A Certain Cinema

Shirley MacLaine enjoys herself in the company of director Charles Walters and Carmen Phillips while making Ask Any Girl

Director Gregory La Cava and Preston Foster react to something funny on the set of Unfinished Business

Laughing time for Michael Caine and director Peter Collinson during filming of The Italian Job

Director Victor Fleming and Norma Shearer have fun on the Empty Hands location

Lauren Bacall laughs before shooting a scene from Written in the Wind with Robert Stack

Jimmy Durante

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1949.

Charles Laughton, director Richard Wallace and Deanna Durbin in a relaxed mood on the set of Because of Him

Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page have a good time between takes of The Beguiled

Jack Oakie displays the proper attire for an intense game of ping pong. June, 1933

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1933.

Ezra Stone tries to make an extra dime by selling hot dogs in the Paramount commissary. The victim is Theodore Reed, his director in Those Were the Days!

Dusty Henley and Finders Keepers director Frederick De Cordova try to better understand one anoher

Marlon Brando and James Garner find plenty to laugh about on the Japanese location of Sayonara

The happy stars of Sunday in New York: Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda and Rod Taylor

A birthday gag for director William Keighley on the set of Four Mothers. The ladies are character actors in feminine garb

Producer Saul Chaplin, Julie Andrews, director Robert Wise and choreographer Michael Kidd in high spirits for the start of filming of STAR!

Good enough to eat: Ole Olsen, Jane Frazee and Chic Johnson prolong the attics of Hellzapoppin'

Hilarity on the set of Darling Lili: Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson

Mary Murphy and John Payne have a good time on the set of Hell's Island

Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and Paul Newman have a grand time on the set of The Towering Inferno

James Coburn

Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot share a laugh on the set of Shalako

Fun on the set of Spellbound: Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman and director Alfred Hitchcock

Three live ducks dressed in costume and tagged with the names of producer-director Don Hartman (left), codirector Rudolph Maté (center) and cameraman Vincent Farrar (right) drew a laugh from everybody on the set of It Had to Be You, including stars Cornel Wilde and Ginger Rogers

Funsters Yvonne De Carlo, Burt Lancaster and Robert Siodmak share a banana split on the set of Criss Cross

Composer Jerome Kern and Nancy Kelly share a laugh on the set of One Night in the Tropics

Jack Carson, director David Butler and Dennis Morgan made half a dozen films together and always had a good time. Here they are on the set of Two Guys from Milwaukee

Hilarity on the set of Bells Are Ringing: producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and Judy Holliday

Dan Dailey, Betty Lynn and director Lloyd Bacon

Jean Simmons, director Richard Brooks and a crowd of extras featured in Elmer Gantry

They sure are enjoying themselves on the set of One More Time: Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr. and director Jerry Lewis

Robert Cummings elicts a good laugh from his Saboteur costar Priscilla Lane

The titular star of Mark of the Gorilla vents his dissatisfaction on director William Berke

Lon Chaney Jr. and Kirk Douglas share a laugh on the set of The Indian Fighter

Celebrating his birthday on the set of Cabin in the Sky, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson offers a friendly cigar to Mantan Moreland

"Marshall Neilan makes Douglas Fairbanks green with envy by balancing a big steel girder on his shoulder"

Director Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter Evan Hunter in a jovial mood on the Bodega Bay location of The Birds

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope were always playing pranks on each ohter. Here, Crosby holds a copy of a card he sent to Hope. June, 1946

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1946.

