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40 Captioned Photos in Groups
of 8
(For more detail, click
on each photo to enlarge.)
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1.
Apertura
studio in Orford, New Hampshire, adjacent the house of Academy Award
nominated producer John Karol. |
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Partial view of the Coolidge project library, assembled during the
initial research phase. |
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3.
This two-volume 400-page "Treatment" was later used for
structuring on-camera interviews of academics, commentators and
witnesses on the personal and political life of Calvin Coolidge. |
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Mailing copies of the two-volume "Treatment" to thirteen
academic advisors for review and comment. |
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5.
Preproduction
advance work. Files on 130 possible film interviewees: Blue Dots
- project advisors. Red Dots - 40 filmed interviews. Content
was discussed and technical matters addressed during advance meetings
with all interviewees prior to filming. |
| 6. Filming
journalist Duff Gilfond who interviewed Coolidge for her book, The
Rise of Saint Calvin, published in 1932. |
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7. Filming
documents at the Library of Congress, including Coolidge's small
handwritten statement, "I do not choose to run for President
in nineteen twenty eight." |
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Setting
up to interview historian Richard Norton Smith at the Herbert Hoover
Library. |
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