Hollywood and the stars.

Broadcast date: April 17, 1964.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Production co-ordinator, Jim Schmerer ; film editor, Melvin Shapiro.; Narrated by Joseph Cotten.; In this anthology of screen history, excerpts from many films give the flavor of motion picture directors including D.W. Griffith, Erich von Stroheim, Charlie Chaplin, C.B. DeMille, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Carl Foreman, Mervyn LeRoy, John Sturges, Martin Ritt, Robert Mulligan, David Miller, Otto Preminger, J. Lee Thompson, Robert Aldrich, John Huston, and David Lean. Clips include Birth of a nation, Intolerance, Citizen Kane, Lady from Shanghai, Foreign correspondent.; PFA 1612-01-10696. D0418; PFA 1612-01-10696. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: January 14, 2004 scratched; includes commercial slugs.

Credits

Joseph Cotten (1905–1994); Jack Haley Jr. (1933–2001); Nicolas Noxon (1936–2016); Melvin Shapiro; Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977); D. W. Griffith (David Wark, 1875–1948); Erich Von Stroheim (1885–1957); Cecil B. DeMille (Cecil Blount, 1881–1959); Orson Welles (1915–1985); Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980); Carl Foreman; Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987); John Sturges (1910–1992); Martin Ritt (1914–1990); Robert Mulligan (1925–2008); Otto Preminger; J. Lee Thompson (John Lee, 1914–2002); Robert Aldrich (1918–1983); John Huston (1906–1987); David Lean (1908–1991); Wolper Productions; United Artists Television (Firm); National Broadcasting Company; Birth of a nation--excerpt; Intolerance--excerpt; Citizen Kane--excerpt; Lady from Shanghai--excerpt; Foreign correspondent--excerpt; The great directors

Sources

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