Misfits Footage
I have a special passion for color photos and color behind-the-scenes photography of famous Hollywood films shot in black-and-white. Which tend to turn up in the special features of DVDs of the films in question. Some Like It Hot, From Here to Eternity, Gunga Din, etc. The owners have given or sold the footage to the DVD producers. Some, like this 8mm color film taken on the set of The Misfits, has turned up on YouTube, although for quality reasons we prefer 16mm color footage at all times.
It just seems odd that someone would pay $60 grand for the original 8mm footage of same. I mean, you just click on YouTube and there it is. If money was an object, why did the owner-seller of the silent 8mm footage keep it off the market for so many years (or decades) instead of trying to sell it 20 or 30 years ago, or peddle it to the producers of the Misfits DVD?
The footage is contained in a 47-minute film, "On the Set with The Misfits," which was shot by film extra Stanley Floyd Kilarr. Candid-but-posed moments with Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter and director John Huston.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 22, 2008 at 12:10 PM
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Edward
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She was lovely. Maybe it's her connection to the Kennedy's, but I'm not convinced she committed suicide.
Posted by Edward
at June 22, 2008 2:08 PM
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Carl LaFong
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Regarding Jeff''s remark about color set photos from black and white movies, I remember seeing remarkable color photos by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) from the set of DOCTOR STRANGELOVE. The were all from the War Room set; Sellers, Scott, Bull, et.al., including shots from the pie fight. They were posted on the internets about ten years ago, and I may even have them on a floppy disc (!) somewhere, but if anybody knows where they can be seen online, it'd be great to see them again...
Posted by Carl LaFong
at June 22, 2008 2:53 PM
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nemo
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After they open the William Demarest museum, they need to set up a Thelma Ritter museum.
Posted by nemo
at June 22, 2008 3:46 PM
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Chicago48
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She would not have enjoyed getting old...either way she would have died young because old age would not be becoming of her....Read Mr. S, the valet's story of Frank Sinatra...fascinating reading...and the clue to Kennedy's assassination.
Posted by Chicago48
at June 22, 2008 4:48 PM
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lazespud
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I assume that they paid the 60 grand for the RIGHTS to the footage as well as the physical bits of 8mm film... which means they could sell the footage to DVD producers, documentary filmmakers, etc...
Unless this is like they guy that paid a crapload of money for a John Lennon demo of an unheard song (I think that was the story). Anyway, he was able to buy the acetate recording, but of course couldn't release the song in any way...
Posted by lazespud
at June 22, 2008 5:04 PM
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vp19
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"She (Monroe) would not have enjoyed getting old...either way she would have died young because old age would not be becoming of her...."
Perhaps so -- but as with Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard, it's tragic she never got the chance to find out.
Posted by vp19
at June 24, 2008 12:04 PM