Marlon Brando and Angie Dickinson laugh it out on the set of The Chase

Shenanigans on the set of The Sheepman with Mickey Shaughnessy and cinematographer Robert Bronner

A gag photo of Along Came Ruth director Edward F. Cline trying to get his company interested in the proceedings. They include actors Victor Potel, Gale Henry, Tully Marshall and Viola Dana, and cinematographer John Arnold

On the set of Her First Beau, Theodore Reed gets some pointers from a number of youthful players he has directed in various films: William Tracy, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Jane Withers, Ken Howell and Buddy Pepper

Cinematographer Karl Freund plays rickshaw runner for director Sidney Franklin on the set of The Good Earth

Sophia Loren laughs in hearty Italian fashion with Kirk Douglas at the world premiere of The Vikings in New York. June, 1958

Elliott Gould and director Ingmar Bergman share a laugh on the set of The Touch

El Brendel salutes the Brazilian flag drawn by Raul Roulien on the set of Delicious

Humphrey Bogart and director Raoul Walsh in a jovial mood on the set of High Sierra

Elizabeth Taylor has fun with the director of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Richard Brooks

Merle Oberon and Lauren Bacall have a laugh backstage at New York's Royale Theater, where Bacall was appearing in Cactus Flower. March, 1966

Actresses appearing in the period drama The Private Affairs of Bel Ami, led by Marie Wilson (right), humorously protest to director Albert Lewin against the use of corsets

A stage hand drenches Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Rettig and Robert Mitchum in preparation for a scene of River of No Return

Julie Harris and Ethel Waters get a kick out of seeing Brandon De Wilde made up as an adult on the set of The Member of the Wedding

Director Gower Champion receives a special award from Eileen Heckart, Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, the cast and crew of My Six Loves

This gag photo taken on the set of Frieda shows director Basil Dearden employing an old means for convincing Mai Zetterling to learn her lines

Elizabeth Taylor, clowning between scenes of Rhapsody, gives hairdresser Annabella Levy professional dismay pretending to give a poodle cut to costume designer Helen Rose

The oddest of couples: George Sanders and John Huston have fun on the set of The Kremlin Letter

Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman between takes of All That Heaven Allows

Linda Darnell and Joseph Cotten have a laugh between scenes of Two Flags West

Ingrid Bergman, director Sam Wood, Katina Paxinou and Gary Cooper relax on the set of For Whom the Bell Tolls

Phillips Holmes

The stars of Bus Stop, Don Murray and Marilyn Monroe, enjoy each other's company

Lex Barker, Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz and director David Miller have a big laugh on the set of Diane

Fun on the set of The Paleface with Jane Russell, Bob Hope and director Norman Z. McLeod

Dorothy Dandridge and Brock Peters enjoy themselves during the filming of Carmen Jones

John Wayne and Jean Arthur get along famously on the set of A Lady Takes a Chance

Joan Blackman and Elvis Presley have a gay time during filming of Blue Hawaii

Marlon Brando monkeys around the set of The Wild One

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1953.

Billy Halop plays a prank on director Michael Curtiz on the set of Angels with Dirty Faces

Richard Burton and Geneviève Bujold between scenes of Anne of the Thousand Days

Director Franco Zeffirelli and Richard Burton pamper Elizabeth Taylor on the set of The Taming of the Shrew

Cesar Romero, Barbara Stanwyck and director Sidney Lanfield have a laugh on the set of Always Goodbye

Maximilian Schell tells a funny story in Sophia Loren's ear between scenes of The Condemned of Altona

James Dean and his close friend, composer Leonard Rosenman, find something to laugh about while visiting the set of Sincerely Yours

Yul Brynner and Kirk Douglas between takes of Cast a Giant Shadow

Director Victor Fleming, Greer Garson and Clark Gable share a joke on the set of Adventure

Red Skelton, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, director Harry Beaumont and producer Albert Lewis share a laugh on the set of The Show-Off

Rex Ingram and Lena Horne between shots of Cabin in the Sky

Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde entertain visitor Anouk Aimée on the set of So Long at the Fair

Rossana Podestà during the filming of Sodom and Gomorrah

Producer Hayes Goetz, Gary Merrill and director Joseph M. Newman on the set of The Human Jungle

Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck and director Stanley Kramer share a laugh on the set of On the Beach

Director John Huston, Michael Parks and Ulla Bergryd laugh their heads off during filming of The Bible

Director David Lowell Rich and Inger Stevens between shots of The Borgia Stick

Richard Burton has a jolly time on the set of Where Eagles Dare

Butch Jenkins, Mickey Rooney and director Clarence Brown display a taste for turtlenecks on the set of The Human Comedy

Gregory Peck and David Niven during the filming of a scene from The Guns of Navarone

Ingrid Bergman

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1948.

