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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Opportunity Lost (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 58 min | Documentary, History

British silent film was small and old fashioned ; many actors snubbed working in movies and few establishment society figures respected directing. Documentary, however, was a field where there was a distinctive contribution.
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Oct 29, 1995 (United Kingdom)

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40 cast members
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Kenneth Branagh
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Narrator (French version) (voice) Narrator (French version) (voice)   See fewer
Michael Balcon
Self (archive footage) (as Sir Michael Balcon) Self (archive footage) (as Sir Michael Balcon)   See fewer
John Gielgud
Self (as Sir John Gielgud) Self (as Sir John Gielgud)   See fewer
Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
George Pearson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ulrich Tukur
Narrator (german version) (voice) Narrator (german version) (voice)   See fewer
Chrissie White
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Betty Balfour
Squibs Hopkins (archive footage) (uncredited) Squibs Hopkins (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Norah Baring
Sally, a manicurist (archive footage) (uncredited) Sally, a manicurist (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Clara Bow
Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Estelle Brody
Fanny Hawthorn (archive footage) (uncredited) Fanny Hawthorn (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
John Bunny
Mr. Bunny (archive footage) (uncredited) Mr. Bunny (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Henry Edwards
Various roles / Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Various roles / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Hamlet (archive footage) (uncredited) Hamlet (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Dorothy Gish
Nell Gwyn (archive footage) (uncredited) Nell Gwyn (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Uno Henning
Joe, a barber's assistant (archive footage) (uncredited) Joe, a barber's assistant (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Cecil M. Hepworth
Harassed father (archive footage) (uncredited) Harassed father (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Laughton
A Nightclub Diner (archive footage) (uncredited) A Nightclub Diner (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Miles Mander
Levett (archive footage) (uncredited) Levett (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Guy Newall
Teddy Deakin (archive footage) (uncredited) Teddy Deakin (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ivor Novello
The Lodger (archive footage) (uncredited) The Lodger (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mabel Poulton
Tessa Sanger (archive footage) (uncredited) Tessa Sanger (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ellen Terry
Buda, the Nurse (archive footage) (uncredited) Buda, the Nurse (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jameson Thomas
Valentine Wilmot (archive footage) (uncredited) Valentine Wilmot (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Self / Svengali (archive footage) (uncredited) Self / Svengali (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Virginia Valli
Patsy Brand (archive footage) (uncredited) Patsy Brand (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Anna May Wong
Shosho (archive footage) (uncredited) Shosho (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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