Barbra's "cameo" in Shaft

Barbra makes a "cameo" appearance in the 1971 movie Shaft. I use the word cameo loosely here.

If you look closely at the movie marquee for Loew's State you can see they are showing The Owl and The Pussycat (along with Love Story on the other screen). This was also the theater that played On A Clear Day. Further in the background you can see the Criterion theater showing Tora, Tora, Tora. A few years before they had an extended run of Funny Girl there.

In the screen capture above, Richard Roundtree had tried to hail a taxi (that's his back to us). The cab slows down then speeds up and picks up another fare a few feet away, similiar to what happens to Rose Morgan in Mirror has Two Faces. Of course, Shaft's reaction to this rejection is a little more verbal than Roses.

There's also some scenes along 42nd street and all the grind house movie theaters that lined the street back then. I checked the marquee's for Cycle Sluts but by this time that movie had run it's course in the theaters too!