William Morris Agency, Sunset Plaza, La Scala, Jax in Beverly Hills, Jay Sebring and Henry Fonda at the Jay Sebring Salon, Thalians Charity, Schwabs, Hollywood Ranch Market, Hollywood Blvd
Sad how fast time flies...This is over a half century old...Almost EVERY adult in this film is either dead or else very old in this film. Still, interesting how modern or universal it resonates even today despite taking place in the ever growing distant past.
oh yeah, 1965 was grandparents got married. I lost my dad's parents btw 2009 thru 2014. :( sad, wish i could've jumped in the vid for a day, maybe on my dad;'s parents wedding day in March, 65. They would've been 27 and 29 in '65
+Twaddles McGee As a little kid, I remember when EVERYONE smoked EVERYWHERE. Even @ the supermarket! Shoppers waded through "butts" while strolling down the produce aisle! Ugh! LOL!
I worked @ a hair salon in the early-mid 90's, to help pay for my college tuition. The "shampoo set ladies" (as they were known) would come & have their hair done EACH & EVERY Friday &/or Saturday! As I would do their "comb outs", the smoke from their cigarette's would violently waft up into their clean, freshly shampooed hair & up my nose! I SMOKED @ THE TIME, yet, I was never SOOOOO HAPPY when the voter's of CA (including myself), voted to ban smoking in public places/building!
Also possibly spotted in this film is Elizabeth Montgomery(or her Double!) at: 3:22; Henry Fonda at 4:09; Joan Crawford at 8:37 ; Rosalind Russell at 5:37; the great Gregory Peck at:5:42 ; future president Ronald Reagan at 5: 43; Nancy Davis in background at 5:43; Mary Pickford at 5:49;Gloria Swanson at 5:52; Edward G Robinson at: 6:15 ; Glen Ford at 6:21; Debbie Reynolds at 6:26; Gene Kelly 6:31; James Garner 6:58; Paul Newman at 7:02; John Wayne 7:04; Shirley McClaine at 7:09; Milton Berle at :7:12 inches; Paula Prentess at :7:54; ... Thank You, marvelous documentary.
That was not Elizabeth Montgomery. She was starring in the new hit "Bewitched" at the time and never worked at Jax Boutique. However, Nancy Sinatra did work there about that time.
I lived there, born & raised in Hollywood from 1958 thru 1972; '69 was HELL when the Manson murders happened. I remember Jay Sebring in the news. It was 1969 & I was about 11 years old, scared to death! Same for La Bianca murders. My family moved us in 1972 to a safer place, Valenci,a, CA. BEFORE society ruined it with too many people . It WAS Rural. This was about time Magic Mountain/Six Flags opened.
I moved here in 1964 at age 19. This is EXACTLY the way it was ! I went on many auditions for singing, modeling, and acting. Lost most. Wound up with a recording contract, a TV special, some modeling jobs, two movies and several club dates. You're only hot for a short time in this business. Those that become legends have that star quality. I didn't.
Jay Sebring was the original Hollywood/Beverly Hills Hairstylist To The Stars . Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen all had that signature style referred to “The Beverly Hills Style” . This style was common in the mid to late 1960’s before long hair & shags took over. The house where he was murdered in was rented out to Roman Polanski. The previous owner was a music producer, Terry P. Melcher . Manson was a naive kid. He didn’t know Melcher was blowing smoke up his ass so he sought after him with vengeance and sharp knives . Typical loser , Manson was .
What a wonderful production. Thanks so much. I just love the narrator and his excellent choice of words. A little bit of honesty in Hollywood. 4 stars 🤩
I meant in hindsight, of course. But then, I find that this is increasingly how I'm living out the rest of my life, in a bubble of retrospection. My epitaph should read, "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda".
when jim morrisons hair became longer and he had a beard someone said whats the matter did ya barber die his reply yeah he did his barber was jay sebring
Great video Alison...Wow its good to see all those movie people...the hollywood of old. Too bad about Jay Sebring...after that video. he would die 4 yrs later by the manson gang. So sad. But too bad time changes everything. Hollywood is just not the same anymore. Even though I am a hop and a skip and jump over the hill in the San Fernando Valley. Hope to visit Amoeba Records before end of year which is still hollywood but on sunset...Again THanks so much!
Alison, loved seeing all the great stars, like glimpsing into a time capsule. Those were the days of real stars and found it so interesting to see them behind the scenes. Love Joseph Cotton's voice over. Henry Fonda smoking during a haircut, classic! Thanks for your extraordinary channel!
1:00 With the sarcastic tone of the narrator I can't help but think he's referring to something else entirely. Maybe one of those guys is Gore Vidal. Very Hollywood indeed.
A lot worse than her. Peter Fonda became an icon with easy rider as did Jane with Barbarella. Lucky enough to meet Peter twice. A great guy. Rip. Rog. Pacific sunset.
Nope, nope, nope - not 1965. It is exactly between October 30 - Noverber 5, 1963. You're welcome. Before anyone asks, the double bill playing at the Hollywood at the end of the video, played one week and that was the week. 8 1/2 and The Balcony. :)
Great footage! I just finished a documentary about an aging Elvis impersonator who is hell-bent of becoming a celebrity and I need and opening to set up this delusion. This would be perfect. Is it available for use?
With that overpowering hairdo, those 'African caterpillar' eyebrows and that trowelled-on lipstick, Joan Crawford looks insane in these clips: maybe hers was an early, pre-plastic-surgery case of 'body dysmorphia' that led her to believe that looking grotesque was actually improving her looks.
Roddy McDowall says in an interview that it was all a persona that she had to adhere to in public. Many of the top Hollywood celebrities of the time, such as Marilyn Monroe, did the same. But Joan Crawford stretched the boundaries and took it into her personal life.
Joseph Cotton narrates this and he does sound sarcastic ... Because he is part of the 'system' and knows he is narrating a 'puff piece' ... all Rosy and positive ... he won't dare tell the truth about the evil aspects of the whole entertainment industry... 'Pedoland' existed then ,. way back since it's start..⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️.since early 1920s and maybe before then. 🕵️.... Casting couch land ... Street gangs were just getting formed then ..more of all things bad / deadly dangerous .... Once beautiful... less so now...🚧🚧🚧. 🚫🚫🚫
This is all promotional film-- nothing natural. And no it wasn't a happy place , unless you were Gidget, surfing with Moon Doggie. The American family was falling apart and drugs had arrived.
Ahhh, it's true there are far more overrated actors today, but experts have looked at her body of work and now say she was a great actress. She's one of my favorites. I think she's incredible. Even in her older years, when she's on the screen a person can't take their eyes off her. Maybe like JLo & Madonna, hard work is more important than perfect natural talent.
My ex boyfriends grandma lived in Los Angeles in the 1950s until the 1970s when she and her family moved to Utah. She came to visit us recently and we drove her around to some older spots she used to go to. She had not visited since she moved. As we took her around, we felt such a silence from her and we even saw tears in her eyes. She explained to us that LA is not the same place that she grew up in and that it has become like Gotham City.
7:33 to the end is so haunting. Hollywood is a city of broken dreams and it shows that most people who went there didn’t achieve their goals and then the last line tells us that the dream persists, but hollywood has turned into a dystopian dump today.