Actors Filming "The Sheik"
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Hollywood Beach (Oxnard, Calif.)
Actors in the film "The Sheik" carry another actor in a palanquin or litter. There is also another actor on a chariot next to them pulled by two horses. Filmed at Hollywood by the Sea, The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1920
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12.9 x 9.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26838
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Oxnard (Calif.)
Actors Performing a Stunt in a Car
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Actors
Stunt driving
Actors in a convertible seemingly fly off a broken bridge. Image taken from ground below the bridge. There are appear to be two men in the photo off of the bridge, one appears to be running equipment (right). Library records indicate: "Actors (not stunt men) movie making near Camarillo."
Unknown
1983
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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26 x 20.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
10125
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Camarillo (Calif.)
Charlie Chaplin Costume Contest
Costume
Contests
Barnes Theatre
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
Group of young boys dressed as Charlie Chaplin for a costume contest at Barnes Theatre in Fillmore. Building on left is Pearson's barbershop, on right is Monty Everett's jewelry store.
Museum records indicate that "Sadie" Gerald Davis won first prize: a dollar Ingersoll watch. Buildings shown were built by Leon Hammond in 1917.
Unknown
1984
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Black and white photograph
12.8 x 19.3 cm
Portrait, Group
English
Image
10568
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Gaston Melies Movie Studio
Actors--portraits
Scene from a movie being filmed at Gaston Melies movie studio in Santa Paula, Calif.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp208
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Gaston Melies Movie Studio
Actors--portraits
Drama
Scene from a movie being filmed at Gaston Melies movie studio in Santa Paula, Calif.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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Glass plate negative
English
Image
gp209
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Paula (Calif.)
Howdy Folks-Welcome to Corriganville
Corriganville, Californa
Moving pictures--setting & scenery
Features a western scene from Corriganville. Two men and a woman dressed in period western costumes (probably actors) stand in the middle of a dirt street featuring historic looking western buildings on what may be a movie set. A black and white insert circle features a man on a horse waving his cowboy hat.
[Mitock & Sons, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Plastichrome by Colourpicture, P29602]
Mitock & Sons
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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15 x 10 cm
Color postcard
English
Image
21156 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Ojai (Calif.)
Movie Set at Mugu Lagoon
Mugu Lagoon (Calif.)
Docks
Boats
Motion pictures--Production and direction
View of a movie set built up at Mugu Lagoon at Pt. Mugu. There is a heavily loaded boat on a raft being tied to the dock. Shacks and palm trees in the distance are part of the movie set. Museum records indicate this was photographed around 1940. They also indicate that the cut through Pt. Mugu for the coast road was not done yet, and smoke in distance may be from highway work.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
17.5 x 12.4 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26622
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Point Mugu (Calif.)
Movie Set at Point Mugu
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Two-story houses
Scene of a movie set at Pt. Mugu. View of an old house that looks run down with another smaller building next to it, also run down. There is a small overturned boat in the foreground grass and two cars parked next to the house. In the distance, a man and woman stand near the smaller building on the left of the image.
Miller, Jack
Jack Miller Collection, 1993
Museum of Ventura County
circa 1940
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
11 x 8 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
26628
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Point Mugu (Calif.)
Santa Susana Pass
Roads--Santa Susana Pass
Santa Susana Pass
A road and surrounding mountainous terrain in the Santa Susana Pass.
Verso: Message addressed to Mr. Percy at the Ventura County Museum, from Eleanor Taylor. Taylor requests a correction regarding the distance between Moorpark College and Moorpark. Postmarked January 10, 1968.
Verso caption: "This scenic picturesque area is the general site of many movie ranches."
[Columbia Wholesale Supply, 11401 Chandler, North Hollywood, Calif., H3080 and 58238]
Columbia Wholesale Supply
Museum of Ventura County
1968
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Color postcard
15 x 10 cm
English
Image
20171 PC
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Ventura Theatre Opening
Motion picture theaters
View of crowds of men and women gathered in front of Ventura Theatre on Chestnut Street for its opening in August 1928. Side view of theatre from across the street just south of the theater. It appears to be evening. Marquee reads: New Ventura Theatre Opening Thursday Matinee 2-30 pm; William Haines in "Excess Baggage" with Josephine Dunn. Adjacent buildings visible.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1928-08-16
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2501
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2500
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)