Forum: Photography


Subject: Photographer Choice November Official Thread

bclaytonphoto opened this issue on Nov 01, 2006 · 138 posts


TomDart posted Thu, 02 November 2006 at 9:56 PM

John Dillinger was a gangster in the USA in the 1930's.   Agents were tipped off by a "lady in red" at the theatre and that night Dillinger was shot dead.  This link tells the story:

http://chicago.about.com/cs/history/a/john_dillinger.htm

We accidentally found this low light scene, the main road blocked by a film crew from the History Channel.  They are doing a documentary on gangsters of that era.   So, we went and got a camera and here is a shot.   I have one with the lighting for the film crew showing but it is too busy to be very interesting. 

The  theatre is local, chosen for the old look.  When the documentary airs, this theatre will be "near Chicago".  The marquise on the right side reads: Manhattan Melodrama w/ Clark Gable. That is the camera side in the filming.

TomDArt.             ISO200, f/5. 1/8sec, 48mm.