Disneyland Hotel 1956: What's In A Photo

Here is a picture from August, 1956 of Disneyland Hotel's Grand Opening (see the ribbon on Art's lapel) which I mistakenly put in my second book as coming from June of 1957. It has actress Jeanne Crain and Art Linkletter in it. The first thing I think of when I see a picture like this is, someone filmed this and the next thing is, where is the film? I do have footage of this event but not of this particular setting. There is footage with Jeanne Crain but not Art Linkletter. Looks like 16mm film stock and a fairly big roll.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/331.jpg

Next thing I would ask is, why is she wearing a mask?

Here is a shot of the two together at the same event, again you can see the ribbon on Art's jacket.....

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/332.jpg

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Originally Posted by oldhotelguy

Next thing I would ask is, why is she wearing a mask?

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This is my question to.

And that guy with the big black camera to her left is really checking out her legs :p

Here is the outer box of the footage I have which is just about one minute of footage.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/370.jpg

I just know there are outtakes somewhere. I have to find them!

Great photos as always Don!!

Not to nitpick, but I think the camera in the photo has a 35mm magazine, 900' or so. Maybe it was a shot set up for Disney & Wrather publicity stills, and the actual footage was shot in 16mm...? The setup and the "crew" in the photo (especially the boom mike man) do have a bit of a staged-for-publicity look.

Another possibility was that it was shot in 35, and the distribution (release) prints for TV telecine chains were in 16.

Just guessin'....

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Originally Posted by Mr Wiggins

Great photos as always Don!!

Not to nitpick, but I think that camera in the photo has a 35mm magazine, 900' or so. Maybe it was a shot set up for Disney & Wrather publicity stills, and the actual footage was shot in 16mm...? The setup and the "crew" in the photo (especially the boom mike man) do have a bit of a staged-for-publicity look.

Another possibility was that it was shot in 35 and distribution (release) prints for TV telecine chains were distributed in 16mm.

Just guessin'....

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Sure would like to see it!

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Originally Posted by clara

And that guy with the big black camera to her left is really checking out her legs :p

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That would be me! :)

BTW, once again Don, you never cease to amaze with you collection.

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Originally Posted by DLandFansAZ

That would be me! :)

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You are the guy checking out her legs in the picture or you would check out her legs if you were that guy :p

I'm just now seeing the second photo posted and she was very beautiful. I'm sorry but they don't make em like that anymore!

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Originally Posted by clara

I'm just now seeing the second photo posted and she was very beautiful. I'm sorry but they don't make em like that anymore!

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And that's the truth!

There's an interesting Jeanne Crain Web Site, run by her grandson, Bret Crain.

She was very good friends with Bonita Granville-Wrather. I have many pictures of her at the Hotel's Grand Opening.

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Originally Posted by oldhotelguy

Here is a shot of the two together at the same event, again you can see the ribbon on Art's jacket.....


http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/332.jpg

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Nice pictures!

Art's looking fantastic..

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Originally Posted by oldhotelguy

Here is a shot of the two together at the same event, again you can see the ribbon on Art's jacket.....

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/332.jpg

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Maybe its a trick of the lighting, but her top looks almost see-through. That was pretty risqué for the time.

Here's another of Ms. Crain....

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...allard/163.jpg