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  • Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
  • TV Movie | 52 min | Documentary, History
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Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
TV Movie | 52 min | Documentary, History

Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introduction of sound with "The Jazz Singer."
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Director
Writers
Sidney Skolsky (story) | Malvin Wald (script)
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Updated Nov 29, 1961

Release date
Nov 29, 1961 (United States)

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65 cast members
Name Known for
Gene Kelly
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
D.W. Griffith
Self (archive footage) (as David Wark Griffith) Self (archive footage) (as David Wark Griffith)   See fewer
Renée Adorée
Actress 'The Big Parade' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Big Parade' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mary Astor
Adriana della Varnese (archive footage) (uncredited) Adriana della Varnese (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Albert Austin
Actor 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Agnes Ayres
Actress 'The Sheik' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Sheik' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Theda Bara
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John Barrymore
Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lionel Barrymore
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Richard Barthelmess
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Léon Bary
Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Wallace Beery
Her Rascally Guardian (archive footage) (uncredited) Her Rascally Guardian (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Bergman
Actor 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Billy Bevan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Clara Bow
Actress 'It' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'It' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John Bunny
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Francis X. Bushman
Actor 'Ben-Hur' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Ben-Hur' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Vilma Bánky
Actress 'Son of the Sheik' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Son of the Sheik' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lon Chaney
Actor 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ronald Colman
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Jackie Coogan
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Gary Cooper
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Dolores Costello
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Maurice Costello
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Marion Davies
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Nigel De Brulier
Actor 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marguerite De La Motte
Actress 'The Mark of Zorro' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Mark of Zorro' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Dolores Del Río
Actress 'Resurrection' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Resurrection' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Thomas A. Edison
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Douglas Fairbanks
Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Greta Garbo
Felicitas (archive footage) (uncredited) Felicitas (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John Gilbert
Actor 'The Big Parade' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Big Parade' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Gish
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
William S. Hart
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Sessue Hayakawa
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tony the Horse
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Al Jolson
Actor 'The Jazz Singer' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Jazz Singer' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Rod La Rocque
Actor 'Resurrection' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Resurrection' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Florence Lawrence
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Carole Lombard
Actress 'Run, Girl, Run' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Run, Girl, Run' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Montagu Love
Actor 'Don Juan' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Don Juan' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mae Marsh
Actress 'Birth of a Nation' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'Birth of a Nation' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Mix
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Antonio Moreno
Actor 'It' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'It' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mae Murray
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Marshall Neilan
Actor 'Rags' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'Rags' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mabel Normand
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Eugene Pallette
Actor 'The Three Musketeeers (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Three Musketeeers (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mary Pickford
Rags / Alice McCloud (archive footage) (uncredited) Rags / Alice McCloud (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Edna Purviance
Actress 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actress 'The Pawnshop' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Wallace Reid
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Rin Tin Tin
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Will Rogers
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Mack Sennett
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Norma Shearer
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George Siegmann
Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor 'The Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Gloria Swanson
His Sweetheart (archive footage) (uncredited) His Sweetheart (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ben Turpin
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Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage) (uncredited) Col. Ben Cameron (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
H.B. Warner
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Pearl White
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Clara Kimball Young
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