id:			323813
accession number:	2018.659
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.659
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:05.702000

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
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creation date:			c. 1948
creation date earliest:		1943
creation date latest:		1953
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	Poland
technique:	Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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* David Seymour (Polish, 1911–1956)  - artist

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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.)
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