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DVD

Moguls & movie stars : a history of Hollywood

Call Number

  • DVD 791.43 M696 (CEN)

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Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

In English, with optional English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by Christopher Plummer.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2011]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (419 min.) : sd., col, b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 p. : ill (some col.) ; 20 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

The American movie business started as peepshows and grew into a near-mythical art form that used an exciting new technology to create drama, laughter and adventure literally bigger than life. Here is the whole story--the glamour and the sweat, the collaborations and the conflicts, the careers that skyrocketed and the dreams that crashed. Seven hours of movie clips, rare footage, interviews and keen insight from Hollywood insiders and historians trace moviemaking from its humble beginnings through the Golden Age to the New Hollywood of the '60s.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as a television documentary in 2010.

Special features: More reflections on Hollywood history by producer/writer Jon Wilkman and historians in conjunction with each episode.

Contents

  • Disc 1. Episode 1. Peepshow pioneers (1889-1907)
  • Episode 2. The birth of Hollywood (1907-1920) ; Disc 2. Episode 3. The dream merchants (1920-1928)
  • Episode 4. Brother, can you spare a dream? (1929-1941)
  • Episode 5. Warriors and peacemakers (1941-1950) ; Disc 3. Episode 6. The attack of the small screens (1950-1960)
  • Episode 7. Fade out, fade in (1960-1969).

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