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Happy birthday Sofia Coppola 🎂
📷 Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur — a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman
📷 Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur — a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman
Sofia with her dad on the set of Godfather 2
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1974
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1974
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
Celebrate the Veronica Lake Centennial 🎂💯
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."
Veronica Lake was so good in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
I was absurdly pleased to find out this outfit was designed by Edith Head, who did the costumes for the film. Great shot by Talmadge Morrison, the on set still photographer
#VeronicaLake100
I was absurdly pleased to find out this outfit was designed by Edith Head, who did the costumes for the film. Great shot by Talmadge Morrison, the on set still photographer
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A lovely shot by Talmadge Morrison of Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake, in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, 1941
It must have been a relief for Edith Head to move on to this scene.
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It must have been a relief for Edith Head to move on to this scene.
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#RIP Angela Lansbury
📷 Joyce Tenneson, 2001
"Lansbury is one of the few actors it makes sense to call beloved. (Science, or at least People magazine, confirmed it in 1994 when she scored a perfect 100 on a 'lovability index.')"
- Jesse Green
📷 Joyce Tenneson, 2001
"Lansbury is one of the few actors it makes sense to call beloved. (Science, or at least People magazine, confirmed it in 1994 when she scored a perfect 100 on a 'lovability index.')"
- Jesse Green
#RIP Angela Lansbury
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1944
5 Tony Awards
18 Emmy Awards nominations
3 Academy Award nominations
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1944
5 Tony Awards
18 Emmy Awards nominations
3 Academy Award nominations
Happy birthday Denis Villeneuve 🎂
📷 Chiabella James, 2021
"Villeneuve likes to work on a large scale, but has a miniaturist’s attention to fine-grained detail, which fits for a story as equally sweeping and intricate as Dune."
- Manohla Dargis
📷 Chiabella James, 2021
"Villeneuve likes to work on a large scale, but has a miniaturist’s attention to fine-grained detail, which fits for a story as equally sweeping and intricate as Dune."
- Manohla Dargis
Chiabella James
Denis Villeneuve directs Timothée Chalamet in Dune, 2021
Denis Villeneuve directs Timothée Chalamet in Dune, 2021
Cinematographer Greig Fraser gets the shot in Denis Villeneuve's Dune, 2021
A wonderful shot by the on set still photographer Chiabella James
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A wonderful shot by the on set still photographer Chiabella James
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Remembering Howard Hawks on his birthday 🎂
📷 Ernst Haas, 1955
“In a very important way, this seeming American may have been against the grain of his time and place. That may help explain why the films grow in wonder.”
- David Thomson
📷 Ernst Haas, 1955
“In a very important way, this seeming American may have been against the grain of his time and place. That may help explain why the films grow in wonder.”
- David Thomson
Howard Hawks directs Joan Crawford & Gary Cooper on the set of Today We Live, 1933. The still photographer on this production was Frank Tanner.
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John Barrymore with Carole Lombard & director Howard Hawks on the set of Twentieth Century, 1934. The uncredited still photographer on the set was the great Bud Fraker.
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Remembering Martin Munkácsi on his birthday 🎂
📷 Self-Portrait Shooting Fashion in Long Island Sound, 1935
Richard Avedon wrote admiringly about his "photographs of falcons, camels & women striding parallel to the sea, unconcerned with his camera, freed by his dream of them."
📷 Self-Portrait Shooting Fashion in Long Island Sound, 1935
Richard Avedon wrote admiringly about his "photographs of falcons, camels & women striding parallel to the sea, unconcerned with his camera, freed by his dream of them."
Martin Munkácsi
Lucile Brokaw, Harper's Bazaar, December 1933
This is a landmark shot in the history of fashion photography. Munkácsi freed the genre from the studio; he was called "the kinetic man".
Lucile Brokaw, Harper's Bazaar, December 1933
This is a landmark shot in the history of fashion photography. Munkácsi freed the genre from the studio; he was called "the kinetic man".
Coffee with Martin Munkácsi ☕️
Having Fun at Breakfast, Berlin, c. 1933
Having Fun at Breakfast, Berlin, c. 1933
Remembering Henry Fonda on his birthday 🎂
📷 David Lees, 1955
"Our most ingratiating male star... His effortless, modulated style of acting is a minor miracle."
- Brooks Atkinson
📷 David Lees, 1955
"Our most ingratiating male star... His effortless, modulated style of acting is a minor miracle."
- Brooks Atkinson
My favourite Henry Fonda film: Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve, 1941
What a shot by on set still photographer G.E. Richardson. Look at the martini glasses in the foreground! Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, & the superb Eugene Pallette.
