Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
dcl7777
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#1Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/26/08 at 4:24pm
Maybe you have already known this site:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life.
There are tons of old HQ broadway photos from LIFE magazines archive In it.We can search them easily through google.
Some interesting photos I find:
Pal Joey 1952 & OBC:http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=pal+joey+source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Destry Rides Again OBC:http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Destry+Rides+Again++source:life&&sa=N&start=18&ndsp=18
Celebration OBC: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Celebration++Ralph+Morse+source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Sweet Charity OBC: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=sweet+charity++source%3Alife
One Touch of Venus OBC:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=One+Touch+of+Venus++source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
Can Can OBC: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=can+can+Gjon+Mili++source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Lost In The Stars OBC:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=lost+in+the+stars+source%3Alife
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn OBC: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22a+tree+grows+in+brooklyn%22+source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Wish You Were Here OBC(You can find the photo of the famous swimming pool on stage): http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22WISH+YOU+WERE+HERE%22+source%3Alife
Golden Apple OBC:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22golden+apple%22+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
Three Wishes For Jamie(The John Raitt flop): http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22three+wishes+for+jamie%22++source%3Alife
L'il Abner OBC: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Gjon+Mili++Abner++source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Cabin in the Sky OBC: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Cabin+in+the+Sky++source%3Alife
Guys and Dolls 1950: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22Guys+and+Dolls%22+1950++source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
Irma La Douce OBC:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Irma+La+Douce+source:life&&sa=N&start=18&ndsp=18
No Strings OBC: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=NO+STRINGS+source%3Alife
Long Day'S Joruney Into Night 1956: http://images.google.com/images?&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=%22Long+Day%27S+Joruney+Into+Night%22+source:life&&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
No, No, Nanett 1971: http://images.google.com/images?q=%22No%2C+No%2C+Nanette.%22&q=source%3Alife
Little Mary Sunshine: http://images.google.com/images?q=%27Little+Mary+Sunshine%27.&q=source%3Alife
Picnic 1953: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=Picnic+1953+source%3Alife
There must be others.Try it yourself.
Updated On: 11/29/08 at 04:24 PM
#2re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/26/08 at 4:31pm
WOW!!!!!
PETER PAN:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=peter+pan+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=fiddler+on+the+roof+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
THE MUSIC MAN:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=music+man+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
Rockettes:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=rockettes+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
MAME:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=mame+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
HELLO DOLLY:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=hello+dolly+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=cat+on+a+hot+tin+roof+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=streetcar+named+desire+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
THE CRUCIBLE:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=the+crucible+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
SAIL AWAY:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=sail+away+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
1776:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=1776+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
CABARET:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=cabaret+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
DAMN YANKEES:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=damn+yankees+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
MAN OF LA MANCHA
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=man+of+la+mancha+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
MY FAIR LADY:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=my+fair+lady+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
THE SOUND OF MUSIC:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=sound+of+music+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
SOUTH PACIFIC:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=south+pacific+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=funny+thing+happened+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 11/26/08 at 04:31 PM
--Aristotle
#2re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/26/08 at 4:37pmThanks for the tip! Those Sweet Charity photos are great.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#3re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/26/08 at 4:40pmThose are great!
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/26/08 at 4:51pm
Holy smokes!
Too bad those SWEET CHARITY photos weren't taken with the actual stage lighting. They look like they were taken in a warehouse due to the bright lights beaming onto the sets and flats.
#5re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 12:16pmI can't believe how quickly this thread died. It's a treasure trove! I'm getting several of these images printed to put on my walls.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
LadyDramaturg2
Featured Actor Joined: 8/21/08
#6re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 5:52pm
A brilliant find, dcl7777.
What a resource -- kudos, and thanks.
#7re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 7:42pm
Most of them won't work for me 
The Music Man and Guys and Dolls stuff is great though
#8re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 8:13pmOh wow, there are some great West Side Story shots form both the show and the movie.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#9re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 9:53pmFANTASTIC!!!
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#10re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/29/08 at 11:55pm
Thanks so much for passing this on... I've been searching for a while now...
Somehow I ended up searching Mary Poppins, and all these pictures came up from a 1949 TV show for MARY POPPINS... starring Mary Wickes (who I knew first and foremost from Sister Act... but she was in so many things) as Mary Poppins.
Does anyone know about this!? Search it and have a look... the photos are very interesting
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#11re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 2:12amI never knew about this! You see some of these pictures all the time, but most of them are NEVER seen! Fanstastic........
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#12re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 1:02pm
Same here with the having never seen most of these before.
I had a couple from SWEET CHARITY printed and matted in frames for my NY office. Thanks to the high resolution photos, the print quality is mouth-watering sharp and detailed.
Wow!
dcl7777
Swing Joined: 5/4/06
#13re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 1:40pm
The most amusing thing about this archive is the more famous shows don't always get bigger amounts of photos,some very obscure shows often get the the greatest collection.For example,there are few photo of the original stage production of Carousel.But there are dozens of photos of the short-live Three Wishes For Jamie.This give us a chance to see clearly how some less known shows look like on stage which I never imagine could be possible.Do you know they used the paintings of Picasso,Dali,Chirico and Benton in the set of One Touch of Venus? Well,I don't.
Also,there are some very fun pictures,like this: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=fa0f4408eaf71ff8&q=Mister+Roberts+++source:life&usg=__NaXd0dWzZsWb2mledcQU4Lt1Qog=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMister%2BRoberts%2B%2B%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DG
or this: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=01e1273df4ea19d7&q=mame+source:life&usg=__1xt7uyCN9UvekyEvVXd1ZKHsvcU=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmame%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#14re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 3:16pm
This is a wonderful thread, dcl7777!
