Ann Miller’s photos figure strongly in Ned Scott’s personal collection of photographs. He photographed her for “Jam Session”, “The Thrill of Brazil” and “Eadie Was a Lady”. He printed his favorite image from “Eadie” in 16 x 20 format, indicating high praise for her as a subject. But nothing comes close to matching this image of Ann with a chapeau…

Locating decent portraits of the cast members of this film is difficult. This film was shot on location in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in 1942. The good thing about this is that the scenery on location brought a good dose of realism to the setting of the film (Norway), but the bad thing is that few opportunities were offered…

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”.…

This Red Skelton photo by Ned Scott from Columbia Pictures 1948 movie “The Fuller Brush Man” captures some of the zany characteristics for which he became famous as an entertainer. I can remember my father referring to him later on in the 1950’s as someone who was just as wacky as Joe. E Brown. Skelton lived in La Crescenta/Montrose area…

It has just come to light that Ned Scott photographed “Blondie’s Anniversary” for Columbia Pictres in 1947. The film starred Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake and Larry Simms. The film was directed by Abby Berlin. This film is a series film based on Chic Young’s comic book characters from his strip “Blondie” which began newspaper syndication in 1938. There were many…

While researching John Wayne photos on the Motion Picture and Television (MPTV) website, I found a photo which resembled Ned Scott’s style of portraiture but which carried no assignation as to originator or film. The description merely stated “John Wayne circa 1931”. I was spending time running through the many John Wayne photos on MPTV because I was writing an…

One of the most vexing matters about researching my father’s career is that so much material from the 1930’s and 1940’s has so little relevance today. His own personal collection from his Hollywood days bears photographs of stars who have long since been forgotten, but who were quite fashionable in the day. Slowly these people have been revealed, their films…

I just found that Ned Scott photographed a film for Columbia Studios called “Snafu” in 1945. The film starred Conrad Janis, Robert Benchley and Barbara Jo Allen. Jack Moss directed the movie for Columbia. This is a war movie made just after War II ended. It capitalized on the often heard slogan from many a G.I.–S.N.A.F.U., or Situation Normal, All…

It is highly likely that a young Ned Scott created this self portrait during the year 1931, right after joining the Camera Club of New York. I do not yet know just how or under what circumstances my father joined that august group of photographers in 1930, but I do know that he used his Graflex 5 x 7 to…

It was in 1999 that The Ned Scott Archive and the Motion Picture and Television Archive in Los Angeles began a long and successful relationship. Long time still photographer Sid Avery, the founder of MPTV, was motivated to establish a high quality process for gathering, storing and preserving photographic material which had survived over the years from the work of…