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My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 107
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 107description Photograph of a set from the movie, "Giant" including the front of a stone mansion with a car parked in front. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The house used for the shooting still stands in the pasture where it was put together nearly fourteen years ago" (p. 12).artist/creator Unknownsubject Architecture Movie Sets Social Life And Customs - Popular Culture Arts And Crafts - Theatre - Motion Pictures Filmscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Frame of a mansion on the set of Giant
title Frame of a mansion on the set of Giantdescription Photograph of a set from the movie, "Giant" showing a close up of one side and the wooden bracing across the back of the facade. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "In 1955, a Warner Brothers film crew [...] moved into Marfa [for] the on-location shooting of the movie, 'Giant,' based on the novel by Edna Ferber. The three hundred stars' and crewmen's presence was probably the most exciting event in Marfa's recent history" (pp. 11-12).artist/creator Unknownsubject Architecture Movie Sets Social Life And Customs - Popular Culture Arts And Crafts - Theatre - Motion Pictures Filmscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Set of Giant
title Set of Giantdescription Photograph of a set from the movie, "Giant" including the front of a stone mansion that has decorative ironwork along the roofline. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "During a severe drought which strained the economy, help came from a glamorous source. In 1955, a Warner Brothers film crew with movie stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Chill Wills, and others moved into Marfa. The event was the on-location shooting of the movie, 'Giant,' based on the novel by Edna Ferber" (p. 11).artist/creator Unknownsubject Architecture Movie Sets Social Life And Customs - Popular Culture Arts And Crafts - Theatre - Motion Pictures Filmscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH)