. >> reporter: this guy is one of my heroes, orson welles. >> that is liz taylor on the m gm lot. >> reporter: was shirley temple a bright child? >> her mother coached her every night on her lines and she was devoted to her mother. >> reporter: marlena she was tough? >> she was tough on photographers. she wanted control on the lighting and where you would be in relation to her. it's a wonder i got these pictures at all, because she wanted control of everything that was happening. >> reporter: this is stackpole's own house in the oakland hills before it was destroyed in last year's fire. this is how the fire looked as it approached the house. stackpole tried to save it by hosing it down, but had to abandon it along with thousands of re-replaceable negatives. >> you are regarding events and people of the era and so i feel great loss in a lot of the negatives gone. >> reporter: when we come back on "a second look," the 50-feet hole that shut down the bay bridge for a month, following the loma prieta quake and how it was fixed. . >> one of the most memorable images from the 199 loma prie