The Age of Ballyhoo - Production & Contact Info

The Age of Ballyhoo (1973)
Not Rated
Video | 60 min | Documentary

The Age of Ballyhoo (1973)

Not Rated

Video | 60 min | Documentary

A documentary about the film industry, narrated by 'Gloria Swanson', in the period between World War I and World War II. Included are clips from a variety of films of that period.

Director

David Shepard

Writer

David Thaxton

Producer

David Shepard

Editor

Nick Elliot (as Nick Ursin)

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Updated Dec 31, 1973

Release date

1973 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
20 cast members

Name	Known for
Gloria Swanson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Clara Bow Self (clip from "It") (archive footage) Self (clip from "It") (archive footage) See fewer	Wings (1927)
Calvin Coolidge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
Grace Coolidge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
Douglas Fairbanks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Florence Kling Harding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Redskins Pay Tribute to Big Chief Harding (1921)
Warren G. Harding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Selig-Tribune, No. 30 (1916)
Lou Henry Hoover Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hoover Home Movie: Fishing Trip (1929)
Charles A. Lindbergh Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Antonio Moreno Self (clip from "It") (archive footage) Self (clip from "It") (archive footage) See fewer	Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Mary Pickford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Coquette (1929)
Nicola Sacco Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Bessie Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Thelma Todd Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Horse Feathers (1932)
Raquel Torres Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Duck Soup (1933)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Woodrow Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of a Boy Scout (1915)
Dolores Del Río Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Abandoned (1945)
Mae Murray Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Merry Widow (1925)