History for Fun #3

From Fact: The Hindenburg and The Big LiftTHE HINDENBURG (1975) --- Ultra-classy for Universal at a time they seemed poised for industry leadership after years an also-ran, The Sting a recent winner for Best Picture, American Graffiti an all-time profit getter, plus Jaws making history a same summer The Hindenburg was being completed. I was there for June-July 1975 as pupil with USC’s Filmmaker program, or whatever they called the course. We were turned loose on the lot three days per week and for me that was like a cat at the fish stand. Commissary lunch was a daily highlight. Stars were in and out to/from lunch. They all had been told about us so were indulgent. Jackie Cooper let me walk with him back to the Mobile One stage as we talked about Our Gang. I probably told that story before. You kind of forget after twenty-six hundred columns. One thing I know wasn’t mentioned before was us going to a scoring session for The Hindenburg and me sidling over to where director Robert Wise…

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