Movieland Mystery Photo

  Jan. 31, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update: As nearly everyone realized, this is the filming of “A Small Circle of Friends” in 1979.]

We have moved from the era of the 4×5 camera to 35 millimeter, which is far more problematic for gleaning details from photos. Keep reading for a closer look.

 

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From left, Ezra Sacks, Michael Butler, Rob Cohen and Stephen Cohen.

  April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends

April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends

 
  Jan. 31, 2011, Mystery Photo  

Here’s our mystery camera crew…

  April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends  
  Jan. 31, 2011, Mystery Photo  

… and our mystery talent.

  April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends  

  April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends
April 22, 1979, Small Circle of Friends
 

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20 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo

  1. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Finally, something with modern relevance! Clothes are definitely 1970-72!

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  2. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Karen Allen?

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  3. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:

    Karen Allen

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  4. Mark Heimback-Nielsen's avatar Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:

    The mystery actors are Karen Allen and Brad Davis in “A Small Circle of Friends” (1980). Cameraman may be cinematographer Michael C. Butler.

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  5. Rance Ryan's avatar Rance Ryan says:

    Karen Allen Animal House

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  6. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:

    Okay! A little slow on uptake today but Karen Allen & Brad Davis in A Small Circle Of Friends. Clothes threw me. Didn’t realize it was a period piece and not actually film that took place in late Sixties-early Seventies.

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  7. benito's avatar benito says:

    Looks like Karen Allen and Brad Davis in A Small Circle of Friends. The film was set at Harvard.

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  8. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:

    Is that Brad Davis?

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  9. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:

    Could it be Paul Michael Glaser walking parallel to that long, wooden crane track?

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  10. vanessa carey's avatar vanessa carey says:

    Mystery guest is Jacqueline Bisette.

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  11. Cold in PHX's avatar Cold in PHX says:

    I think the lady that the camera is following is Karen Allen. So I’ll guess that the film is A Small Circle of Friends and her companion is Brad Davis.

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  12. MIKE HAWKS's avatar MIKE HAWKS says:

    A SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS with Karen Allen and Brad Davis.

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  13. Gerald McCann's avatar Gerald McCann says:

    Is that Margot Kidder on the left?

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  14. Greg Clancey's avatar Greg Clancey says:

    That’s Brad Davis…so put together with Karen Allen and you get “A Small Circle of Friends” (1980)

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  15. LC's avatar LC says:

    Karen Allen and Brad Davis in A Small Circle of Friends.

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  16. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:

    It’s SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS with Davis and Karen Allen. We have photos of the setup and a fisheye with the building on the right, but not this one.

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  17. WDT's avatar WDT says:

    Karen Allen in a small circle of friends. Harvard yard, but the back yard at the law school on Oxford st.
    Rob Cohen is the director.

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  18. la peregrina's avatar la peregrina says:

    Karen Allen and Brad Davis in A Small Circle of Friends.

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  19. Mark Heimback-Nielsen's avatar Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:

    According to IMDb, the story in the film “A Small Circle Of Friends” took place at Harvard University in 1968 and was filmed on location. Explains Allen’s ’60s fashion and the cameraman’s late ’70s/early ’80 Adidas running shoes.

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  20. periwinkle's avatar periwinkle says:

    Karen Allen and Brad Davis in “A Small Circle of Friends”?

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