id: 323813 accession number: 2018.659 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.659 updated: 2024-08-08 15:18:48.481000 Filming "The Glass Mountain": During the filming of "The Glass Mountain" in Dolomites, film producer Joseph Janni searched for extras and found peasants who might have been born for the job. Local people inside church. No film studio setting, but a scene "shot" inside a little church at San Fento in the Dolomites. None of these peasants had ever seen a film camera, but all joined in to take their parts as extras for a sequence, Northern Italy, c. 1948. David Seymour (Polish, 1911–1956). Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped; image: 21.2 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); paper: 21.2 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.659 title: Filming "The Glass Mountain": During the filming of "The Glass Mountain" in Dolomites, film producer Joseph Janni searched for extras and found peasants who might have been born for the job. Local people inside church. No film studio setting, but a scene "shot" inside a little church at San Fento in the Dolomites. None of these peasants had ever seen a film camera, but all joined in to take their parts as extras for a sequence, Northern Italy title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1948 creation date earliest: 1943 creation date latest: 1953 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: --- culture: Poland technique: Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped department: Photography collection: PH - Misc. 20th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * David Seymour (Polish, 1911–1956) - artist --- measurements: Image: 21.2 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 21.2 x 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES