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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
And the person taking the photo a cameraman. .
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Is it possible the three buddies placed the camera on the floor and used a self timer? If there had been a fourth person I'd imagine they would have posed on the bed.
but there's an obvious PROBLEM with this scenario: Were cameras with self-timers commercially available in the 1940s?
Before I beat the Wilcox Hotel to death
I just realized the Wilcox Hotel is in this noirish photograph from 1937.
martinturnbull
That's the Wilcox Hotel on the left.
....We're looking north on Wilcox just before Selma. Hollywood Blvd. is in the distance. (the two lighted towers are atop the Warners Theater)
. . .as most of you already know.
re: the noirish photo.
...."All we need is a trench coat, a set of brass knuckles, and a dame with a secret, and we’re all set.".....Martin Turnbull
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