HOME MOVIES: 1960s HOLLYWOOD

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Description: Shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker, this mid-1960s color home movie captures scenes from the life of a Hollywood husband and wife as they enjoy leisure time golfing, swimming, boating, visiting children at school, and vacationing in Gibraltar. Screen icons Julie Newmar (My Living Doll, Batman), Henry Silva (The Tall T, Johnny Cool, The Manchurian Candidate), and Jamie Farr (F Troop, M*A*S*H) make casual, candid appearances in bathing attire (TRT: 18:24). A woman uses a driver on a Southern California golf course dotted with palm trees. A mother and son drive a 3-wheel golf cart with a "TCC" logo (0:08). A medium shot of golfing from the fairway. A wide shot of putting on the green. The father/husband makes a "cut" gesture across his throat. He, his wife, and a friend swing golf clubs. A brief portrait of the family’s son (0:34). A Hollywood pool party with a waitstaff tending bar. A failed hula hoop attempt (1:43). A portrait of a couple. A man with an athletic build wears a polo shirt and thumbs his nose. A bleached blonde in an animal print bathing suit smiles for the camera. A girl with a pixie cut. Men and women in sunglasses. The animal print bikini wearer dances and thrusts her hips (1:45). Swimmers in the pool. A closeup of a young woman (2:21). The "male lead" of this home movie dons his sunglasses. A panorama of party guests. The bikini wearer, now fully dressed, does a mock striptease, revealing her midriff (2:28). A young man, the son of the family, exits a "Wallace House Junior Boy Dormitory" and is greeted by his mother. The two take a stroll (3:00). Another pool party. Men with drinks. A woman in a conical hat. A blonde in a pink bathing suit twirls and poses while picking up a drink. A reclining woman smokes a cigarette (3:38). Diving into the pool (4:15). Actor Jamie Farr. A woman dances, then flips off a diving board. A smiling woman plays to the camera, rolling her eyes and laughing (4:27). A portly gentleman and a bespectacled companion shake hands (5:07). A woman with dyed red hair. Actor Henry Silva plays to the camera (5:12). Back at a golf course, with a friend dressed in blue (5:32). Golfing at dusk (6:21). A man and a boy boxing with gloves by the side of a pool. Another young challenger (6:55). Riding in a chartered plane. Aerial photography shows a mountain range and sparsely populated desert. A distant golf course and pool (7:24). A young boy in the cockpit takes the plane’s controls (8:44). Boxing practice continues (9:19). A sunbaked boating excursion shows men and women relaxing on the deck of a sailboat (10:05). Julie Newman combs her hair. A brunette and her male companion. A passing sailboat and a view of the coastline (10:24). A bald gentleman drinks and mugs for the camera. The subject of the home movies and Ms. Newmar (10:52). Julie Newmar wears a leopard print bikini, as seen from behind in a compromising angle. Another shot shows an uncouth fellow seafarer mugging, making obscene faces with a hot dog bun in his mouth, and covering himself in Newmar’s hair as her patience visibly wanes (11:13). The film’s subject makes kissy faces at Newmar, who does not return his advances. He is next seen kissing his wife (12:11). The bald man in a straw hat. Other actor types take in the sun (12:42). Boxing practice and a grey poodle (13:09). Adolescent children dance poolside. A lineup of party attendees file past the camera (14:12). Aerial photography from a passenger plane landing at Gibraltar International Airport. The Rock of Gibraltar. A Royal Air Maroc airliner idles on a runway in the background (15:05). A woman wearing a summer outfit poses in front of a stucco and terracotta dwelling (16:24). Musicians parade around the ring at a bullfighting arena (16:54). A bullfighting toreador gracefully evades danger and waves a hat victoriously (17:05).

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