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1940-1947HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING
SILENT FOOTAGE OF DRESS & HAIR TESTS

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LYNN BARI CONSERVATIVE SUIT FOR LIBRARY SCENE IN NICE GREEN DRESS WEARING SILLY-LOOKING HAT & FUR COAT 1946 FOR THE FILM MARGIE
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J. EDWARD BROMBERG - 1940 IN NICE PERIOD OUTFIT. WALKING DOWN STEPS ONTO SIDEWALK. REMOVES HAT. LOOKS AROUND. 1900'S. SET IN OLD WEST. FROM THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES
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DICKIE MOORE & BINNIE BARNES - 1943.
MOTHER & SON. INTERIOR IN TURN OF THE CENTURY OUTFITS.
FROM HEAVEN CAN WAIT?
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REGINALD GARDNER - 1943 WITH GLASSES IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY OUTFIT.
REMOVES TINY GLASSES. GENTLEMAN. FROM HEAVEN CAN WAIT?
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RITA HAYWORTH IN BEAUTIFUL PINK FEATHERY SPARKLY ELEGANT, ALMOST SHOW GIRL LIKE GOWN & HEADPIECE. SPINS AROUND.
SKIRT FLARES UP
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CONNIE MARSHALL YOUNG GIRL. BOW IN HAIR. LITTLE GIRL DRESS IN EASTER HAT & DRESS, HOLDS OUT SKIRT 1947 FROM MOTHER WORE TIGHTS
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PERRY COMO IN MILITARY UNIFORM 1944 FROM SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
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DAN DAILEY IN SUIT WITH SPATS. ALMOST GANGSTER LIKE. TURN OF THE CENTURY. TAKES OFF BOWLER PUTS ON FEDORA HAT IN GREY SUIT IN WHITE TOP HAT & TAILS 1947 FROM MOTHER WORE TIGHTS
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MONA FREEMAN IN CINDERELLA-LIKE, DRAB, SCHOOL OUTFIT IN WINTER COAT, HAT & GLOVES IN PRETTY PARTY DRESS. BIG BOW IN HAIR.
1947 FROM MOTHER WORE TIGHTS
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JEANNE CRAIN - 1944 IN SIMPLE DRESS FROM STATE FAIR?
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BARBARA SALSIBERY - 1944 IN BALL GOWN FOR WALTZ SCENE. SHAMROCKS ON SKIRT AND SHAMROCK SHAPED HAT. DANCES AROUND. OUTRAGEOUS BURLESQUE.
FROM IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
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VIRGINIA MAPLES - 1944 DRESSED IN LITTLE BO PEEP LIKE OUTFIT FOR FOLKLORE NUMBER. DANCES TRADITIONAL DANCE. WEIRD BURLESQUE FROM IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
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MERREL LONG - 1944 MALE FOR FOLKLORE NUMBER. TRADITIONAL DRESS.
DANCES SHORT PANTS. BERET. COLORFUL FROM IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
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WALTON WALKER - 1944 FOR BESSIE & HER BUSTLE. NUMBER. COSTUME. LITTLE MUSTACHE. PERIOD COSTUME - OVERLY COLORFUL.
GENTLEMAN WITH WALKING STICK. BOW TIE & BIG CARNATION IN HIS LAPEL.
FROM IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
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MERREL LONG AS A WOMAN - 1944 DRAG QUEEN, CROSS-DRESSING TRANSVESTITE, FEMALE IMPERSONATOR. IN GAY 90s SHOWGIRL OUTFIT. DANCING.
