
John Huston ringside during the filming of Fat City.

John Huston ringside during the filming of Fat City.
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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep. Howard Hawks. 1946.
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The 45th birthday cake presented to Preston Sturges on the set of Hail the Conquering Hero (which was still going by its working title, The Little Marine). 1943.
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Jean-Luc Godard after getting a pie to the face at Cannes. 1985.
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Films and Filming. January 1969.
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George Kleine, the diplomat and peace-maker in the secret negotiations that ended the Biograph–Edison war and made the motion picture an industry.