I think the most common ways are:

1) company paycheck records
2) producer call sheets
3) individual contracts - they may destroy lots of records.. I don't think they destroy contracts because of residual and copyright issues that may come up decades later

take into account also that the number of film historians in Hollywood has to be greater than all film historians in the rest of the world combined

Rich


At 02:55 PM 6/23/2009, Michael B wrote:
i watched the 1942 film REUNION IN FRANCE (joan crawford, john wayne.....) TMC gave it 2 stars. i'd give it 2.75 (LOL)

natalie schaeffer was in a few scenes (playing a nazi) WITH dialogue......yet she was not credited in the cast. for youngsters here, she is best know as Mrs. Howell of Gilligan's Island, although she appeared in lots of stuff......

that prompted my question: whenever you check someone's Bio on the internet, they always include uncredited roles. HOW COULD THE HOLLYWOOD RECORDS IN THE 40s be so accurate? it seems they list everyone's "uncredited" roles. who stored that info?



michael

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