man on the right is Jack Holt, Tim’s father. He has an uncredited part in this film; others include Cat People (1942) and They Were Expendable (1945).

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Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney looking very dapper as they pretend to look over scripts.

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Mrs. Charles Boyer, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, and Myrna Loy, possibly in the studio cafeteria or at a nightclub.

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Fred McMurray with Barbara Stanwyck and director Billy Wilder during the making of Double Indemnity (1944).

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James Stewart, director John Ford, and John Wayne in a promotional shot for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962).

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Boris Karloff getting a civilized tea break during the shooting of The Mummy (1932).

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Julie Adams being treated for an injury during the making of The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Looking on are concerned co-stars Richard Carlson, Richard Denning (kneeling), and the Creature itself. I don’t know who is on the other side of Carlson. Possibly director Jack Arnold.

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Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan during the making of The Wild Bunch (1969).

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Leonard Nimoy in full Spock regalia ready to beam up with a 1970 GTO.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and director James Cameron during Terminator 2 (1992).  I have no idea why Arnold is holding a small child, or who the guy is holding a teddy bear at left, though he might be Arnold’s stunt double.

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Yul Brynner photographing Charlton Heston during The Ten Commandments (1956). Apparently Yul took a lot of pictures on set.

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I’ll close with this shot of Chuck and Stephen Boyd during the making of Ben Hur (1959). I think the idea had been to use Vespa scooters instead of horses for the climactic chariot race in order to save money, but wiser heads prevailed.

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My recap of what I saw at this year’s New York Film Festival should have appeared before this post. Life and other distractions, but mainly procrastination, have delayed it. I should finish it shortly. Stay tuned. In the meantime, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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