Hollywood and the stars.

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1964

Creator: The great directors sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Sydney Field ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Nicholas Noxon ; series producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.; Haley, Jack, Jr., 1933-2001.; Noxon, Nicolas, 1936-2016; Shapiro, Melvin.; Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.; Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.; Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957.; DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.; Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.; Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.; Foreman, Carl.; LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987.; Sturges, John, 1910-1992.; Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990.; Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008.; Preminger, Otto.; Thompson, J. Lee (John Lee), 1914-2002.; Aldrich, Robert, 1918-1983.; Huston, John, 1906-1987.; Lean, David, 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.

Description: 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.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE