PM, March 2, 1948
Tag Archives: Naked City
A Juggler
“The Juggler, Lower East Side, July 1940.”
Weegee’s World, p.51
“Joe McWilliams, fascist-type candidate of the American Destiny Party, running for Congressman, is shown juggling eggs on Rivington St. PM Photo by Weegee.” Weegee’s World, p.257
Photography magazine from 1947, p.97
“Vaudeville Juggler Bill Brown was employed to lure sidewalk directors away from nearby shooting. P.S. He succeeded!”
PM Daily, July 8, 1940, p. 10
This is the only photo of Joe McWilliams published in PM in July 1940 by Weegee. And he doesn’t resemble The Juggler…
An article about the filming of the movie “Naked City” published in 1947, is probably more accurate.
Therefore, to solve a mystery that didn’t exist until about 15 minutes ago, we conclude that The Juggler photo is a photo of Vaudeville Juggler Bill Brown, from 1947…
And furthermore… if it’s true that Mark Hellinger left NY, in August 1947, after two months of “Naked City” filming, then, The Juggler was probably made in May, June, or July of 1947…
Film Daily, August 19, 1947
“Here’s one for the books…”
Film Daily, March 18, 1948
From the amazing Lantern…
“The Word is out…”
Film Daily, January 27, 1948
From the amazing Lantern…
Weegee’s New York: “… in any case, different.”
Movie Makers, May 1948
“… with characteristic candor, come up with a 2,000 foot 16mm film called Weegee’s New York… The Eastman Kodak Company, in returning rolls of Weegee Kodachrome, is said to have advised him to stop working in that medium.”
From the amazing Lantern, media history and digital library, website.
“Independently and Indirectly”
Film Daily, March 15, 1948, p. 8
“New York’s famed newspaper photographer, Weegee, had also shot stills and movie footage during the filming of ‘The Naked City,’
in New York and he independently and indirectly aided in the promotion.”
Shot movie footage!?!?!? Srsly… Squee! WTF…
From the amazing Lantern, Media History Digital Library, website.
“1,000 New Yorkers In Film, Don’t Even Know It”
Naked City… 107 New York Sights Seen in “Naked City”
Naked City… The Soul of a City…
“The Soul of a City…
Her Glory Stripped! Her Passions Bared! Her Heart Wide Open!
Actually Filmed on the Sidewalks of New York!
Mark Hellinger’s Naked City!
Naked City… Picture Filmed on N.Y. Streets…
Naked City
“Barry Fitzgerald (in straw hat) questions a patrolman upon his arrival at the apartment of a murder victim. Curious onlookers surround then in the scene from “The Naked City,”
the late Mark Hellinger’s final production released through Universal-International Pictures.”
(The character on the lower right corner, holding a 4×5 camera, looks like, and might be Weegee…)
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 