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DescriptionCasting black cats in 1961.jpg
English: Title: Casting call for black cats to star in Roger Corman movie in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961
Published caption:HOLLYWOOD HUNTS A BLACK CAT-Out of this sidewalk full of black cats one may be chosen for the title role in (natch) "The Black Cat," one of three segments in Tales of Terror, which American International Pictures is casting at Producers Studio. Director Roger Corman hopes to find six look-alikes--one to star, the others to stand in--for the movie thriller starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson.
Source:Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library
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2008-11-30 03:01 Tillman 586×614× (266239 bytes) Title: Casting call for black cats to star in Roger Corman movie in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961 Published caption:HOLLYWOOD HUNTS A BLACK CAT-Out of this sidewalk full of black cats one may be chosen for the title role in (natch) "The Black Cat," one of
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S-curve to set black point (black coat of woman leaning forward in back) and white point (white sweater of second woman from the right), while clipping sky. Seems to have the same overall brightness.
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