Some more fun stuff:
Jackie Gleason, in front of the theater during the run of Take Me Along: http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=jackie+gleason+source:life&imgurl=c50912c426f4194b
A slew of photos of Julie Harris as Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera: http://images.google.com/images?q=i+am+a+camera&q=source%3Alife
The Most Happy Fella (several in color): http://images.google.com/images?q=most+happy+fella&q=source%3Alife
And maybe someone can help me out here - Is this from It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman (the picture isn’t labeled clearly)?
It's Superman?
#15re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 3:45pm
here is an amazing cover of Time from 1940 with Ethel "Panama Hattie" Merman:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=6c6c06c36276fccc&q=Ethel+Merman+source:life&ei=uvoySc-CHYGm8QSbycHIBA&sig2=ROYdSq92_bY4iGN52f9ubA&usg=__bXzMEUXH2MK_vbhypoTjCKttM3w=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEthel%2BMerman%2Bsource:life%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#16re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 4:37pmWhat an amazing resource! Thank you for sharing!
#17re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 4:39pmholy crap No Strings!!! One of my favorite musicals
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#18re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 4:40pmI LOVE the Lansbury picture... clearly. It's been my avatar for a couple weeks now.
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#19re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 4:47pm
Here are some pictures that I like:
Merman and Berlin rehearsing 'Call Me Madame':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=203720696f51f3c3&q=irving+berlin+source:life&usg=__BvAjYdFpPOmI95D65FkLGoGg_CA=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dirving%2Bberlin%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
The cast of 'Fancy Free' in Times Square:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=53f33f3b8dc2db40&q=fancy+free+source:life&usg=__iWLp-rT-xNm7_1oilxZyEdNnlXw=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfancy%2Bfree%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Audrey Hepburn in 'Gigi':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=a989d043a35323d0&q=audrey+gigi+source:life&usg=__OwTR2lKwkXyvGUPPJ9ovaRHUubk=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daudrey%2Bgigi%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Angela Lansbury backstage at 'Mame':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=01e1273df4ea19d7&q=lansbury+source:life&usg=__AEXNTWdsugj0etDNscnauT6IY5w=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlansbury%2Bsource:life%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
Robert Preston backstage at 'I Do! I Do!':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=39adf72269806157&q=robert+preston+source:life&usg=__dPNFW6PmcWSKMKxWtMIQ37hvFSE=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drobert%2Bpreston%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Gwen Verdon rehearsing for 'Damn Yankees':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=80af97577950bc6e&q=verdon+source:life&usg=__IurMqnNzWmcCiqRJ9-p7OfVwyqQ=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dverdon%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Workers changing the 'King and I' billboard following the death of Gertrude Lawrence:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=5b48e86a287edc17&q=gertrude+lawrence+source:life&usg=__v-aV8RmsgZ4TFH5pMfSJ7sqSI5s=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgertrude%2Blawrence%2Bsource:life%26start%3D126%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
Lerner and Loewe mingling with the crowd in the lobby after 'My Fair Lady':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=f6d7b7dbe515f5e7&q=lerner+and+loewe+source:life&usg=__YfQPPEHLYNB1WTIPVGqUjIn3OBc=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlerner%2Band%2Bloewe%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Chita Rivera in 'West Side Story':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=8f36cff9bab32cf1&q=chita+rivera+source:life&usg=__FnzyzdXBYFy4AkyFnm4N3tHVOR4=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchita%2Brivera%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Barbra Streisand in 'I Can Get It For You Wholesale':
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=18e454d137176d37&q=i+can+get+it+for+you+wholesale+source:life&usg=__XZV6GE7QydP5m3iUp24U58ht6Vg=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Di%2Bcan%2Bget%2Bit%2Bfor%2Byou%2Bwholesale%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Judy Garland with her baby daughter, Liza:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=4a9f264b5642a317&q=judy+garland+source:life&usg=__K3p2NRtMBrxJOgpHfVcRtIRIUEU=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djudy%2Bgarland%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
Mary Martin backstage at 'South Pacific' opening:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=2aba291dc6364898&q=mary+martin+source:life&usg=__9IhKpW-ZEWhBWFKUS4LIK-UZOBw=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmary%2Bmartin%2Bsource:life%26start%3D90%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
Mary Martin with her daughter:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=b805535498e9c46b&q=mary+martin+source:life&usg=__P--27lK1DflxFskGixQ3P29042Y=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmary%2Bmartin%2Bsource:life%26start%3D162%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN
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#20re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 9:46pm
oh, I LOVE the pic of Judy and Liza and the pic of Mary Martin and her daughter. too too cute.
I've seen this one before, but here is a wicked cute picture of Patti from 1980:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=7bc7129105b11d62&q=Patti+LuPone+source:life&ei=7U4zSZ-YLoqq8ASGsfSsBA&sig2=1W4o1E5QboJOLtXnBLxBdg&usg=__bvxZoSjJqADtk9VYNkq_VQPXbL8=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPatti%2BLuPone%2Bsource:life%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
and someone mentioned West Side Story, but here's the link:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=west+side+story+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
Gypsy Rose Lee:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=gypsy+rose+lee+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#21re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 9:58pmTerrific stuff - THANKS!
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#22re: Google HQ broadway photos from old LIFE
Posted: 11/30/08 at 10:43pmI'm gonna have to ration these. One show a day. Just looking at the "Golden Apple" pics was enough to make my head spin.
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