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DescriptionBlack-and-white candid photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: preparation or rehearsal for a scene with camera and other film equipment, , Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954. Possibly the back of Marlon Brando's head (or his stand-in) is seen over the light colored cap on the man at the left. View is west from the riverfront with the southwest corner of Fourth and River Streets In the right background. This image is from a group of thirty images originally in black-and-white taken during the filming of "On the Waterfront" at the Hoboken piers and shoreline. These copy images were made in color by Robert Foster. According to him, the owner (not identified by him) lost the originals shortly after these copies were made. Some are posed, some are candids. Total of 80 images on three rolls of color negative film with 30 prints (plus duplicates) from these rolls. Some negatives are missing and many frames are duplicates (bracketed exposures) of the same image. Prints were made in 1990. Size of original images was not recorded by Foster.