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  • Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
  • TV Movie | 98 min | Documentary, History
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
TV Movie | 98 min | Documentary, History

The history of the influence of Eastern European Jewish Emigre culture has had on Hollywood and the films created in its golden age.
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Directors
Writers
Simcha Jacobovici (written by) | Neal Gabler (book "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood")
Composers
Aron Davis (original music) | John Lang (original music)
Cinematographer
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Updated Mar 22, 1998

Release date
Mar 22, 1998 (United States)

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Cast

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76 cast members
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R.H. Thomson
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Hasia Diner
Self (as Prof. Hasia Diner) Self (as Prof. Hasia Diner)   See fewer
Richard Koszarski
Self (as Richard Kozarski) Self (as Richard Kozarski)   See fewer
Judy Balaban
Self (as Judith Balaban) Self (as Judith Balaban)   See fewer
Cass Warner
Self (as Cass Warner Sperling) Self (as Cass Warner Sperling)   See fewer
Robert Rosen
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Les Friedman
Self (as Prof. Les Friedman) Self (as Prof. Les Friedman)   See fewer
Adolph Zukor
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Abraham Polonsky
Self (as Abraham L. Polonsky) Self (as Abraham L. Polonsky)   See fewer
Barney Balaban
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Lionel Barrymore
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Jack Benny
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James Cagney
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Eddie Cantor
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Harry Cohn
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Melvyn Douglas
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Thomas A. Edison
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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William Fox
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Clark Gable
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Helen Gahagan
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Greta Garbo
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John Garfield
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Judy Garland
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John Gilbert
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Samuel Goldwyn
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Will H. Hays
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George Jessel
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Eric Johnston
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Joseph P. Kennedy
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Carl Laemmle
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Jesse L. Lasky
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Myrna Loy
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Aline MacMahon
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Louis B. Mayer
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Marilyn Monroe
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Robert Montgomery
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Paul Muni
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Richard Nixon
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William Powell
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Claude Rains
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John Rankin
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Edward G. Robinson
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Mickey Rooney
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Rosalind Russell
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Norma Shearer
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Fulton J. Sheen
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Frank Sinatra
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James Stewart
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Robert Taylor
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Irving Thalberg
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J. Parnell Thomas
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Harry S. Truman
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Dalton Trumbo
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Harry M. Warner
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John Wayne
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Clifford Worth
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Darryl F. Zanuck
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