1951HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
KIRK DOUGLAS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, CIRCA 1951. YOUNG KIRK DOUGLAS DRIVING TO HAM BURGER STAND. CAR HOP DELIVERS TO CAR. GREAT EARLY PIECE ON KIRK DOUGLAS AT BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER. PRODUCER ELLIOT NUGGENT GREETS KIRK. CU DRIVE IN BURGER RESTAURANT, CAR HOP; ACTRESS DELORES MORAN AT HOME WITH CHILD BRETT; OWNER OF FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT IN SHAPE OF HAT, BOB COBB WITH ACTRESS ANN COBB. FANCY EXPENSIVE STOCKINGS BY "WILLIS OF HOLLYWOOD" ARE MODELLED; PROP MAN IRVING SINDLER SHOWS WHY ICE CREAM DON'T MELT UNDER THE HOT LIGHTS IN MOVIE STUDIOS.
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"ON THE BOULEVARD". CU STREET SIGNS: "WILSHIRE BLVD.
AND BEVERLY DRIVE". |
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SIGN: CALIFORNIA BANK". CU A YOUNG KIRK DOUGLAS, HOLLYWOOD"S GREAT "NEW" STAR WALKS OUT OF BANK, STOPS, LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE, WALKS DOWN WILSHIRE BOULEVARD SHOPPING SECTION.
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KIRK GETS INTO HIS CAR DRIVES OFF, AND INTO A DRIVE-
IN HAMBURGER RESTAURANT. CU FACE SHOT FEMALE CAR HOP. KIRK SUMMONS CAR HOP WHO GIES HIM MENU. SHE TAKES ORDER. |
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FEMALE CAR HOP TAKES TRAY OF FOOD TO CAR ATTACHES IT TO OPEN WINDOW ON DOOR. NARRATOR JOHNSON TELLS OF KIRK'S ZOOMING CAREER AND HIM BEING UP FOR ACADEMY AWARD IN "CHAMPION".
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DIRECTOR ELLIOT NUGGENT STOPS TO SAY HELLO. CHATS WITH KIRK THROUGH OPEN CAR WINDOW. CU SHOTS. THEY SHAKE "GOODBYE". CU DOUGLAS TAKES BITE OUT OF HAMBURGER. CU SIGN: DRIVE-IN BURGERS".
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SMALL BOY RUNS UP TO DOUGLAS JUST AS CAR HOP REMOVES HIS FOOD TRAY. CU KIRK AUTOGRAPH'S PAD FOR BOY. GIVES BOY MINIATURE BASEBALL BAT. DRIVES OFF.
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| 02:28:16 186.73 |
"AT HOME". MOVIE QUEEN DELORES MORAN PUSHES CHILD BRET IN STROLLER AS PET POODLE FOLLOWS THEM ON LAWN OF HOME. DELORES, WHOSE HUSBAND IS MOVIE PRODUCER BEN BOGES (?), PUTS ON APRON KNEELS DOWN IN FRONT OF SMALL LAWN TABLE, PAINTS SMALL POTTERY AS HER SON, 18 MONTH-OLD SON BRETT WATCHES. DELORES QUIT RETIREMENT TO PLAY BURLESQUE QUEEN IN DAMON RUNYON'S FAMOUS STORY, "JOHNNY ONE-EYE".
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"NAMES IN THE NEWS". CU SIGN ON ROOF OF RESTAURANT:
"THE BROWN DERBY". FAMED HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT IN SHAPE OF HUGE DERBY. CU "THE BROWN DERBY", COOKBOOK, IN HANDS OF ACTRESS CRISTINE MILLER WHO READS RECIPE TO BOB COBB, OWNER OF RESTAURANT, WHO WEARS A CHEF'S HAT. |
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CU COBB LIGHTS "FLAMING CABBAGE" DINNER WITH MATCH, AS CRISTINE DIRECTS HIM. THE TWO TAKE A TASTE.
CRISTINE PLAYED IN MOVIES, "TOO LATE FOR TEARS" AND "I WALK ALONE". |
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BOB PLACES COOK'S HAT ON CRISTINE'S HAT, TAKES TURN IN READING RECIPE.
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"FASHIONS". HOSIERY. DESIGNER WILLIS OF HOLLYWOOD SHOWS MODELS PAT RAY AND SANDRA DAMONTE, A PAIR OF STOCKINGS HE REMOVES FROM LONG GLASS CASE, FASHIONED FOR MOVIE QUEEN AND SELLING FOR $1400. WILLIS SHOWS MODELS OTHER UNUSUAL STOCKINGS OF FINE LACE, TRIMMED WITH BEADS. WORN IN MOVIES BY JUNE HAVER, LANA TURNER, BETTY GRABLE AND OTHERS. CU VIEW OF STOCKINGS
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CU MODEL SLIPS ON JEWELED STOCKINGS WORN BY BETTY GRABLE.
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MODEL LIFTS SKIRT TO TOP OF STOCKINGS, PLACES MONEY IN SECRET HIDING PLACE IN STOCKING. CU VIEW SAME.
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| 02:34:26 556.73 |
TWO MODELS WALKING DOWN HOLLYWOOD BLVD., STOP, LIFT SKIRTS, SHOW FANCY STOCKINGS BY WILLIS.
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"BEHIND THE SCENES". SIGN: "SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS"
BECAUSE VARIOUS SCENES PROP MAN IRVING SINDLER SHOWS WHY ICE CREAM DON'T MELT UNDER HOT LIGHTS AND CALIFORNIA SUN IN MOVIES. HE USES MASHED POTATOES INSTEAD OF ICE CREAM |
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CU SINDLER MIXES BATCH OF MASHED POTATOES OUTSIDE HIS SMALL "PROP" TRAILER. HE WHIPS THEM TO RIGHT CONSISTENCY, TAKES OUT LITTLE LUMPS, SCOOPS MASHED POTATOES UP WITH ICE CREAM SCOOP, FILLS A CONE, EATS IT. NODS APPROVAL.
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TAPE ENDS.
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