The Attack of the Small Screens: 1950-1960's primary photo

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

The Attack of the Small Screens: 1950-1960 (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, History

Moguls ran into trouble when TV came into play. For many there wasn't a need to go out to the movies when you could stay home and watch this box for free so the studios had to come up with something to get these folks back.
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Dec 6, 2010 (United States)

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48 cast members
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Christopher Plummer
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Andrew Bergman
Self - Writer / Director Self - Writer / Director   See fewer
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Director, Film Historian Self - Director, Film Historian   See fewer
Donald Bogle
Self - Film Director Self - Film Director   See fewer
Robert F. Boyle
Self - Art Director Self - Art Director   See fewer
Mark Harris
Self - Journalist / Film Historian Self - Journalist / Film Historian   See fewer
Marsha Hunt
Self - Actress Self - Actress   See fewer
Miles Kreuger
Self - Film Historian Self - Film Historian   See fewer
Jesse L. Lasky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sidney Lumet
Self - Director Self - Director   See fewer
Walter Mirisch
Self - Producer Self - Producer   See fewer
Gregory Orr
Self - Grandson of Jack Warner Self - Grandson of Jack Warner   See fewer
Thomas G. Schatz
Self - Film Historian (as Thomas Schatz) Self - Film Historian (as Thomas Schatz)   See fewer
Daniel Selznick
Self - Grandson of Louis B. Mayer (as Daniel Mayer Selznick) Self - Grandson of Louis B. Mayer (as Daniel Mayer Selznick)   See fewer
Kathleen Sharp
Self - Lew Wasserman Biographer Self - Lew Wasserman Biographer   See fewer
David Thomson
Self - Film Historian Self - Film Historian   See fewer
Richard D. Zanuck
Self - Producer (as Richard Zanuck) Self - Producer (as Richard Zanuck)   See fewer
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Betsy Blair
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ernest Borgnine
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Marlon Brando
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James Dean
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Judy Garland
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Jerry Giesler
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Coretta Scott King
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Martin Luther King
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Marilyn Monroe
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Debbie Reynolds
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Gloria Swanson
Norma Desmond (archive footage) (uncredited) Norma Desmond (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Dalton Trumbo
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lew Wasserman
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Billy Wilder
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Darryl F. Zanuck
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