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Hollywood

On set and behind the scenes with the most important actors and directors of this historic period of filmmaking.

Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman on a specially constructed set at Paramount during filming of The Graduate, 1967.
Audrey on the Studio Phone
Katharine Ross and Dustin Hoffman running away from the church at the end of The Graduate, Paramount Studios, 1967.
Vincent Price sitting in the sun in his Beverly Hills home, 1958.
Elizabeth Taylor on the Warner Bros. set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1965.
Jimmy Durante, aka The Great Schnozzola, at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, 1955.
Audrey Hepburn, Studio Car
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Director Otto Preminger showing Kim Novak how to play the scene with Frank Sinatra on The Man with the Golden Arm, RKO Studios, 1955.
Jack Lemmon quietly smokes his cigar on the Columbia Studios set of Luv, 1966.
John Wayne, LIFE Magazine Cover 1971
Sophia Loren surrounded by other actresses' dress forms in the Paramount Studios Wardrobe Department, 1958.
Kim Novak on the RKO set of The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955
Kim Novak on the Columbia Studios set of The Notorious Landlady, 1961.
Jean Seberg by the banks of the Loire River in France, where she made a pilgrimmage to the places that Joan of Arc lived and died in, just before she made the film Saint Joan, 1956.
William Holden waits for his entrance on Paris When It Sizzles, Boulogne Studios, Paris, 1962.
Jean Seberg at Maxime's Restaurant in Paris during filming of Bonjour Tristesse, 1957.
Big Jay McNeely driving the crowd into a frenzy at his concert at Olympic Auditorium; Los Angeles, 1951.
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Jane Fonda resting in a New York City garment factory during shooting of "Klute," 1970.
Elvis Presley and Sophia Loren at Paramount Studios, 1958
On her first trip to Hollywood after finishing Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn is photographed in the Portrait Gallery of Paramount Studios by Bud Fraker, 1953.
James Dean, Script
Dirk Bogarde musing to himself on set of I Could Go on Singing, Shepperton Studios, UK; 1962.
Alfred Hitchcock, the famous 'profile' on the Universal Studios set of Marnie, 1964.
Vincente Minnelli and Gene Kelly discuss the placement of dancers on Brigadoon while MGM stills man Eric Carpenter takes a 3D picture for the directors, 1954.
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Deliciously attractive Natalie Wood in rehearsal on The Great Race, Warner Bros., 1964.
Blake Edwards, Pie Throw
Richard Burton in his 20th Century Fox Studios dressing room during the filming of The Desert Rats, 1953.
Director Otto Preminger with Denys Coop holding viewfinder on set of Saint Joan, 1957.
Barbra Streisand in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, 1963.
Barbra Streisand sitting on her husband Elliott Gould's shoulders in the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, 1963.
Rock Hudson trying to type in his trailer, but the fans are a bit distracting. On location in Grado, Italy for A Farewell to Arms, 1957.
Audrey Hepburn in her hotel room in L.A., on her first trip to Hollywood after filming Roman Holiday, 1953.
Jean Seberg reading paper in bed, during filming of Bonjour Tristesse in France, 1957.
Chet Baker after a recording session with Gerry Mulligan, Los Angeles, 1953.
Louis Armstrong on the stairs at MGM between takes on High Society, 1956.
Elizabeth Taylor on the MGM set of Raintree County, 1956.
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Katharine Hepburn on set of The Lion in Winter at Ardmore Studios, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1967.
Goldie Hawn on Columbia Studios set of Cactus Flower, 1969.
Audrey Hepburn portrait as Eliza on Warner Bros. set of My Fair Lady, 1963.
Michael Caine on Universal Studios set for Gambit, 1965.
Sean Connery on set of Hitchcock's Marnie at Universal Studios, 1964.
Director George Cukor gives Judy Garland the "word" on a deserted sound stage during A Star Is Born, 1954.
Close portrait of Lee Marvin on set of Raintree County in Danville, KY, 1956.
Julie Christie on location in San Francisco for Petulia, 1967.
Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift dance in rehearsal on the MGM set of Raintree County, 1956.
Peter O'Toole hand gesture
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Humphrey Bogart, one of the most memorable faces in the history of cinema, portrayed as Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny, Columbia Studios, 1953.
Kirk Douglas stands out of the studio lights on the Columbia Studios set of The Juggler,1952.
Jason Robards on set of Tender is the Night, 20th Century Fox, 1961.
Bob Mitchum Agents Office
Judy Garland on the partially lit set of the London Palladium during filming of I Could Go on Singing, 1962.
James Dean sitting in the shadows on the Warner Bros. set of Rebel Without a Cause, 1955.
Judy Garland on the Warner Bros. set of A Star Is Born, 1954.
Audrey Hepburn rehearses the Loverly number with playback on the Warner Bros. set of My Fair Lady, 1963.
Oliver Reed on location in St. Tropez for The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, 1969.
Audrey, Nightgown
Audrey and Bill Holden
Mike Nichols,  Elizabeth Taylor, Dressing Room
Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr, Beach
Louis Armstrong, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby
Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Pillow Talk
Steve McQueen
Liz Taylor, Marlene Dietrich
Clint Eastwood, portait
Brando Sings
Marlon Brando, Michael Kidd, Dance
Marlon Brando, Michael Kidd, Jump
Dorothy Dandridge, On Set
Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin, Smoke
Dean Martin, Blackjack
Audrey Hepburn & Ip, Market
Jean Seberg with Tang Horse
Tony Curtis Pipe
Silvana Mangano, Shadows
Sir John Gielgud as the Earl of Warwick during filming of Saint Joan at Shepperton Studios, U.K., 1957.
Shirley MacLaine, Mirror
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Bottle Smash
Sinatra, Script
Frank Sinatra, Divorce Sign
Richard Burton, CU Portrait
Vidor, Hudson
Audrey, Cukor, Covent Garden Set
Billy Wilder, Office
Richard Lester On Set
David Lean Portrait
Mickey Rooney and his son Teddy jumping for joy on the MGM lot in Culver City, 1958.
Audrey Hepburn, Little Black Dress
Danny Kaye, Modern Dance
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Richard Burton fishing with daughter Kate
Humphrey Bogart, Balloon
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Audrey Hepburn, Ladder
Pier Angeli, Kirk Douglas
Liv Ullmann
Gene Hackman
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Kevin Kline, Nap
Anne Bancroft, Seated
Katherine Ross, Portrait
Anne Bancroft, Blinds
Dustin Hoffman, Boxers
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Lee J. Cobb sitting on the lunar landscape location of MGM's Green Mansions, 1958.
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