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Hollywood: The Golden Years

  • TV Movie
  • 1961
  • 52m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
71
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DocumentaryHistory

Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introduction of sound with "The Jazz Singer."Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introduction of sound with "The Jazz Singer."Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introduction of sound with "The Jazz Singer."

  • Director
    • David L. Wolper
  • Writers
    • Sidney Skolsky
    • Malvin Wald
  • Stars
    • Gene Kelly
    • D.W. Griffith
    • Renée Adorée
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    71
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David L. Wolper
    • Writers
      • Sidney Skolsky
      • Malvin Wald
    • Stars
      • Gene Kelly
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Renée Adorée
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    • Self - Host
    D.W. Griffith
    D.W. Griffith
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as David Wark Griffith)
    Renée Adorée
    Renée Adorée
    • Self - Actress 'The Big Parade'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
    Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Astor
    Mary Astor
    • Self - Adriana della Varnese
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Austin
    Albert Austin
    • Self - Actor 'The Pawnshop'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Agnes Ayres
    Agnes Ayres
    • Self - Actress 'The Sheik'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Vilma Bánky
    Vilma Bánky
    • Self - Actress 'Son of the Sheik'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Theda Bara
    Theda Bara
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    John Barrymore
    John Barrymore
    • Self - Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Barthelmess
    Richard Barthelmess
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Léon Bary
    Léon Bary
    • Self - Actor 'The Three Musketeers'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    • Self - Her Rascally Guardian
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Bergman
    Henry Bergman
    • Self - Actor 'The Pawnshop'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Clara Bow
    Clara Bow
    • Self - Actress 'It'
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    John Bunny
    John Bunny
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David L. Wolper
    • Writers
      • Sidney Skolsky
      • Malvin Wald
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Although Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard are mentioned in conjunction with other big stars of the Silent Era, in reality, although their careers did start in the last years of the period, they did not become stars until after sound films arrived.
    • Goofs
      Narrator Gene Kelly includes Darryl F. Zanuck with the other pioneering studio executives like Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor, and William Fox. Actually Zanuck did not become a studio executive until the mid-1939s when he formed Twntieth Century Pictures.
    • Quotes
      • Gene Kelly - Host: Thomas Edison, given principal credit for the invention of the movie camera, assembles the major film companies of the day. They plan to monopolize the film business by eliminating all competition. Harrassed by this newly-formed trust, the independent moviemakers flee west to California - legend says for the sunshine - but the truth of it is most come to be close to the Mexican border to escape lawsuits and injunctions. On the outskirts of Los Angeles they settle in a small rural committee called Hollywood, where the reception is less than enthusiastic.
    • Connections
      Features The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 29, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hollywoods goldene Jahre - Eine Erinnerung an unvergessene Stars, Teil 1: Der Stummfilm
    • Production company
      • David L. Wolper Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 52m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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