[Making It In Hollywood raw #77]

Raw footage from the 1976 documentary "Making It In Hollywood," which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features b-roll footage of signs and billboards on Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard. One gas-station sign advertises unleaded for 59 cents/gallon! This is followed by shots of the stars on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame." Stars shown on the walk include Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Gene Autry.

00:00Copy video clip URL B-Roll footage of Sunset Boulevard, including a Unocal 76 gas station sign and the sign for Ben Frank’s Coffee Shop. Various billboards and signs, newspaper kiosks. 

06:34Copy video clip URL Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. 

08:29Copy video clip URL The Sunset Plaza,  Brentwood Savings, Dino’s Lodge, Dean Martin’s.

10:47Copy video clip URL A cigarette billboard reading “Long on taste.” Driving down Sunset Blvd, passing by Schwab’s Pharmacy. Various street signs. 

15:02Copy video clip URL The stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Reginald Denny, Nat “King” Cole. A blank star. 

16:10Copy video clip URL Exterior of an adult cinema called the Pussycat Theatre, playing Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones. 

16:34Copy video clip URL Stars on the Walk of Fame for Robert Cummings, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Buck Owens, Gene Autry, and more. Various street signs.