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"Jean Shepherd at the Movies"

1983 - WGBH Boston

Not to be confused with the "Rear Bumper" television show that Shep did in Cincinnati, these were a series of short films done by Shep for PBS to fill time at the end of Masterpiece Theatre in 1983. 

There were 7 done and they were filmed at the home/studio of Dan Beach using his film production collection as props. They dealt with old film legends.
 

The 7 'Bumpers'

1 Ruby Sears
2 Rin Tin Tin
3 Movie Technology - Hand cranked cameras
4 D.W. Griffith - Lillian Gish on the ice flows of the Connecticut River in "Way Down East"
5 D.W. Griffith - "Feast of Bal Shazar in Babylon"
6 Special Effects in silent movies
7 Harold Lloyd - The richest actor to have left the movies when sound came in.

On The Set

 

Dan Beach was Production Coordinator on 3 of Shep's PBS TV shows and got to know him quite well. He sent these photos during filming one day along with this line drawing Shep did on Dan's copy of the "Star Crossed Romance of Josephene Cosnowski" script.


Shep on the set of Bumpers
photo copyright © Dan Beach
used with permission


Leigh Brown applies some makeup as director Fred Barzyk looks on.
photo copyright © Dan Beach
used with permission

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