[Making It In Hollywood raw #57]

Raw footage for the 1976 documentary "Making It In Hollywood," which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. A continuation of footage of Cissy Colpitts (now Cisse Cameron), an aspiring actress, meeting with a casting director from 20th Century Fox Studios.

00:00Copy video clip URL A continuation of footage of Cissy Colpitts (now Cisse Cameron), an aspiring actress, meeting with a casting director from 20th Century Fox Studios. Colpitts auditions and then the director talks about Colpitts’ performance. Colpitts then discusses her performance during the reading.

08:30Copy video clip URL Footage shot around 20th Century Fox’s backlot and soundstages; including footage of various false-front set exteriors that are made to look like different types of buildings (banks, churches, train stations, etc.)

14:30Copy video clip URL The “Making It” crew interviews several actors inside Schwab’s drugstore in Los Angeles; including Joseph Turkel who–after acting in “125 TV shows and 77 features”–advises young actors to “never buy anything you can’t hock.” The rest of the actors at Schawb’s dispense various tidbits of advice to up-and-coming actors.

22:24Copy video clip URL End of tape.