What a shot by on set still photographer G.E. Richardson. Look at the martini glasses in the foreground! Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, & the superb Eugene Pallette.
Henry Fonda, Terence Hill & Sergio Leone filming Tonino Valerii's My Name is Nobody, 1973.
The film was based on an idea by Leone, & he replaced Valerii on the set for a day when the director had an ear infection.
The photo is by still photographer Angel Novi
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The film was based on an idea by Leone, & he replaced Valerii on the set for a day when the director had an ear infection.
The photo is by still photographer Angel Novi
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Remembering James Mason on his birthday 🎂
📷 Lord Snowdon, 1950s
“Talent, intelligence, versatility, independence, and enterprise made Mason’s career remarkable.”
- David Thomson
📷 Lord Snowdon, 1950s
“Talent, intelligence, versatility, independence, and enterprise made Mason’s career remarkable.”
- David Thomson
Great chemistry between Christopher Plummer (Holmes) and James Mason (Watson), in one of my favourite Sherlock films, Bob Clark's Murder By Decree.
📷 Kent Gavin, 1978
📷 Kent Gavin, 1978
Max Ophüls directs James Mason & Barbara Bel Geddes on the set of Caught. This was Mason's first film in Hollywood.
📷 Slim Aarons, 1949
📷 Slim Aarons, 1949
Remembering Joseph Cotten on his birthday 🎂
📷 Virgil Apger, 1943
“His best performances are in parts outside Hollywood conventions.”
- David Thomson
📷 Virgil Apger, 1943
“His best performances are in parts outside Hollywood conventions.”
- David Thomson
Carol Reed filming The Third Man, while Alida Valli & Joseph Cotten look on
📷 Ernst Haas, 1948
📷 Ernst Haas, 1948
Joseph Cotten & Agnes Moorehead in Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942
A wonderful photograph, perhaps by a young Phil Stern, one of two photographers on set along with Alexander Kahle.
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A wonderful photograph, perhaps by a young Phil Stern, one of two photographers on set along with Alexander Kahle.
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Happy birthday Wes Anderson 🎂
📷 Andrew Eccles
"Wes Anderson has a very special kind of talent: He knows how to convey the simple joys & interactions between people so well & with such richness."
- Martin Scorsese
Like Schumann on Brahms: "Hats off, gentlemen - a genius!"
📷 Andrew Eccles
"Wes Anderson has a very special kind of talent: He knows how to convey the simple joys & interactions between people so well & with such richness."
- Martin Scorsese
Like Schumann on Brahms: "Hats off, gentlemen - a genius!"
Frances McDormand, Wes Anderson, Timothée Chalamet & Lyna Khoudri on the set of The French Dispatch, 2021.
The still photographer on the set was Roger Do Minh
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The still photographer on the set was Roger Do Minh
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On Wes Anderson's birthday, watch or listen to his conversation with Paul @holdengraber
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Remembering Danielle Darrieux on her birthday 🎂
📷 Boris Lipnitzki, 1935
"A Hollywood-style glamorous star for the French, to the end she remained the epitome of chic Parisian style."
- Ginette Vincendeau
📷 Boris Lipnitzki, 1935
"A Hollywood-style glamorous star for the French, to the end she remained the epitome of chic Parisian style."
- Ginette Vincendeau
Danielle Darrieux with Charles Boyer & Louise de Vilmorin on the set of Max Ophuls' The Earrings of Madame de...
📷 Robert Doisneau, April 1953
📷 Robert Doisneau, April 1953
Danielle Darrieux in her dressing room in The Ambassadeurs Theatre in Paris
📷 Jean-Claude Deutsch, 1966
📷 Jean-Claude Deutsch, 1966
Happy birthday Al Pacino 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1995
“With rare, sweet stealth, he has insinuated himself as one of our great actors. He is so much more accessible and beguiling than De Niro or Hoffman.”
- David Thomson
📷 Irving Penn, 1995
“With rare, sweet stealth, he has insinuated himself as one of our great actors. He is so much more accessible and beguiling than De Niro or Hoffman.”
- David Thomson
James Caan, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino & John Cazale on the set of The Godfather
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1972
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1972
John Cazale & Al Pacino in 2, 1974
Another great film set shot by Steve Schapiro
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."
Another great film set shot by Steve Schapiro
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."
Happy birthday Shirley MacLaine 🎂
📷 Lawrence Schiller, 1969
"I was in the chorus a long time, & in the chorus you don’t do things to stand out, you do things to keep your job. That’s the way I think, & that’s why I’m still working."
📷 Lawrence Schiller, 1969
"I was in the chorus a long time, & in the chorus you don’t do things to stand out, you do things to keep your job. That’s the way I think, & that’s why I’m still working."