FROM IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
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RUTH FORD - 1944 PALACE AT VERSAILLES SCENE. CONSERVATIVE DRESSED WOMAN CIRCA 1910. MATRON. BIG HAT IN GREEN EVENING GOWN IN FANCY DRESS FROM WILSON
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MARY ANDERSON - 1944 IN NICE BLUE HAT & COAT. PERIOD OUTFIT CIRCA 1910 FROM WILSON
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RUTH FORD - 1944 SAME OUTFIT AS BEFORE FROM WILSON
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MARY ANDERSON - 1944 IN PERIOD HAT & COAT. FUR COLLAR CIRCA 1910 PINK SKIRT & JACKET BEAUTIFUL PINK BALL GOWN FROM WILSON
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VIRGINIA MAPLES - 1944 SAMBA BOOGIE OUTFIT. DANCES FROM SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
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CAKE HATS CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE NAPOLEON. PASTRY GELATIN MOLD PIE. WOMAN PULLS STRING, CREME POPS OUT CHERRY FLAMBE BIZARRE
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FRANK ORTH - 1943 CROSS-DRESSER, TRANSVESTITE, FEMALE IMPERSONATOR DRAG QUEEN AS THE DUCHESS. SALOON GIRL OUTFIT. CIGAR, FEATHER FAN.
STRUTS. AS THE COUNTESS. FROM EITHER GREENWICH VILLAGE OR CONEY ISLAND
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JOHN SUTTON - 1941 IN TOP HAT & TAILS. GENTLEMAN REMOVES HAT &
OUTERCOAT. DASHING. SHINES HAT NICE GENTLEMANLY OVERCOAT NICE GREY SUIT. CIRCA 1890. PENCIL THIN MUSTACHE.
FROM MY GAL SAL
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WALTER CATLETT - 1941 OLD POT-BELLIED WESTERN TEXAS OIL TYCOON. LARGE COWBOY HAT. COWSKIN VEST. CIGAR. BUFFALO BILL LIKE FROM MY GAL SAL. CIRCA 1890
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ANDY TOMBES - 1941 BOWLER, OVERCOAT CIRCA 1890. DIPPY MAN LOOK.
REMOVES COAT FROM MY GAL SAL
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CHIEF THUNDERCLOUD. TONTO. 1941 TYPICAL INDIAN DRESS. WAR PAINT FROM MY GAL SAL
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JOEL MCCREA - 1943 WESTERN OUTFIT. RIFLE HAT. FRINGE FROM BUCKSKIN PIONEER. BUFFALO BILL CODY FROM BUFFALO BILL
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CHIEF MANY TREATIES - 1943 AS TALL BULL. OLD CHIEF. HOLDING PEACEPIPE WEARING HEADDRESS BUFFALO HEADDRESS.
FROM BUFFALO BILL
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JOEL MCCREA PIONEER, WESTERN BUFFALO BILL WITH RIFLE DRESSED IN INDIAN HEADDRESS. NO SHIRT.
PIONEER WEARING JEANS & WARM JACKET
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LEE DE PASCO - 1944 BEAUTIFUL EVENING GOWN BATHING SUIT
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LOLA PARDINAS OR PORLINAS - 1944 EVENING GOWN. FLOWERS IN HAIR BATHING SUIT
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PHIL SILVERS - 1944 BOW TIE, STRAW HAT. NERD LIKE. 3 PIECE SUIT.
TEXAS TYCOON OUTFIT SUIT & TIE RESPECTABLE LOOKS LIKE BENNY GOODMAN. NICE SUIT FROM SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
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VIVIAN BLAINE - 1944 AS BLOSSOM. NICE DRESS. READS NOTE. RIPS UP NOTE & PUTS IN FIREPLACE. ANGRY LOOK. STORMS AWAY.
HAT & COAT. TAKES OFF GLOVES & LOOKS IN POCKETBOOK FIXES HER MAKE-UP WITH COMPACT MIRROR. BIG HAT.
PUTS ON GLOVES FROM SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
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PAUL HARVY & ROBERT MIDDLEMASS - 1945 PAINTED GOLD TO PLAY STATUES OF BURTON & ARTEMIS HILLIARD. REVOLUTIONARY. FIDDLE & FIFE DANCE.
FUNNY FACES. SCARY. BIZARRE
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BLACKFACE TEDDY ROOSEVELT - 1943 COMICAL. BAGGY CLOTHES. OLD RIFLE. APPEARS IN KHAKI. SAFARI CLOTHES. SMILES FROM WILSON
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ED MCNAMARA - 1943 ELDERLY GENTLEMAN FROM WILSON
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MONA FREEMAN YOUNG GIRL DRESS. BIG BOW IN HAIR NIGHT GOWNS LONG DRESS FROM MOTHER WORE TIGHTS?



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