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Hollywood and the Stars was a 1963 NBC television documentary series produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company in association with United Artists Television. It was narrated by Joseph Cotten with the theme music and several episodes composed by Elmer Bernstein. Jack Haley, Jr. was the series' producer for all its 31 episodes. He also wrote four episodes and directed 22 episodes. He also produced the hour-long pilot episode "The Great Stars", originally syndicated in February 1963.
Original Release
09/30/1963
US Release
09/30/1963
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Cotten | Narrator / Self - Host |
Charles Chaplin | Self |
Gary Cooper | Self |
Edward G. Robinson | Self |
Joe E. Brown | Self |
Pat O'Brien | Self |
Errol Flynn | Self |
Dick Powell | Self |
Bob Hope | Self |
Fred Astaire | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Man Called Bogart | Monday, 30 September 1963 |
2 | Sirens, Symbols and Glamour Girls: Part 1 | Monday, 07 October 1963 |
3 | Sirens, Symbols & Glamour Girls: Part 2 | Monday, 14 October 1963 |
4 | They Went That-a-way | Friday, 18 October 1963 |
5 | The Immortal Jolson | Monday, 28 October 1963 |
6 | How to Succeed as a Gangster | Monday, 04 November 1963 |
7 | Birth of a Star | Monday, 11 November 1963 |
8 | The Unsinkable Bette Davis | Monday, 18 November 1963 |
9 | The Great Lovers | Monday, 10 February 1964 |
10 | The Fabulous Musicals | Monday, 18 November 1963 |
11 | The Funny Men: Part 1 | Monday, 25 November 1963 |
12 | The Funny Men: Part 2 | Monday, 16 December 1963 |
13 | The One and Only Bing | Monday, 23 December 1963 |
14 | Hollywood, USA | Monday, 06 January 1964 |
15 | Monsters We've Known and Loved | Monday, 13 January 1964 |
16 | Teenage Idols: Part 1 | Monday, 20 January 1964 |
17 | Teenage Idols: Part 2 | Monday, 20 January 1964 |
18 | Hollywood Goes to War | Monday, 27 January 1964 |
19 | Anatomy of a Movie: The Cardinal | Monday, 03 February 1964 |
20 | The Angry Screen | Monday, 10 February 1964 |
21 | The Swashbucklers | Monday, 17 February 1964 |
22 | On Location: Night of the Iguana | Friday, 28 February 1964 |
23 | In Search of Kim Novak | Monday, 09 March 1964 |
24 | Paul Newman: Actor in a Hurry | Monday, 16 March 1964 |
25 | Natalie Wood: Hollywood's Child | Monday, 23 March 1964 |
26 | The Oscars - Moments of Greatness: Part 1 | Monday, 30 March 1964 |
27 | The Oscars - Moments of Greatness: Part 2 | Monday, 06 April 1964 |
28 | The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth | Monday, 13 April 1964 |
29 | What a Way to Go: An Extravaganza in the Making | Monday, 20 April 1964 |
30 | The Great Directors | Monday, 27 April 1964 |
31 | The Wild and Wonderful Thirties | Monday, 04 May 1964 |
Directors
Jack Haley Jr., Al Ramrus, Irwin Rosten, Nicolas Noxon, Charlotte Spencer, Mel Stuart, Alexander Grasshoff, William Kronick, Terry Sanders, Julian Ludwig
Writers
Al Ramrus, Jack Haley Jr., Nicolas Noxon, Irwin Rosten, Charlotte Spencer, Alexander Grasshoff, Draper Lewis, Stan Atkinson, William Kronick, Terry Sanders, Alan Landsburg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Cotten | Narrator / Self - Host |
Charles Chaplin | Self |
Gary Cooper | Self |
Edward G. Robinson | Self |
Joe E. Brown | Self |
Pat O'Brien | Self |
Errol Flynn | Self |
Dick Powell | Self |
Bob Hope | Self |
Fred Astaire | Self |
John Wayne | Self |
James Stewart | Self |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Self |
Rita Hayworth | Self |
Bing Crosby | Self |
Mickey Rooney | Self |
Jimmy Durante | Self |
Marlene Dietrich | Self |
Humphrey Bogart | Self |
Sid Grauman | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David L. Wolper | Executive Producer |
Al Ramrus | Executive Producer |
Sydney Field | Executive Producer |
Jack Haley Jr. | Producer |
Julian Ludwig | Producer |
Irwin Rosten | Producer |
Al Ramrus | Producer |
Nicolas Noxon | Producer |
Alexander Grasshoff | Producer |
Charlotte Spencer | Producer |
Stan Atkinson | Producer |
James Schmerer | Producer |
William Kronick | Producer |
Sydney Field | Producer |
Draper Lewis | Producer |
Mel Stuart | Producer |
Terry Sanders | Producer |
Editors
John Soh, Hyman Kaufman, David Newhouse, Melvin Shapiro, David Saxon, James Schmerer, Lawrence E. Neiman, Terry Sanders