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  Gay for a Day

  Chicago, Communities, LGBTQIA, Tom Palazzolo

  A music and costume filled portrayal of the 1976 Gay Pride Parade by filmmaker Tom Palazzolo. All is fun and games until a bystander hurls an egg at Palazzolo’s camera lens. It resumes quickly though.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #30]

  American Way, Making it in Hollywood

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. Footage from one of John-Roger’s spiritual gatherings at his Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness attended by Sally Kirkland on June 24, 1976. This is followed by a short interview with actress Judy Altman from July 11, 1976.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #83]

  CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape takes place on the set of the made-for-TV movie “Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?” with actress Sally Kirkland. We watch behind-the-scenes footage, including: the make-up crew doing their work on Kirkland; Kirkland rehearsing with the director; the gaffer and cinematographer lighting the set; and Kirkland performing multiple takes of a scene.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #84]

  CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood”, which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape takes place on the set of the made-for-TV movie “Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?” with actress Sally Kirkland. We watch Kirkland perform multiple takes of a scene; we watch the cast an d crew eat lunch. Leslie Stevens, the film’s writer and producer, is interviewed about movie stardom. He classifies stardom into three categories: artistry, celebrity, and notoriety. Stevens goes on to discuss why some talented actors never become stars. He says stardom is determined by how an act or is “packaged” or “sold” to the public.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #86]

  CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features footage from a Grayline sightseeing bus tour of various Hollywood attractions. The bus stops at Grauman’s (Mann’s) Chinese Theatre where several tourists gawk at the stars’ hand & footprints. Most of the footage is from inside the bus as it passes Schwab’s drugstore, The Sunset Strip, and Beverly Hills.

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  Bill Veeck’s Back in Town

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Dave Nightingale interviews Bill Veeck, 1976.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #87]

  CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features footage from a Grayline sightseeing bus tour of various Hollywood attractions. All footage is from inside the bus as it cruises past the stars’ homes in Beverly Hills, and its driver dispenses bits of trivia.