This is the ninth edition of “On Set, Off Camera.” As with previous editions, it consists mainly of shots of actors and directors caught in off-camera moments during the making of a movie, sometimes off-set, at home and elsewhere. Some of these are candid and some are obviously posed, but I think they’re all interesting.

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Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.

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Stephen Spielberg during Lincoln (2012).

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Cinematographer Sven Nykvist and Ingmar Bergman.

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Krzysztof Kieslowski’s grave.

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Hitchcock on a Train.

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James Wong Howe (1899-1976), one of Hollywood’s greatest cinematographers. Just a few of his credits include The Thin Man (1934), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Hud (1963), Hombre (1967), and Funny Lady (1976). In the shot below, Howe is behind the camera on the set of The Alaskan (1924). The third shot below shows Howe with director John Frankenheimer while shooting Seconds (1966).

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Jean-Luc Godard (left), Bernardo Bertolucci (right)

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Stanley Kubrick, probably while making Full Metal Jacket.

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John Cassavetes

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Sean Connery takes a look during the making of Goldfinger (1964).

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Angie Dickinson and Dean Martin while making Rio Bravo (1959).

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Kubrick with Steadicam inventor and operator Garrett Brown in the maze for The Shining (1980).

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Werner Herzog slates his own shots, Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Rescue Dawn (2006).

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François Truffaut and Jeanne Moreau at left, with Jacqueline Bisset on Day for Night (1973) at right, and biking with Jean-Pierre Léaud below.

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Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich. Below this photo is Dietrich in Monte Carlo, 1956.

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Beautiful shot of Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina. Below that, a few years later.

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Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda.

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Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

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Stanley Kubrick barefoot, probably while making Spartacus. Below that, apparently unwrapping presents.

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Kubrick on set during  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

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Luchino Visconti and Burt Lancaster, probably during The Leopard (1963).

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Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman.

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Ingrid Thulin with Bergman while making The Silence (1963).

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Bergman and Ullmann on Fårö island.

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Bergman with his son and home movie camera. The woman on the swing is unidentified.

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Bergman kicking off.

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Fellini with Stephen Spiellberg.

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Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese at the time of their anthology film, New York Stories (1989). Each director made an episode.

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Coppola, Mel Brooks, Jean-Luc Godard. I wonder how this happened.

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Guillermo del Toro, Martin Scorsese, Agnès Varda, Robert De Niro. Interesting group.

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Roman Polanski at the First New York Film Festival in 1963 when his feature Knife in the Water was shown.

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Marilyn Monroe waiting on a hot dog line in 1957. Looks like New York City. One woman is agog at Marilyn’s presence, an understandable reaction.

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Jean Seberg.

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Grace Kelly, hair test for Dial M for Murder (1954).

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Two versions of Claudia Cardinale, the first with Luchino Visconti at a formal event, the second just hanging out. I know which one I prefer.

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Yul Brynner, cool as always.

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I realized I had too much material for one post, so this will be continued in Part Two. Meanwhile, here’s the Gill Man to take us out. This was probably during the making of the first Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). And away we go! — Ted Hicks

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P.S. Previous posts in this series can be accessed here:

On Set, Off Camera – https://tdhicks.com/2018/04/02/on-set-off-camera/

On Set, Off Camera Redux – https://tdhicks.com/2023/08/14/on-set-off-camera-redux/

On Set, Off Camera Continues – https://tdhicks.com/2023/10/31/on-set-off-camera-continues/

On Set, Off Camera Lives Again! – https://tdhicks.com/2024/01/08/on-set-off-camera-lives-again/

On Set, Off Camera – Chapter Five – https://tdhicks.com/2024/02/24/on-set-off-camera-chapter-five/

On Set, Off Camera – Chapter Six – https://tdhicks.com/2024/04/30/on-set-off-camera-chapter-six/

On Set, Off Camera – Chapter Seven – https://tdhicks.com/2024/05/31/on-set-off-camera-chapter-seven/

On Set, Off Camera – Chapter Eight – https://tdhicks.com/2024/09/10/on-set-off-camera-chapter-eight/

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