Birth of Hollywood Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Birth of Hollywood

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

As Hollywood matures in the late 1910s and into the Roaring Twenties, scandals threaten the new studios. A scandal involving Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle brings the problem to a boiling point.

Director

Paul Merton

Writers

Paul Merton (written by) | Suki Webster (written by)

Producer

Kate Broome

Composer

Neil Brand

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Updated Jun 3, 2011

Release date

Jun 3, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Merton Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Have I Got News for You (1990)
Michael Barrett Austin Lowell Sherman Lowell Sherman See fewer	Mummies Movie
Charlotte Chanler Actor Actor See fewer	A Quiet Little Marriage (2008)
Danica Dodds Alice Lake Alice Lake See fewer	Orange Blossoms (2018)
Burnie Gipson Actor Actor See fewer	Even Just (2020)
D. Scott Hartman Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle See fewer	Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Juliet Heller Actor Actor See fewer	I Am a Ghost (2012)
Richard Hicks Actor Actor See fewer	Hell or High Water (II) (2016)
Sharon Huff Actor Actor See fewer	Devious, Inc. (2009)
Misty Lee Actor Actor See fewer	The Last of Us (2023)
Paul Martin Actor Actor See fewer	My Two Fans (2009)
Ivy Miller Hollywood Girl Hollywood Girl See fewer	The Breeder (2012)
Joe Parrilli Actor Actor See fewer	North Beach (2000)
Jason Rowland Actor Actor See fewer	One Life to Live (1968)
John White Actor Actor See fewer	Skin Deep (2001)
Agnes de Mille Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Oklahoma! (1955)
Angela Lansbury Self Self See fewer	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
David Yallop Self Self See fewer	Minder (1979)
Leslie Kaplan Self (as Dr. Leslie Kaplan) Self (as Dr. Leslie Kaplan) See fewer	Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited) Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Coney Island (1917)
Will Green Lloyd Nosler (uncredited) Lloyd Nosler (uncredited) See fewer	Now (I) (2017)