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Dan Beach
was Production Coordinator on 3 of Shep's PBS TV
shows and got to know him quite well. He sent these photos taken
during the filming of the "Jean Shepherd at the Movies"
shorts for PBS along with this line drawing Shep did on Dan's copy
of the "Star Crossed Romance of Josephene Cosnowski" script.
Shep on the set of Bumpers
photo copyright © Dan Beach
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Leigh Brown applies some
makeup as director Fred Barzyk looks on
photo copyright © Dan Beach
used with permission
"Fred
spent countless nights with Jean and Leigh, nursing,
cajoling, begging, and soothing the irascible. Surely
SOMEONE would have brought Jean to TV. But Fred had the
vision to do so, and hung in there through tantrums and
insults and negotiation and philosophical arguments. Fred
somehow brought Jean's brilliance to television, something
Jean was proud of though he seldom admitted it. The video
legacy of Jean is due to Fred and I think it's very
important that he be recognized."
Dan Beach
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