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B+W candid group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Marlon Brando is in profile at center, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.
Photograph
Black-and-white candid photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Marlon Brando is the person in profile at the center with his hands in his back pocket (see 2001.099.0020 for view of him facing the camera), Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954. Others are unidentified.
The administration building, Edwin A. Stevens Hall, of Stevens Institute of Technology is visible in the 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.
2001.099.0027
2001.099
Anonymous
Donation
Anonymous gift.
n/a
1953 - 1954
Hoboken
Date: 1953-1954 Negative No.: 1
3 in
5 in
Film Size: 35 mm
Display Value: Good Notes: Three duplicate prints, copies 1, 2, 3. Prints are slightly cropped from negatives. Negative is Kodak 5100 Ektar 25, Kodak processing. Bob Foster made these copies in 1990. According to Foster, the owner of the prints lost them shortly after the copies were made. Original or Copy: Copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2002-06-09