Author(s): Karina Longworth

Photography

Photographers contact sheets are the permanent record of every shot that they took - and through Hollywoods golden age, there was o!en a photographer on set, capturing the scene as actors and directors collaborated to produce classic movies. This book collects the contact sheets from classic movies like The African Queen (1951), Some Like it Hot (1959), Taxi Driver (1976), Grosse Point Blank (1997) and many more. Capturing legends such as Woody Allen, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra at work and at repose, these images offer rare glimpses into the art of moviemaking, the science of movie marketing, and the nature of stardom. Its remarkable to see the moments of spontaneity, the slipping of the facade, o!en visible in the outtakes right alongside the images deemed commercially useful. Contact sheets show the images that someone - a star, a producer, a publicity department, a photographer - didn't want us to see.