Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman in 'The Graduate'

PART OF:
Twenty-four photographic prints taken on film sets
Made:
1967 in United States
photographer:
Robert Hanley Willoughby
Anne Bancroft & Dustin Hoffman 'The Graduate'
    Black and white

Anne Bancroft & Dustin Hoffman 'The Graduate' Black and white
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Bob Willoughby

A photograph of Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman on a specially constructed set for 'The Graduate', Paramount Studios, taken by Bob Willoughby in the United States, 1967.

The photograph shows Bancroft as Mrs Robinson, and Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, their characters in the 1967 film 'The Graduate', directed by Mike Nichols (b. 1931). The film tells the story of Braddock, a recent graduate, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs Robinson, only to fall in love with her daughter Elaine.

For twenty years Bob Willoughby photographed actors and actresses on movie sets at all the major Hollywood studios.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1994-5011/3
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 300 mm x 405 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford