The Philco Television Playhouse The Birth of the Movies (Season 3, Episode 32)
TV Episode | Drama

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The Philco Television Playhouse

The Birth of the Movies (Season 3, Episode 32)

TV Episode | Drama

Lillian Gish introduces this episode which dramatizes her experiences in the early days of movie-making while working with pioneering director D. W. Griffith.

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

Robert Alan Aurthur (television play) | H.R. Hays (television play)

Producer

Fred Coe

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 22, 1951

Release date

Apr 22, 1951 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Lillian Gish Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Jean Pearson The Young Lillian The Young Lillian See fewer	Kraft Theatre (1947)
John Newland D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith See fewer	The Man Who Never Was (1966)
Paul Mann Billy Bitzer Billy Bitzer See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Bruce Gordon Burton Burton See fewer	Piranha (1978)
Robert F. Simon Merril Merril See fewer	Operation Petticoat (1959)
Ben Lackland Pickett Pickett See fewer	Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949)
Brandon Peters Billings Billings See fewer	Shadow of the Cloak (1951)
Gordon Peters Crawford Crawford See fewer	The United States Steel Hour (1953)
Richard Abbott West West See fewer	Lights Out (1946)
Ken Rockefeller Director Director See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Phil Rhodes Charles (as Philip Rhodes) Charles (as Philip Rhodes) See fewer	Superman (1978)
Frank Sutton Bill Bill See fewer	Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964)
George McCoy Stagehand Stagehand See fewer	Suspense (1949)
Eden Bitzer Secretary Secretary See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Jay Jackson Announcer (voice) Announcer (voice) See fewer	The Edge of Night (1956)
Fred Coe Self Self See fewer	A Thousand Clowns (1965)