In the Beginning
- El episodio se transmitió el 15 ene 1980
- 52min
Agrega una trama en tu idiomaSome of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol.Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol.Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol.
Fotos
- Self
- (as Lord Mountbatten)
- Self
- (material de archivo)
- (sin créditos)
- Self
- (material de archivo)
- (sin créditos)
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Todo el elenco y el equipo
- Producción, taquilla y más en IMDbPro
Argumento
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- TriviaWhen she describes the "wild" flora and fauna of early Hollywood, Agnes de Mille closely paraphrases some of her own memoir, "Dance to the Piper" (originally published in 1952). Her descriptions of "the lupine and the poppies" are nearly a word for word recitation from her book.
- Citas
Viola Dana: None of us felt that we were out here permanently. We all thought that we'd probably be sent back to New York, you know, to the studios back there. So, the Hollywood Hotel was the only place to live at that time. And we'd stay at the hotel until we found a house to rent for maybe 6 months, and after that was up, the rent was up, the 6 months was up, back to the Hollywood Hotel we'd go.
- ConexionesFeatures Faithful (1910)
- Bandas sonorasDixie
(uncredited)
Music: Unknown composer
Lyrics Daniel Decatur Emmett (1861)
Used during "Silent Heroes" scene as background music
Brownlow and Gill illustrate the rise of movie stardom and fan worship through newsreels of the crowds attracted by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks on their foreign travels, and they show the growing cultural influence of Hollywood stars such as Colleen Moore, the flapper in "Flaming Youth," whose straight hair and bangs revolutionized women's hair styles. The engrossing interviews include not only Colleen Moore and Agnes DeMille, but also actresses Leatrice Joy and Lillian Gish, stunt man Harvey Parry, writer Anita Loos, and directors Allan Dwan and Henry King. Producer Hal Roach touches on the rise of the opulent movie palaces, although the subject deserves a stand-alone documentary, and four big-budget spectacles are generously excerpted: D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance," Cecil B. DeMille's "Joan the Woman," and Douglas Fairbanks's "Robin Hood" and "The Thief of Bagdad."
The contribution of composer Carl Davis to the series cannot be underestimated. From his nostalgic-romantic opening theme to the accompaniment of the various film clips, Davis's score is appropriate and memorable. Not surprisingly, Davis has subsequently composed scores for such restored silent classics as "Napoleon," "The General," and "Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ." As with the series as a whole, viewers can argue the subjective inclusion or exclusion of specific films and individuals, and they can bemoan the superficial glance at subjects that deserve more depth, but those are small quibbles about an invaluable documentary that preserves so much about a period in film history that was quickly fading from living memories when it was made.
- dglink
- 24 mar 2019
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Detalles
- Tiempo de ejecución52 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.33 : 1