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…

  This recently discovered photograph of Rita Hayworth in a deleted dance scene from Down To Earth shows the purest adherence to form and structure by photographer Ned Scott.  For Ned Scott, capturing this elite sense of form was the apex of his art.  Here a series of triangles arrest the attention of the viewer, and despite the fact that…

There is no question that this vertical photo of Rita Hayworth resonates vibrantly with the cognoscenti of the genre. This photo has appeared in many incarnations in the publishing industry, the film industry, the advertising industry and Hollywood entertainment industry since its creation by Ned Scott 70 years ago during his assignments for Columbia Pictures dance extravaganza “Down To Earth”.…

Photos of Rita Hayworth These photos of Rita Hayworth were taken by Ned Scott while he served as a contract photographer at Columbia Studios. The Rita films he photographed include “Gilda”, “Down to Earth”, “Tonight and Every Night” and “Cover Girl”, all in the mid-1940’s. Many of his images graced the pages or covers of fan magazines, Life and other…

Glamour Shots Glamour shots, especially those of A-list celebrities, allowed Ned Scott notoriety as a portraitist during his career.  The progress toward such high level recognition began after his work on Stagecoach in 1939 and The Long Voyage Home.   Early in 1940,  Gunther von Fritsch, Ned Scott’s old friend from the production days of the 1934 Mexican protest film…

Taxes   Something as mundane as income taxes can reveal significant details about the life of a working person in the United States.  So it is with Ned Scott, Hollywood still photographer.  Despite the intervening 75 years from the days in the ’40’s when Ned Scott practiced his art, his tax records survive just as his imagery does.  This is…

Leg Art and Gag Shots Leg art and gag shots are some of the most widely distributed still photographs which connected the movie going audience with their favorite celebrities and stars. These stills assumed immediately recognizable forms and situations. Everyone can relate to Christmas, the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, etc. The still photographer created scenes in which studio stars…

Prominent Film Directors Prominent film directors are a unique group of people, not only within the panoply of American artistic endeavor, but also as a group unto themselves in Hollywood. On the one hand, these directors relate to their studio bosses in special ways. Often they are responsible directly to the principal executives of their production companies, but that does…

I constantly plow through web records to discover films which Ned Scott worked during his career from 1935-48. The effort has been rewarding since I began this research process in 2006. Most of these films have been revealed during eBay searches, auction searches, and film industry announcements in periodicals from the time period. What I appreciate the most is locating,…

This Charles Vidor photo emphasizes a key fact of life in the studios–and indeed everywhere–and that was smoking. It was a cultural statement for the times. Ned Scott was a steady smoker, but not a “chain” user. He appreciated the social aspects of smoking, and that’s what’s on display here in this Charles Vidor photo. This is Ned Scott’s way…