I found this picture in an album my mom made for my dad of some of the different crews he worked on over the years.
This was from 1958 on the set for a show called "Ladies Fair".
I have looked everywhere and can't find any reference for it so either it was extremely short lived or it was a one time special. Either way I really love the old camera and everyone's very cool clothes. Notice only one lady in the crew? I wonder if she was hostess.
My dad is sitting on the floor in the white shirt with the arrow pointing to him.
I am assuming it was shot at the KNXT studios on the corner of Sunset and Gower in Hollywood.
Here's an old color shot of the studios around the time the above picture was taken:
I spent so much time in this building. I would often come here after school and watch TV in the make-up room until my dad could drive me home. I remember going up the roof (the tallest one above the CBS logo) and dropping small pebbles onto the sidewalk so people would look up and I would duck down so no one could see me..
Yeah, hooligan in the making.. that was me.
In the course of looking for information it seems they have closed this building down which is sad. I knew every nook and cranny, every shortcut through the soundstages to get to the cafeteria the fastest..places to hide so I could read a book or pretend I was lost in some vast warehouse with no way to get out and evil villains were looking for me.
Another part of childhood gone.
At least I have some pictures to remember it by.
