Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV)

Director:

Edith Becker

Writer:

Ed Singer

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Television History | Film History | Screen Test | Clip Show | Colon In Title

Cast

Robert Culp	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Andrews	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Angela Cartwright	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Yvonne Craig	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Charles B. Fitzsimons	...	Himself
Eddie Foy III	...	Himself
Marni Nixon	...	Herself (also archive footage)
Adam West	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Nick Adams	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Melanie Alexander	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann-Margret	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Drew Barrymore	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Candice Bergen	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Bergen	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Boone	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marlon Brando	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Burton	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zoe Caldwell	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Coburn	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sean Connery	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Darby	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saul David	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter R.J. Deyell	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Dozier	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patty Duke	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Eden	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jason Evers	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mia Farrow	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Albert Finney	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julie Harris	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Larson	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Lee	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rich Little	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danny Lockin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Mason	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dolores Michaels	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keith Michell	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Parkins	...	Anne Welles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Josh Peine	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Scotti	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Victoria Shaw	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tisha Sterling	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sharon Tate	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daniel Truhitte	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Debbie Turner	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyle Waggoner	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burt Ward	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raquel Welch	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andy Williams	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Wise	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Edith Becker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ed Singer

Produced by
Vicki Crawford	....	associate producer

Other crew
Benjamin Conklin	....	researcher

Production Companies

• Foxstar Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Foxstar Productions

Trivia:

Screen tests shown include: Mia Farrow in The Sound of Music (1965) and for "Peyton Place" (1964); Ann-Margret for State Fair (1962); Patty Duke and Sharon Tate for Valley of the Dolls (1967); Raquel Welch with James Coburn for Our Man Flint (1966); Sean Connery for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) (a role which went to Curd Jürgens); Marlon Brando in test scenes for Viva Zapata! (1952) (20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck wanted to make sure if Brando was right for the part, so director Elia Kazan tested him just in case); A 1966 personality test for 'Dustin Hoffman' which eventually landed him the lead role in The Graduate; tests for _Batman_ including 'Adam West' and Burt Ward (Lyle Waggoner and Peter R.J. Deyell also appear in another series of tests); tests for the roles of the Von Trapp children and Captain Von Trapp for 'The Sound of Music': Angela Cartwright (albeit in different wigs), Tisha Sterling, Kim Darby, and Christopher Plummer; A test to be used for foreign dubbing of 'The Sound of Music' featuring Marni Nixon in a rare on-camera appearance; Mitzi Gaynor for South Pacific (1958); Candice Bergen for The Sand Pebbles (1966); Barbra Streisand costume tests for Hello, Dolly! (1969); tests for 'Hello Dolly!' including Danny Lockin, Sandy Duncan, Ann-Margret, and Jo Anne Worley.

Movie Connections:

References My Fair Lady (1964)