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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) and [Liz Ronk](https://time.com/author/liz-ronk/) Feb 5, 2016 1:00 PM UTC  The technicians, craftsmen and studio personnel - the small army of workers behind the scenes - during the filming of MGM's 'The Next Voice You Hear.' 1950. The technicians, craftsmen and studio personnel - the small army of workers behind the scenes - during the filming of MGM's 'The Next Voice You Hear.' 1950. Hulton Archive—Getty Images by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/) and [Liz Ronk](https://time.com/author/liz-ronk/) Feb 5, 2016 1:00 PM UTC The new Coen Brothers movie _Hail, Caesar!_ finds its inspiration in the mid-century Hollywood movie factory—but, as cinematographer Roger Deakins [told](http://variety.com/2016/artisans/in-contention/hail-caesar-roger-deakins-celluloid-1201687528/) _Variety_, the mission was not to make a tribute to the movies of that era but rather to make a cohesive modern film set in the real and complicated world behind the camera. And, as these images show, the work of making a movie back then was by turns glamorous and gritty. It was clearly hard work: an army of technicians was always at the ready, the shoots might require long days, there was plenty of waiting around to do. But—with bathing beauties, dancing feet, artificial desserts, busy backlots and some of the biggest stars in movie history—it looks like a heck of a lot of fun, too.  The sleek new building that hosts the offices of producers and directors of MGM, 1943. Walter Sanders—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Movie director George Sidney riding on camera crane moving in closer while photographing a circle of swimmers amidst garlands of floating plastic flowers for a scene in the movie musical 'Bathing Beauty' starring Esther Williams in pool at M-G-M studios. 1944 Ralph Crane/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images  Frank Sinatra having conversation with director George Sidney in between scenes from the film 'Anchors Aweigh', 1945. Archive Photos/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—Getty Images  A film crew shoot a kissing scene at the Warner Brothers Film Studios in Hollywood, 1946. Keystone Features—Getty Images  Actor, producer, writer and director Orson Welles poses with actress and wife Rita Hayworth on the set of the Columbia Pictures film 'The Lady from Shanghai' in 1947 in Los Angeles. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images  Lloyd Nolan throwing a punch towards cameraman Paul Vogel as actor-director Robert Montgomery looks on from his director's chair on the set of MGM's 'Lady in the Lake' in 1947. MGM Studios/Archive Photos—Getty Images  Rosalind Russell sits with her legs crossed on the edge of a wooden desk, holding a cigarette, as director John Gage and his crew film a scene on the set of 'The Velvet Touch'. 1948. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Montgomery Clift and John Wayne on the studio set of the western 'Red River', 1948. John Kobal Foundation—Getty Images  Ingrid Bergman sits next to the motion picture camera during a break in filming on the set of director Victor Fleming's film, 'Joan of Arc.' 1948. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Cecil B DeMille sitting on a camera rig with members of his crew, on the set of the film 'Samson and Delilah', for Paramount Pictures, 1949. John Kobal Foundation—Getty Images  The technicians, craftsmen and studio personnel - the small army of workers behind the scenes - during the filming of MGM's 'The Next Voice You Hear.' 1950. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh relax on the set of 'A Streetcar Named Desire', circa 1951. Archive Photos—Getty Images  Gene Kelly on the set of the film 'Invitation to the Dance', 1954. Davis Boulton/John Kobal Foundation—Getty Images  Joseph MacDonald shows Arlene Dahl the mysteries of the CinemaScope Technicolor camera on the set of the film 'Woman's World', 1954. Archive Photos/20th Century-Fox—Getty Images  George Sidney wears a diving mask while directing American swimmer and actor Esther Williams in a swimming pool on the set of his film, 'Jupiter's Darling'. The camera man is wearing scuba apparatus. 1955. Hulton Archive—Getty Images  Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM), Los Angeles Hollywood Studios, 1955. ullstein bild—Getty Images  Alfred Hitchcock sitting with James Stewart on the set of his latest thriller 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. 1956. John Kobal Foundation—Getty Images  Elizabeth Taylor, actor Rock Hudson and director George Stevens on the set of the movie "Giant," 1956. Frank Worth, Courtesy of Capital—Getty Images  Hedda Hopper and Sam Goldwyn on the set during production of MGM's "Porgy and Bess." 1958. Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Director Howard Hawks with Angie Dickinson on the set of 'Rio Bravo', 1959. 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