Hollywood End of an Era (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Hollywood

End of an Era (Season 1, Episode 13)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

The rise of practical synchronized sound film technology spells the end of the silent era of Hollywood with its casualties and the struggle to redefine cinema with sound in mind.

Directors

Kevin Brownlow | David Gill

Writers

Kevin Brownlow | David Gill

Producers

Kevin Brownlow | David Gill

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Updated Apr 1, 1980

Release date

Apr 1, 1980 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
James Mason Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Lolita (1962)
Irving Asher Self Self See fewer	The Four Feathers (1939)
Mary Astor Self Self See fewer	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Cedric Belfrage Self Self See fewer	Living in Hollywood (1939)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1935)
Frank Capra Self Self See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Theodore Case Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Theodore Case Test Film (1925)
Calvin Coolidge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
George Cukor Self Self See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Viola Dana Self Self See fewer	Two Sisters (1929)
Allan Dwan Self Self See fewer	Bound in Morocco (1918)
Janet Gaynor Self Self See fewer	A Star Is Born (1937)
Lillian Gish Self Self See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
D.W. Griffith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Chauncey Haines Self Self See fewer	Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972)
Byron Haskin Self Self See fewer	The War of the Worlds (1953)
Will H. Hays Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Clinging Vine (1926)
Laurence Irving Self Self See fewer	The Inheritance (1947)
Henry King Self Self See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Paul Kohner Self Self See fewer	The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
Bessie Love Self Self See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Ben Lyon Self Self See fewer	Hell's Angels (1930)
Colleen Moore Self Self See fewer	So Big (1924)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Albert S. Rogell Self (as Al Rogell) Self (as Al Rogell) See fewer	The Wrecker (1933)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Self Self See fewer	Wings (1927)