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Photograph of actor Gary Oldman taken during filming of "JFK"
Photograph of actor Gary Oldman taken during filming of "JFK"

Photograph of actor Gary Oldman taken during filming of "JFK"

Object number2005.017.0179
DateApril 1991 - May 1991
ClassificationsPhotographs
Photographer Lovita Irby
ObjectPhotograph (color)
Credit LineLovita Irby Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumPaper, Photo
Dimensions4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.1 x 14.9 cm)
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DescriptionColor photograph of actor Gary Oldman playing Lee Harvey Oswald during the filming of the 1991 movie "JFK." Oldman is enacting the scene during which Oswald shot Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit in Oak Cliff. For "JFK," Tippit was played by actor Price Carson. The photo was taken by Dallas resident Lovita Irby during filming on location in Dallas.
Curatorial Commentary
As a teenager in 1963, Dallas resident Lovita Irby was near the corner of Elm and Houston Streets at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 1991, she was one of several historical consultants to filmmaker Oliver Stone during the Dallas production of the Warner Brothers film, JFK. Irby extensively photographed the Dallas production and donated many of her images to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2005. - Stephen Fagin, Curator