The Dream Merchants (1920-1928)

The Hollywood studio system flowered in the 1920s, headed by strong-willed leaders -- most of them immigrants and small-time entrepreneurs and many of them Jewish. Each studio had its own house style. MGM, headed by Russian-born Louis B. Mayer with Irving Thalberg as his "boy wonder" production head, was super-glossy. Warner Bros., eventually to be led by brother Jack, provided grit, while Paramount, headed by Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor, lent glamour. Laemmle's Universal Pictures produced lavish spectacles and a series of fantastic dramas starring Lon Chaney. The movies' influence grew more powerful, affecting real life in terms of fashion, attitudes and behavior.

Release : November 15, 2010

Runtime Epiosde : 60 minutes

Rating : 0.00

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Christopher Plummer ( Christopher Plummer )

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Paul Israel ( Paul Israel )

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Terry Borton ( Terry Borton )

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Charles Musser ( Charles Musser )

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Leonard Maltin ( Leonard Maltin )

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Anthony Slide ( Anthony Slide )

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Ricky Jay ( Ricky Jay )

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James Zukor ( James Zukor )

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Carla Laemmle ( Carla Laemmle )

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Susan Fox-Rosellini ( Susan Fox-Rosellini )

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Daniel Selznick ( Daniel Selznick )

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Steven J. Ross ( Steven J. Ross )

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Richard Koszarski ( Richard Koszarski )

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Gregory Orr ( Gregory Orr )

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Marc Wanamaker ( Marc Wanamaker )

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Bob Balaban ( Bob Balaban )

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Cari Beauchamp ( Cari Beauchamp )

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Robert S. Birchard ( Robert S. Birchard )

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A. Scott Berg ( A. Scott Berg )

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Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ( Samuel Goldwyn Jr. )

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Betty Lasky ( Betty Lasky )

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Richard Roberts ( Richard Roberts )

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Jeanine Basinger ( Jeanine Basinger )

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Jeffrey Vance ( Jeffrey Vance )

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Scott Eyman ( Scott Eyman )

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Mollie Gregory ( Mollie Gregory )

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Tony Maietta ( Tony Maietta )

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Molly Haskell ( Molly Haskell )

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Donald Bogle ( Donald Bogle )

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Peter Bogdanovich ( Peter Bogdanovich )

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Richard D. Zanuck ( Richard D. Zanuck )

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Robert Osborne ( Robert Osborne )

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David Stenn ( David Stenn )

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Kathleen Sharp ( Kathleen Sharp )

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Chris Trumbo ( Chris Trumbo )

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Gore Vidal ( Gore Vidal )

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Thomas Schatz ( Thomas Schatz )

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Mark Vieira ( Mark Vieira )

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Suzanne Lloyd Hayes ( Suzanne Lloyd Hayes )

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Marc Norman ( Marc Norman )

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William Wellman Jr. ( William Wellman Jr. )

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Miles Kreuger ( Miles Kreuger )

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Andrew Bergman ( Andrew Bergman )

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Gary Giddins ( Gary Giddins )

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Aljean Harmetz ( Aljean Harmetz )

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Stanley R. Jaffe ( Stanley R. Jaffe )

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David Thomson ( David Thomson )

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George Stevens Jr. ( George Stevens Jr. )

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Marsha Hunt ( Marsha Hunt )

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Sidney Lumet ( Sidney Lumet )

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Paul Mazursky ( Paul Mazursky )

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Roger Corman ( Roger Corman )

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Mark Harris ( Mark Harris )

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Walter Mirisch ( Walter Mirisch )

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Robert F. Boyle ( Robert F. Boyle )

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David Brown ( David Brown )

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Peter Guber ( Peter Guber )

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Robert Benton ( Robert Benton )

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Peter Biskind ( Peter Biskind )

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Buck Henry ( Buck Henry )

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John Sayles ( John Sayles )

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