"Hollywood and the Stars" (1963) TV series 1963-

Seasons:

1

Plot Keywords:

Non Fiction

Cast

Joseph Cotten

...

Narrator / ... (31 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Directed by
Jack Haley Jr.		(21 episodes, 1963-1964)
Al Ramrus		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Irwin Rosten		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Nicolas Noxon		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Writing credits
Al Ramrus		(13 episodes, 1963-1964)
Nicolas Noxon		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Haley Jr.		(8 episodes, 1964)
Irwin Rosten		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Draper Lewis		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Stan Atkinson		(2 episodes, 1963)
Alexander Grasshoff		(2 episodes, 1964)
Ed Spiegel		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Produced by
Jack Haley Jr.	....	series producer / producer (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
David L. Wolper	....	executive producer (30 episodes, 1963-1964)
Julian Ludwig	....	associate producer (25 episodes, 1963-1964)
Al Ramrus	....	executive producer / producer / ... (24 episodes, 1963-1964)
Irwin Rosten	....	producer (7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Nicolas Noxon	....	producer (6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sydney Field	....	associate producer / executive producer (4 episodes, 1964)
Alexander Grasshoff	....	producer (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ed Spiegel	....	producer (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Stan Atkinson	....	producer (3 episodes, 1963)
William Kronick	....	producer (2 episodes, 1964)
James Schmerer	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1964)

Series Original Music by
Ruby Raksin		(28 episodes, 1963-1964)
Elmer Bernstein		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Cinematography by
Vilis Lapenieks		(11 episodes, 1963-1964)
David E. Blewitt		(6 episodes, 1964)

Series Film Editing by
John Soh		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Hyman Kaufman		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
David Newhouse		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Melvin Shapiro		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
David Saxon		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Schmerer		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lawrence E. Neiman		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Production Management
Bert Gold	....	production manager / production supervisor (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Mulcahy	....	production manager (30 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Sound Department
Morton Tubor	....	sound effects editor (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jerry Ow Young	....	sound engineer (25 episodes, 1963-1964)
Don Lusby	....	sound engineer (6 episodes, 1964)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Gossett	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1964)
Ross Lowell	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1964)
John Orland	....	assistant camera (1 episode, 1964)
Piero Portalupi	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1964)

Series Editorial Department
David E. Blewitt	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bud S. Smith	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ronald J. Fagan	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Fred Kaplan	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Joseph C. Thornton	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Hyman Kaufman	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Noel Nosseck	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Winfield	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1963)
Joe Thornton	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1964)
George Fredrick	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Elmer Bernstein	....	composer: title music (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack K. Tillar	....	music supervisor (31 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Other crew
Harvey Bernhard	....	business administrator (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bobbe Kurtz	....	research director / researcher (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Madge Reynolds	....	research director / researcher (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
William Lovelock	....	research director (29 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Schmerer	....	production coordinator (29 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Orland	....	film librarian (16 episodes, 1963-1964)
William Edgar	....	researcher (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Don Roth	....	film librarian (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
William Edgar	....	researcher (7 episodes, 1964)
William Edgar	....	researcher (2 episodes, 1964)

Series Thanks
Milton H. Bren	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
Richard Brooks	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
John Huston	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
Stanley Kramer	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
Sam Spiegel	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
Richard Steele	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)
Claire Trevor	....	acknowledgment (1 episode, 1963)

Production Companies

• United Artists Television
• Wolper Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1963-1964) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

United Artists Television

Movie Connections:

Featured in Jimmy Hollywood (1994)

The Series That Launched My Lifelong Love Of Films

So heartening to see others had the grand fortune of tuning into this seminal series. About a decade ago, I had the really good fortune to sit at a business dinner with series producer, the now legendary David L. Wolper. I thanked him for his creating this uncanny series, long before the nostalgic era (which we are still in) and ten years before the unexpected popularity of That's Entertainment.

He was really happy to hear this, a man who had produced so many landmark series, tickled that this early effort had stayed with a fan for so many year.

Now, as another contributer mentioned, where is TCM, or IFC to bring back this grand series? How about a DVD? So many memories still --- the scene from "A Star is Born", the grand 1937 version (although the film was in color, how ironic that this TV series, a full 25 years younger, had to resort to Black & White!). Scenes from "current" films, now more than forty years old.

Let's find out who owns the rights, call the Turner folks in Atlanta, and hear that gorgeous theme music (available on iTunes by the way).