Moguls and movie stars a history of hollywood

The american movie business started as peepshows and grew into a. Studio craftsmen make training films, often featuring secondtier actors such as ronald reagan. Its a saga as exciting as any that ever appeared on the silver screen. The 25 most important families in hollywood history vanity fair. At the heart of this fastpaced and involving series are the lives and work of men and.

A brief history of hollywood 1942 moguls and movie. Movie studios would select promising young actors and glamorise and create personas for them, often inventing new names and even new backgrounds. A history of hollywood is an excellent documentary series that originally aired on turner classic movies in late 2010. Turner classic movies bringing hollywoods history to your. Spanning from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cuttingedge films of the 1960s, this production will feature rarely seen. Chronicles the gradual evolution of tinseltown from the earliest hollywood peep shows in 1889, through the. A look at the years 190720, which marked the establishment of hollywood as the primary site for motionpicture. Chronicles the gradual evolution of tinseltown from the earliest hollywood peep shows in 1889, through the rise of talking. Mayer, carl laemmle, adolph zukor, the warner brothers and others.

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The documentary tells the history of hollywood pioneers making movies. Moguls and movie stars is a 2010 turner classic movies 7part documentary the documentary tells the history of hollywood pioneers making movies. A history of hollywood, a sevenpart, sevenhour documentary on the history of hollywood movie stars and equally famous studio heads from 1889 to 1969. A history of hollywood, christopher plummer is set to narrate this docuseries that tells the true stories behind the growth and success of the american movie in. The documentary does not attempt to be comprehensive, and it shows its obvious limitations, but for anyone interested in film, its a good place to start. With christopher plummer, daniel selznick, gregory orr, samuel goldwyn jr the history of hollywood film from the mediums invention to the birth of the new hollywood in 1970. Executive producer bill haber approached wilkman a few years ago with the idea to do an original series about the people who built hollywood. A history of hollywood is a wellpaced, entertaining, and informative journey into the history of one of the most important industries in worldwide culture. A history of hollywood now airing on turner classic movies, there is a photograph of a man peering into one of thomas edisons kinetoscopes and listening to sound via tubes in his ears. A history of hollywood is an engrossing, wonderfully made series that will delight not only movie buffs, but also those interested in how the film business began, how it has evolved, and how it has circled back to its roots in recent years.

The program is far less interested in mythtelling than in breaking down the gears of. Nov 01, 2010 but for the most part, the technology of hollywood evolved and spread rapidly beginning in the early 20th century, ushered by the generation of studio bosses at the center of moguls and movie stars, men like louis b. Most hollywood movie stars used their fame to help sell millions of war bonds. Actors tyrone power, james stewart, and clark gable enlist to serve. A history of hollywood tells this extraordinary tale over the course of seven onehour documentaries, each focusing on a different era of american movie history. Although the rise of motion picture technology and the business are both front and center, including interviews with relatives of early moguls such as louis b. Hays code in 1948, the supreme court ruled movie studios couldnt own movie theaters that showed only their films. Tcms sevenpart documentary, which unspools in hourly installments on consecutive mondays beginning nov. This volume contains one of seven enthralling 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. Dont be put off by the inclusion of requisite scenes and familiar nuggets of dialogue from citizen kane, sunset boulevard and jaws in turner classic movies sevenpart documentary series moguls and movie stars.

A look at the years 190720, which marked the establishment of hollywood as. A history of hollywood will tell this extraordinary tale over the course of seven onehour documentaries, each focusing on a different era of american movie history. Michael korda relishes the outrageous characters and wild stories. Moguls and movie stars is a 2010 turner classic movies 7part documentary. For a significant number of movie stars, a career in pictures started instead with sexual exploitation on the casting couch of harry cohn, one. A history of hollywood, which premieres monday night. This volume contains two of seven enthralling 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. The star system was the method of creating, promoting and exploiting stars in hollywood films. A new blockbuster documentary presents the history of hollywood through the lives of its great movie stars and moguls.

New tcm documentary series examines hollywood history. A history of hollywood, dvd, manufactured on demand, special interestdocumentary, biography, 888574454982. A history of hollywood chronicles the gradual evolution of tinseltown from the earliest hollywood peep shows in 1889, through the rise of talking pictures, the evolution and then abolishment of the hays code, and the dawn of the new hollywood at the. A history of hollywood chronicles the gradual evolution of tinseltown from the earliest hollywood peep shows in 1889, through the rise of talking pictures, the evolution and then abolishment of the hays code, and the dawn of the. At the heart of this fastpaced and involving series are the lives and work of men and women who created a century of cinematic history beginning with the invention of machinery that created photographs that moved in the late 1800s and continuing through cuttingedge films of the 1960s. A history of hollywood, premiering monday, november 1st. The series documents the rise and fall of the hollywood moguls and covers a lot of ground on some of the most important stars in cinema. This documentary features living relatives of hollywood studio heads and film historians talking about the history of movies. Click here and start watching moguls and movie stars. You could replace that box with an iphone, says documentarian jon wilkman of the connection between that 1890sera photo. This documentary tells the story of hollywood from the late 19th centurythe early 1970s.

For the film history buff, this 3 disc box set barely skims the surface. For what it is, this 7 part series is a great but too brief history of hollywood moguls and movie stars. This turner classic movies documentary series traces the development and growth of the american motion picture industry from the days of thomas edison and edwin s. This tinseltown tyrant used sexual exploitation to build a. A history of hollywood on paper, the idea of a sevenpart history of hollywood in the classy environs of turner classic movies sounds swell. Produced by jon wilkman, bill haber, darroch greer, and stephon j. The documentary does not attempt to be comprehensive, and it shows its obvious limitations, but for anyone interested in film, its a. Spanning from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cuttingedge films of the 1960s, this production features rarely seen photographs.

The series covers a wide array of material from the beginning of cinema in the 1880s through the decline of the mogul dominated hollywood studio system in the 1960s, with everything in between. A history of hollywood season 1, christopher plummer is set to narrate this docuseries that tells the true stories behind the growth and success of the american movie in. The relatives of the moguls in the documentary include samuel goldwyn jr. Porter through the rise of showmen such as jesse lansky and cecil b. This entertaining and informative series was produced and written by jon wilkman and narrated by the academy award nominated christopher plummer.

A history of hollywood 2010, an original, sevenpart documentary that marks the channels most ambitious project to date and the most comprehensive chronicle of the birth and dramatic growth of american movies ever produced for television. Examples of stars who went through the star system include cary grant born archibald leach, joan crawford born lucille fay. A brief history of hollywood 1942 moguls and movie stars. Turner classic movies bringing hollywoods history to your tv. Sep 01, 2018 for a significant number of movie stars, a career in pictures started instead with sexual exploitation on the casting couch of harry cohn, one of hollywoods most powerfuland brutalmen. A history of hollywood available in dvd ship this item temporarily out of stock online buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase.