As with previous editions, this 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 are candid while some are obviously posed for promotional purposes. I’ve indicated photographer credits when I know who took the shot.

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Martin Scorsese and Isabella Rossellini, 1981. They were married from 1979 to 1982. No explanation for the helmet.

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Rossellini was in a relationship with David Lynch from 1987 to 1991, as well as acting in Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986). The carefully composed photo below left was taken by Helmet Newton, while the shot at right seems candid.

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The photo of Rossellini below is something else. It almost like it’s from an earlier historical period. Doesn’t feel American. I don’t know who shot it or when.

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Sean Connery and director John Huston during the making of The Man Who Would Be King (1975). Photo by Kathy Fields.

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Noël Coward and Ernest Hemingway during the making of Our Man in Havana (1959), directed by Carol Reed. Coward acted in the film.

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Orson Welles directing Touch of Evil (1958). Photo by Sherman Clark.

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Milos Forman directing Jack Nicholson in a scene for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).

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Humphrey Bogart and director Raoul Walsh while making High Sierra (1941).

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Two great directors: Akira Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray.

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Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly out of costume talking with director Fred Zinnemann on the set of High Noon (1952).

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The Mummy (1932). Below, Boris Karloff gets a light in what must be a colorized photo (taken by Fred Archer). Below that, the film’s director, Karl Freund, sets up a shot with Karloff.

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A young fan meets a mummy (probably Lon Chaney Jr., though could be Tom Tyler, depending on which film)  on the set of one of Universal’s mummy movies in their series in the 1940s.

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Julia Adams, off camera with the Gill Man (Ricou Browning) on a break from filming The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Browning was the Creature for all the underwater scenes. Ben Chapman donned the suit for scenes out of the water.

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Jupitor’s Darling (1955), with Esther Williams, directed by George Sidney. Apparently a sword & sandals epic set in ancient Rome.

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Jaws (1975). Photo by Louis Goldman.

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Director Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood on set, Escape from Alcatraz (1979).

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Director William Friedkin (left), Gene Hackman, and Fernando Rey on location for The French Connection (1971).

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Apocalypse Now (1979). Frederic Forrest, Martin Sheen, Francis Coppola. Photo by Steve Shapiro.

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Dennis Hopper, eyeing the camera, with Coppola on Apocalypse Now.

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Director John Huston, at left, wearing cap, and cinematographer Oswald Morris setting up a shot for Moby Dick (1956).

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Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, while making Cape Fear (1991), one of the rare misfires among Scorsese’s films, doesn’t compare well to the 1962 original. Robert Mitchum is much more effective and truly menacing in the Max Cady role, while De Niro is over the top and not at all credible. My opinion, of course.

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On set with Alien (1975). At top, tweaking the face-hugger while Tom Skerritt and others look on. Below that, Sigourney Weaver and Ian Holm between takes of beating each other up, followed by Skerritt and Veronica Cartwright just waiting. Finally, the xenomorph takes what looks like a much-needed break.

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Louis Calhern and Marlon Brando take a coffee break while shooting Julius Caesar (1953).

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Dean Martin and John Wayne cooking pasta during the making of The Sons of Katie Eder (1965).

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Paul Newman in Venice, 1963.

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Alain Delon with Monica Vitti

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Monica Vitti, 1956. Interesting reflection shot below this one.

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Alain Delon and Romy Schneider.

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Romy Schneider with son David.

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Four views of Sofia Coppola. The last one was photographed by Steven Meisel in 1992.

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Robert Redford and Max von Sydow while making Three Days of the Condor (1975).

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Director Robert Altman, on location for Vincent and Theo (1990).

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Alfred Hitchcock in Spain in 1958, promoting Vertigo at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Interesting shot, seems typical of Hitchcock, very droll.

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Director Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, doing PR for Indiscreet (1958).

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Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian shooting a making-of documentary of Full Metal Jacket (1987). Below that, Kubrick talking with actor Vincent Donofrio during filming. Both photographs were taken by actor Matthew Modine.

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Director Wim Wenders, self-portrait 1975.

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Raging Bull, 1980. Deceptive shot. Appears the cameraman has just clocked the boxer with his camera. I know Scorsese likes realism, but that would be taking things a bit too far.

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Dynamic shot on location for Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto (2006).

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Jane Fonda, student at the Actors Studio, 1960. Photo by Paul Slade.

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Brigitte Bardot, don’t know the year.

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Tilda Swinton, 1980s.

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Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo, probably while making Breathless (1960). They appear to be genuinely relaxed.

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Seberg and David Niven while making Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse (1958).

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Great photo of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. I love this shot. Below that, in their editing room.

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Claudia Cardinale, while making Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

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Cast of Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978). Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, Chuck Aspegren, John Savage, John Cazelle. Photo by Greer Cavegnaro.

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Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990). Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, Scorsese, Joe Pesci.

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Anna Magnani, reading a newspaper covering the  John F. Kennedy assssination, November 1963.

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Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman

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Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville on their wedding day, December 2, 1926.

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Jerry Lewis and Martin Scorsese, The King of Comedy (1982).

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Okay, that does it for this one. See you next time. — Ted Hicks

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