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Scene from "Hamlet"
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Elevated view of cast and crew filming a scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Laurence Olivier and Norman Wooland have a microphone over their heads. A stage for the play scene is on the right. A movie camera is covered with fabric and on a track at the bottom right.
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Laurence Olivier as Hamlet
Actor and director Laurence Olivier filmed while performing the "To be or not to be" soliloquy from the 1949 film "Hamlet." A light is in the upper left corner, and a movie camera is in the right f...
Laurence Olivier on a Camera Crane
Director and actor Laurence Olivier sitting on a camera crane on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." On the right is a man working a boom microphone attached to a device, possibly a boom pole on a s...
Laurence Olivier
Director and actor Laurence Olivier preparing to film Ophelia's drowning scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." He is standing next to a movie camera wearing waders, while the crew is holding onto rope...
Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan
Elevated view of actors Laurence Olivier and Terence Morgan filming the duel scene from the 1949 film "Hamlet." Both men are using daggers and rappers. A movie camera is on the left. A group of peo...
Laurence Olivier and Probably Eileen Herlie
Director and actor Laurence Olivier crouching under a movie camera. He is directing an actress, probably Eileen Herlie, whose face is obscured. The camera is wrapped in fabric.
Filming "Miranda"
Elevated view of the crew watching the making of a scene from the 1948 film "Miranda." The scene itself is not shown. Producer Betty Box is second from the left. The set's framework can be seen on ...