Shirley MacLaine gets dressed in a bat costume on the set of Artists & Models, directed by Frank Tashlin. A great shot by Loomis Dean for Life magazine, 1955
Shirley Maclaine & Jack Lemmon in The Apartment, 1960. One of my favourite Billy Wilder films. Heck, it's one of my favourite films!
The still photographer on the set was Jack Harris.
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The still photographer on the set was Jack Harris.
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Remembering George Harrison on his birthday 🎂
📷 Curt Gunther, 1964
"He may not have written the songs for which they will be remembered, but without his gift for discovery the group might have taken a much less interesting & productive course."
- Richard Williams
📷 Curt Gunther, 1964
"He may not have written the songs for which they will be remembered, but without his gift for discovery the group might have taken a much less interesting & productive course."
- Richard Williams
George Harrison's Leap of Faith into the arms of director Richard Lester
A Hard Day's Night, 1964
The still photographer on the set was Bert Cann
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A Hard Day's Night, 1964
The still photographer on the set was Bert Cann
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Backstage during the Roy Orbison/Gerry & The Pacemakers UK tour. Oh, & The Beatles...
Paul McCartney, Freddie Marsden, George Harrison, Gerry Marsden, Ringo Starr, Les Maguire, John Lennon, John 'Les' Chadwick, Roy Orbison
📷 Harry Hammond, May 1, 1963
Paul McCartney, Freddie Marsden, George Harrison, Gerry Marsden, Ringo Starr, Les Maguire, John Lennon, John 'Les' Chadwick, Roy Orbison
📷 Harry Hammond, May 1, 1963
Remembering John Vernon on his birthday 🎂
📷 Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, 1971
@torontolibrary digital archive
"I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to record people's answering-machine messages saying, 'Fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life, son'."
📷 Reg Innell for the Toronto Star, 1971
@torontolibrary digital archive
"I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to record people's answering-machine messages saying, 'Fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life, son'."
John Vernon & Cesare Danova in National Lampoon's Animal House, 1978.
Dean Vernon Wormer showed up early on in every one of Vernon's obituaries. An iconic role!
There were two on set still photographers: Christine Loss & John Shannon
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Dean Vernon Wormer showed up early on in every one of Vernon's obituaries. An iconic role!
There were two on set still photographers: Christine Loss & John Shannon
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Alfred Hitchcock directs John Vernon & Karin Dor in Topaz. Hitch doesn't seem to be working too hard in this shot. He may have nodded off.
📷 Pierre Zucca, 1969
📷 Pierre Zucca, 1969
Remembering Anthony Minghella on his birthday 🎂
📷 Fergus Greer, 1998
@NPGLondon
"He was interested in the magic. Not fake magic, like hiding the ball under the cup, but real magic, the kind that occurs between people."
- Sydney Pollack
📷 Fergus Greer, 1998
@NPGLondon
"He was interested in the magic. Not fake magic, like hiding the ball under the cup, but real magic, the kind that occurs between people."
- Sydney Pollack
Anthony Minghella with Jude Law on the set of his 2006 film Breaking and Entering.
📷 Laurie Sparham
📷 Laurie Sparham
Anthony Minghella on the set of Samuel Beckett's Play.
📷 Pat Redmond, 2001
That's Alan Rickman's head, I believe.
📷 Pat Redmond, 2001
That's Alan Rickman's head, I believe.
Remembering Sergio Leone on his birthday 🎂
With James Coburn on the set of Duck, You Sucker!, in a dramatic photograph by Gianni Ferrari, 1971
"Those who cherish CinemaScope will always luxuriate in Leone’s inscrutable spaces."
- David Thomson
With James Coburn on the set of Duck, You Sucker!, in a dramatic photograph by Gianni Ferrari, 1971
"Those who cherish CinemaScope will always luxuriate in Leone’s inscrutable spaces."
- David Thomson
Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli & script girl Serena Canevari on the set of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, 1966
The still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi
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The still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi
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Sergio Leone films Once Upon a Time in America, 1984.
Once again the still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi
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Once again the still photographer on the set was Angelo Novi
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Happy birthday Frank Langella 🎂
📷 Paolo Pellegrin, 2009
“His Nixon in Frost/Nixon is one of the great, mysterious performances of modern times, not an attempt to imitate the president but a profound commentary on him nonetheless.”
- David Thomson
📷 Paolo Pellegrin, 2009
“His Nixon in Frost/Nixon is one of the great, mysterious performances of modern times, not an attempt to imitate the president but a profound commentary on him nonetheless.”
- David Thomson
Frank Langella by Martha Swope
From the 1977 stage production of Dracula.
@nypl digital collection
Langella is one of the greatest of all Draculas.
