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Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood is the story of generations of men and women who conjured up and controlled an international image empire.
It is the story of Hollywood power. Who had it? How did they get it?What did they do with it - and how did they lose it?
Narrated by Christopher Plummer, this personal history of Hollywood’s foundersdraws together interviews from past and present industry figures, archive photography and excerpts from the greatest American movies of all time,
to better understand the remarkable individuals who createdthe dream factory that became Hollywood.
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The first generation of moguls were self-taught engineers, tinkerers, itinerate entertainers and street smart showmen. Often new immigrants, many of
the industry’s unlikely founders arrived in America with ambitious dreams, combined with the will and imagination to make those dreams come true.
At its heart, the movie industry is a business of relationships.This series delves into the inter-personal dealings, collaborations and conflicts between the powerful personalities that created an industry and an art form. The development of American cinema is traced from the early inventions of
Thomas Edison and Adolf Zukor’s penny arcades, through the development of the studio system’s biggest hitters such as MGM, Universal, Fox and Paramount
Pictures, concluding with the eventual power shift towards a newera of star driven production in the 1960s.
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The creative geniuses behind the movies also had their role to playin the expansion of Hollywood. The movies were more than simple
entertainment. Not only did they reflect their eras and develop alongsidethe technological advances of their time, they also set the
standards in fashion, everyday attitudes and behaviour.
In this series, the history of movie making is tracked from the early Silent Era genius of Mack Sennet’s comedy productions at Keystone Studios
and D.W. Griffith’s ambitious and controversial epics, through Frank Capraand Billy Wilder’s populist classics, to the later ground-breaking work
of Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.
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At first, film actors were nameless, but it didn’t take long for a fan base to develop for Charlie Chaplin and the girlish Mary Pickford, who were amongst
the earliest stars to experience the public’s adulation for celebrity. A new breed of actors rose to prominence with the advent of ‘the Talkies’. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn formed a sparring partnership, whilst Clark Gable’s dashing
charm contrasted with Jimmy Stewart’s everyman appeal. The Post-War Era delivered yet another bolder generation of stars such as Marlon Brando, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, before the sixties embraced the more experimental
work of Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Warren Beatty.
The glittering careers of these icons represented the changing tastes of audiences and are reviewed in fascinating detail against the backdrop
of rapid movie industry expansion and dramatic historic events.
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EPISODE ONEPEEPSHOW PIONEERS
1880 – 1908 The movie business is born in New
York. Movie-goers were astonished by vaudeville acts and three minute gag reels.
Prolific inventor Thomas Edison builta Kinetoscope, or peep-hole viewer.
This device was installed in penny arcades where people could watch short simple films.
The Jazz Singer is released, heralding the commercial ascendance of ‘the Talkies’
and the decline of the Silent Era.
Adolf Zukor (who would later found Paramount Pictures) joined forces with Marcus Loew to
establish a string of penny arcades.
Georges Méliès accidentally discovered the stop trick, or substitution, and was one of the
first filmmakers to use multiple exposures.
Jesse Lasky, Samuel Goldfish (better known by his adopted name Goldwyn) and Cecil B. DeMille formed a company and
started making movies.
MGM was formed when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.
Wings won the Best Picture award at the inaugural Academy Awards ceremony.
Carl Laemmle moved to Hollywoodand opened Universal City.
&Birth of a Nation is released and becomes the
highest-grossing film of the Silent Era.
EPISODE TWOTHE BIRTH OF HOLLYWOOD
1908 – 1920Film-makers move out west to the
semi-rural suburb of Hollywood California. The first generation of movie moguls expand fast and find their first Silent
Era stars.
EPISODE THREETHE DREAM MERCHANTS
1920 – 1928The major studios take hold. Hollywood
stars continue to gain momentum, while the business gains a reputation
for decadence and is monitored by watchdog Will Hays.
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Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith form United Artists.
The first regularly scheduled television service in the United States begins.
1930 1940 1950 1960
King Kong, remembered for its pioneering special effects and use of stop
motion models, is released.
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper’s drug-hazed Easy Rider is released.
Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night is the first film to win all five top Academy Awards.
Orson Welles shakes up the studiosystem with Citizen Kane, often considered
the greatest film of all time.
EPISODE FOURBROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DREAM?
1928 – 1941‘The Talkies’ change the face of cinema,
launching the careers of movie iconsand a new generation of writers
to supply the dialogue.
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EPISODE FIVEWARRIORS AND PEACE MAKERS
1941 – 1950Hollywood responds to the war by
providing logistical support, information, entertainment and propaganda. Films promote heroic patriotism
or distract with anarchic cartoons.
EPISODE SIXTHE ATTACK OF THE SMALL SCREENS
1950 – 1960The Post-War Era brings Technicolor
and a new generation of stars.The industry’s reputation is tarred by
the Communist Blacklist and the growthof TV challenges its dominance.
EPISODE SEVENFADE OUT, FADE IN
1960 – 1970The power of moguls is slowly usurped
by multiplexes, super-agents and TV. The seeds of revolution are planted with
anti-establishment hits.
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1945 19551929 World War II ends.
Black Tuesday. Stockmarket crash pavesthe way for the Great Depression,
which continued for a decade.
Gone With the Wind is released.Elvis’ first film, Jailhouse Rock, is released.
Super-agent Lew Wasserman partnered up with Jules Stein and absorbed Universal Pictures,
beginning a new era of star-driven production.&
Dr. No, the first of the James Bond franchise, is released.
Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones starred the first African American to be accepted as a top
rank movie star, Sidney Poitier.
Commercial colour televisionbroadcasts began on CBS.
African American Civil Rights Movement begins.
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