Jeremy Thomas, Nicolas Roeg and Anthony Richmond: producer, director and cinematographer of Bad Timing

Director Mark Robson and David Niven tickle Ava Gardner's funny bone on the set of The Little Hut

Kenneth More and Vivien Leigh between scenes of The Deep Blue Sea

Director Garson Kanin and Carole Lombard are obviously elated to be working together on They Knew What They Wanted

Writer Neil Simon doubles over with laughter on viewing for the first time Peter Sellers in makeup and costume for his role in Murder by Death

Director Blake Edwards and producer Tony Adams on the yacht set of Curse of the Pink Panther

Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine have fun on the set of Zee and Co.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Eddie Cantor

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1937.

Doris Day and Rock Hudson enjoy themselves between takes of Send Me No Flowers

Ronald Neame, director of The Chalk Garden, feigns terror at Hayley Mills' antics

Hilarity on the set of The Great Man's Lady: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and director William A. Wellman

Robert Morley, Jennifer Jones and John Huston between scenes of Beat the Devil

Angela Lansbury and Frank Morgan between shots of The Three Musketeers

Director S Sylvan Simon, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have a good time between shots of Rio Rita

Frank Capra and James Stewart, director and star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Sophia Loren and Anthony Perkins temporarily forget the dramatics of Five Miles to Midnight

Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis have fun on the set of Kings Go Forth

Paul Newman, director George Roy Hill and Robert Redford share a laugh on the set of The Sting

Could it have been nervous laughter that Otto Preminger elicited from the stars of Hurry Sundown, Jane Fonda and Michael Caine?

Fred Astaire visits the set of The Desperadoes and has a bit of fun with Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Rosalind Russell and Samuel Goldwyn have a gay old time

Charles Laughton and Mickey Rooney find something to laugh about

Rock Hudson laughs heartily at something Strange Bedfellows director Melvin Frank is saying. Gina Lollobrigida looks on

Farrah Fawcett, Jeff Bridges and director Lamont Johnson have a laugh between takes of Somebody Killed Her Husband

Jerry Lewis and George Raft have a bit of fun between takes of The Ladies Man

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr share a laugh while director Stanley Donen (with back turned) and cinematographer Christopher Challis prepare the next shot of The Grass is Greener

Capucine and Suzy Kendall have a grand old time on the set of Fräulein Doktor

Director Sidney Lumet laughs his heads off at something Sean Connery said between shots of The Anderson Tapes

Is Eleanor Parker in on the joke that seems so amusing to her The King and Four Queens cohorts Clark Gable and Raoul Walsh?

A gag photo of director Lewis Milestone, Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. during the making of Of Mice and Men

Kaz Garas, director Henry Hathaway and Stewart Granger in a relaxed mood between scenes of The Last Safari

Hilarity strikes director William Dieterle, Anna Magnani and cinematographer Arturo Gallea between scenes of Vulcano

Ida Lupino and Alan Hale crack up on the set of They Drive by Night

A moment of mirth for Françoise Dorléac and Stephen Boyd between scenes of Genghis Khan

Director John Huston gets a kick out of seeing George Sanders in drag for a scene of The Kremlin Letter

Jeanette MacDonald laughs at director Paul L. Stein's antics between scenes of The Lottery Bride

Eleanor Powell and James Stewart jump for joy between takes of Born to Dance

John Lund and Joyce Holden have fun at the expense of their Bronco Buster costar Chill Wills

On the set of Unconquered, Cecil B. DeMille and Paulette Goddard have fun with a cast of the director's head

Jeanette MacDonald and director Frank Borzage share a laugh on the set of Smilin' Through

Director Martin Ritt and Woody Allen enjoy a light moment during the filming of The Front

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy laugh it out on the set of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Leo Carrillo entertains the youthful cast of Babes on Swing Street

"Can they make Buster Keaton laugh? Not if he is awake. Buster has never been known to laugh although he has made millions roar with his tragic blunders. Here are three of Keaton's scenario staff and his director Eddie Cline trying to 'laugh' Keaton into a story. All were reading at once, but it doesn't look as though they were convincing, although thoroughly satisfied with themselves. However, Buster never smiles. What is he thinking?-- Joseph A. Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Keaton, Jean C. Havez and Cline

Jay C. Flippen and Red Skelton laugh at Walter Slezak's antics on the set of The Yellow Cab Man

Red Skelton and director Jack Donohue act silly on the set of The Yellow Cab Man

The Manchurian Candidate costars Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey have a good laugh at lunch

Larry Parks, Rita Hayworth and Roland Culver between scenes of Down to Earth

Gregory Peck between scenes of The Guns of Navarone

Irene Papas between scenes of The Guns of Navarone

Chic Johnson, director Edward F. Cline and Ole Olsen have a good laugh on the set of Ghost Catchers

Ezio Pinza, director Don Hartman and Lana Turner have a big laugh on the set of Mr. Imperium

Nigel Patrick and Michael Redgrave in a jovial mood on the set of The Browning Version

Sam Wood visits the Unconquered set and chats with Gary Cooper and Cecil B. DeMille

Director Max Ophüls and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. have a good laugh on the set of The Exile

A moment of hilarity for Walter Huston and Thomas Mitchell on the set of The Outlaw

Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten enjoy themselves on the set of Gaslight

Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker and Ossie Davis relaxed on the set of Sam Whiskey

Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings have fun on the set of Princess O'Rourke

A moment of laughter for Rock Hudson and director George Seaton on the set of Showdown

Gert Fröbe and Yves Montand in a laughing mood between scenes of Is Paris Burning?

Reginald Denny, Laurence Olivier and Nigel Bruce share a laugh on the set of Rebecca

Director George Marshall and Marie Wilson on the set of My Friend Irma

Director Vincent Sherman and Ann Sheridan share a laugh on the set of Nora Prentiss

In his costume from Road to Singapore, Bing Crosby visits the set of That's Right - You're Wrong and has a jolly time with Kay Kyser and director David Butler

Dorothy Lamour gets a big laugh when Bing Crosby's sarong slips while they rehearse a dance scene for Road to Singapore

Notorious prankster Alfred Hitchcock has designs on birthday girl Doris Day's foot. James Stewart joins the fun on the set of The Man Who Knew Too Much

Fun time for Richard Egan and Tyrone Power on the set of Untamed

Old friends Henry Fonda and James Stewart laugh heartily on the set of Firecreek

In a pause from shooting White Christmas, Danny Kaye entertains wardrobe girl Ruth Stella and Grace Kelly on the set of Rear Window

A moment of mirth for Deborah Kerr and William Holden amidst the dramatics of The Proud and Profane

Red Skelton and Kathryn Grayson share a laugh on the M-G-M lot between scenes of Lovely to Look At

Tony Curtis tells an amusing story to Don't Make Waves costars Claudia Cardinale and Jim Backus

Rock Hudson and Bobby Darin share a laugh on the set of Come September

David Niven and Shirley Jones crack up between shots of Bedtime Story

Mitzi Gaynor and David Niven share a laugh on the set of The Birds and the Bees

Kirk Douglas and Elsa Martinelli in a laughing mood between scenes of The Indian Fighter

A gag photo of Jane Russell, Bob Hope, Trigger and Roy Rogers to promote Son of Paleface

John Mills mugs for the amusement of Horst Buccholz and daughter Hayley in a pause from filming Tiger Bay

A moment of hilarity for Jack Oakie and Victor Mature on the set of Song of the Islands

Fun in the sun: Hayley and John Mills in a break from filming The Truth About Spring

Carl Reiner regales Doris Day and James Garner on the set of The Thrill of it All

Kirk Douglas and Janette Scott share a laugh between takes of The Devil's Disciple

Paulette Goddard clowns with Bob Hope during a break from filming Nothing But the Truth

Director Jack Conway entertains Myrna Loy by taking his lemon straight during a tea break on the set of Too Hot to Handle

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