From the 1977 stage production of Dracula.
@nypl digital collection
Langella is one of the greatest of all Draculas.
The 1977 Dracula with Frank Langella featured stage designs by Edward Gorey.
Happy birthday Sarah Miles 🎂
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
Sarah Miles by Michael Ward
selenium-toned bromide print, 26 June 1963
@NPGLondon
This was Miles' breakthrough year, with her role in Joseph Losey's The Servant.
selenium-toned bromide print, 26 June 1963
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This was Miles' breakthrough year, with her role in Joseph Losey's The Servant.
David Lean & Sarah Miles on the set of Ryan's Daughter
bromide press print, June 1970
@NPGLondon says this is by an unknown photographer. There were two wonderful photographers on the set: Douglas Kirkland & Bob Willoughby.
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bromide press print, June 1970
@NPGLondon says this is by an unknown photographer. There were two wonderful photographers on the set: Douglas Kirkland & Bob Willoughby.
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Happy birthday Anthony Hopkins 🎂
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
@NPGLondon
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
@NPGLondon
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
Anthony Hopkins with Olivia Colman in Florian Zeller's The Father, 2020
The still photographer on the set was Sean Gleason
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With his #Oscar win this year, the then 83 year-old Hopkins became the oldest winner in a competitive acting category.
The still photographer on the set was Sean Gleason
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With his #Oscar win this year, the then 83 year-old Hopkins became the oldest winner in a competitive acting category.
Anthony Hopkins with Emma Thompson in James Ivory's The Remains of the Day, 1993
The still photographer on the set was Derrick Santini
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The still photographer on the set was Derrick Santini
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Remembering Mary Tyler Moore on her birthday 🎂
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1966
"She’s bright, witty, linear, Balanchinian, Stravinskyesque."
- Edward Villella
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1966
"She’s bright, witty, linear, Balanchinian, Stravinskyesque."
- Edward Villella
Mary Tyler Moore with Robert Redford on the set of Ordinary People, 1980
The still photographer on the set was Marcia Reed.
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The still photographer on the set was Marcia Reed.
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Andy Warhol pushes Mary Tyler Moore to get the old MTM Show gang back together.
This is from a great Interview cover story by Andy Warhol in Interview, February 1981
interviewmagazine.com/culture/rememb…
This is from a great Interview cover story by Andy Warhol in Interview, February 1981
interviewmagazine.com/culture/rememb…
Remembering Michel Piccoli on his birthday 🎂
📷 Sam Lévin
"Admirers of Michel Piccoli know better than to ignore any film, however slight, that is anchored and calmed by his presence."
- Anthony Lane
📷 Sam Lévin
"Admirers of Michel Piccoli know better than to ignore any film, however slight, that is anchored and calmed by his presence."
- Anthony Lane
Michel Piccoli with Fritz Lang, Jack Palance & Jean-Luc Godard.
On the set of Godard's Le Mépris (Contempt), 1963. The still photographer on the set was Jicky Dussart.
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On the set of Godard's Le Mépris (Contempt), 1963. The still photographer on the set was Jicky Dussart.
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Jean-Luc Godard with Brigitte Bardot & Michel Piccoli, working on a bathroom scene for Le Mépris (Contempt), 1963. Cool to see how this is captured on film. That's the great cinematographer Raoul Coutard in the camera cut-out room.
Wonderful shots by Jean-Louis Swiners.
Wonderful shots by Jean-Louis Swiners.
Frances McDormand, Wes Anderson, Timothée Chalamet & Lyna Khoudri on the set of The French Dispatch, 2021.
The still photographer on the set was Roger Do Minh
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The still photographer on the set was Roger Do Minh
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I love this glimpse of the filming of Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch by the still photographer, Roger Do Minh.
Another Roger Do Minh shot from the set of The French Dispatch.
Remembering Van Heflin on his birthday 🎂
📷 Carl Van Vechten, May 1938
@BeineckeLibrary
"Louis B. Mayer once looked at me & said ‘You will never get the girl at the end.’ So I worked on my acting."
📷 Carl Van Vechten, May 1938
@BeineckeLibrary
"Louis B. Mayer once looked at me & said ‘You will never get the girl at the end.’ So I worked on my acting."
Van Heflin was Athos in George Sidney's The Three Musketeers, 1948
With Gene Kelly, Lana Turner & Gig Young
The still photographer on the set was Ed Hubbell
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With Gene Kelly, Lana Turner & Gig Young
The still photographer on the set was Ed Hubbell
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Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck & Margaret Lindsay in B.F.'s Daughter, 1948
Another photo by Ed Hubbell
Another photo by Ed Hubbell
