Natalie Wood Film Set The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.

Irvin Kershner, director of ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ has died at 87

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Shooting Psycho.

“Splendor In The Grass,” Director Elia Kazan, Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood, and Pat Hingle. 1961/Warner Bros.

McQueen works out at the gym at Paramount Pictures, for whom he was making the movie Love With the Proper Stranger opposite Natalie Wood. Perhaps a signal of their confidence that he was the next big thing, Paramount’s suits also gave McQueen a plum dressing room on the lot: one that belonged to Gary Cooper.

The dynamic duo at Universal Studios, making Lover Come Back. “The first day, Rock took me to Doris Day’s trailer and introduced me with, ‘Meet Leo, who takes pictures that make you look like you wish you did.’”

“Gypsy” Karl Malden, Natalie Wood relaxing on set, 1962.

Disney artist and animator Mary Blair and her husband, fellow artist Lee Blair, sit outdoors and draw sketches of flora in South America in 1941. Mary Blair was one of the Disney studio’s most famous artists, creating the concept art of “Peter Pan,” “Cinderella,” and “Alice in Wonderland,” and doing the character designs for the “It’s a Small World” rides.

Walt Disney leans over an animator as he works on the character Jiminy Cricket. Once added, the wise insect at first looked like an actual cricket, but he evolved into what was essentially a tiny man.

Walt Disney and his staff of animators look over footage of “Pinocchio.” “You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality,” he said.

Henry Fonda in front of the camera and Sergio Leone behind it on the set of Once Upon A Time In The West.

Natalie Wood and Peter Falk during a break from the movie “Penelope,” 1966.