Hollywood and the Stars (1963)

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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

Joseph Cotten	Narrator / Self - Host
Charles Chaplin	Self
Dick Powell	Self
Errol Flynn	Self
Joe E. Brown	Self
Gary Cooper	Self
Edward G. Robinson	Self
Pat O'Brien	Self
Bob Hope	Self
Fred Astaire	Self

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
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, Nicolas Noxon, Irwin Rosten, Julian Ludwig, Alexander Grasshoff, Terry Sanders, William Kronick, Mel Stuart, Ed Spiegel

Writers

Al Ramrus, Nicolas Noxon, Jack Haley Jr., Irwin Rosten, Ed Spiegel, Stan Atkinson, Draper Lewis, Alexander Grasshoff, William Kronick, Terry Sanders, Alan Landsburg

Cast

Name	Character

Joseph Cotten	Narrator / Self - Host
Charles Chaplin	Self
Dick Powell	Self
Errol Flynn	Self
Joe E. Brown	Self
Gary Cooper	Self
Edward G. Robinson	Self
Pat O'Brien	Self
Bob Hope	Self
Fred Astaire	Self
Bing Crosby	Self
John Wayne	Self
Rita Hayworth	Self
James Stewart	Self
Mickey Rooney	Self
Glenn Ford	Self
John Huston	Self
Henry Fonda	Self
George Burns	Self
Humphrey Bogart	Self

Producers

Name	Role

David L. Wolper	Executive Producer
Al Ramrus	Executive Producer
Sydney Field	Executive Producer
Jack Haley Jr.	Producer
Julian Ludwig	Producer
Al Ramrus	Producer
Irwin Rosten	Producer
Nicolas Noxon	Producer
Alexander Grasshoff	Producer
Stan Atkinson	Producer
Ed Spiegel	Producer
James Schmerer	Producer
Sydney Field	Producer
Draper Lewis	Producer
William Kronick	Producer
Terry Sanders	Producer
Mel Stuart	Producer