Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood(2011)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2011-05-27
Average Runtime: 58m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Paul Merton's Birth of Hollywood is a 2011 BBC documentary series written, directed and presented by Paul Merton. The three-part series traces the rise of the American film-making industry in Hollywood through from the early years of film-making to the foundation of the major motion-picture studios and the new class of the film star.
Keywords
miniserieshollywood history
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 3E01
Part 1
Air Date: 2011-05-27
Hollywood is still a sleepy California backwater of orange groves about to be transformed by filmmakers from the East...
E02
Part 2
Air Date: 2011-06-03
Paul Merton's journey through early Hollywood reaches the 1920s when in prohibition America the cinema industry was o...
E03
Part 3
Air Date: 2011-06-10
Paul Merton traces the rise of the studios through the story of MGM - the biggest dream factory of them all, which bo...
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