Ned Scott initials in negative tags appeared on Columbia Studios film stills during years when he served as a contract employee with the studio.  Ned Scott insisted on this process. There were a number of good reasons why such an identification technique was needed at Columbia. Two major departments at the studio took part in the development and branding of…

A Ned Scott poster art image demonstrates the link between Ned Scott still photographs and poster art.  This is another example from a 1947 film noir mystery from Columbia Pictures starring Glenn Ford and Janis Carter.  Glenn Ford’s character falls victim to the twisted murder plot of a small town seductive waitress, Janis Carter’s character.  Upon discovering enough of the…

          This particular portrait of John Wayne as the Ringo Kid from the 1939 classic Western drama, Stagecoach, has remained unseen by film fans everywhere until now.  Ned Scott created this John Wayne photo as one of several from a photo session to support Wayne’s maverick role for the film.  The Ned Scott Archive takes great…

This newly discovered Ingrid Bergman photo was taken on the set of Spellbound in 1945.  It is an offset shot with Ingrid taking a break during filming while relaxing in a specially designed studio chair.  This image carries special importance for the Ned Scott Archive.  Most of Ingrid Bergman images already posted here are from the special shooting session at…

This photograph of Rita Hayworth sold on Jan 7, 2015 an an Ebay auction.  This sale price was $1700. But prospective sellers of such material are denied this infomation on Worthpoint’s database because the transaction is missing.  And these potential sellers are paying Worthpoint $20 per month for this amateur service.   Worthpoint is an online company which compiles sales…

  Along with many other specialty photographs in the wider group of Hollywood stills, the Ned Scott Archive is creating a classic fashion photo page.  This page will feature photographs from the career of still photographer Ned Scott with emphasis on the last three years of his career, 1945-48.  Images posted here will demonstrate the complete command of the subject…

A new friend of the Ned Scott Archive has provided a large number of Ned Scott authored images from his own collection for posting on the Archive website.  He has amassed a very respectable collection of prints from the Hollywood Classic era and his own website, https://www.aenigma-images.com/, serves as a ready repository for those images.  His research into the backstories…

Until now, no 1940’s photographs of Nancy Saunders by Ned Scott have ever been found.  She is one of the few celebrities active at Columbis Studios during the time when Ned Scott was a contract photogrpaher who never appeared in portrait form from any of the films in the 1940’s.  These portraits survives from the film It Had To Be…

The nursing shortage during WWII was acute.  The United States was fighing a war on two fronts in far flung areas of the globe.  Millions of men were engaged in combat.  By 1943, it was apparent to everyone that more nurses were immediately needed to care for wounded G.I.’s.  The Bolton Act of Juy 1, 1943 helped solve that problem…

     Movie poster art featuring Ned Scott film stills is a category of film promotion which was very important in the ultimate success of a fim at the box office.  I have just discovered an excellent poster art site which carries many examples of film posters in which Ned Scott stills were used for effect.  This example comes from…