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Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)
TV Special | 60 min | Documentary

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Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)

TV Special | 60 min | Documentary

A look at various forms of promotion including the carnival humbuggery of PT Barnum, the publicizing of star Florence Lawrence by Carl Laemmle, the movie palaces of Sid Grauman, and the use of food concessions such as pizza at drive-ins.

Director

Peter Jones

Writers

Peter Jones | Bill Katz

Producers

Peter Jones (producer) | Bill Katz (producer)

Composers

Scott Reynolds | Earl Rose

Cinematographer

Scott Judy (director of photography)

Editor

Ned Weisman

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Updated Aug 13, 1996

Release date

Aug 13, 1996 (United States)

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Frankie Avalon Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Grease (1978)
Peter Bogdanovich Self Self See fewer	The Last Picture Show (1971)
Richard Carlson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
William Castle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Homicidal (1961)
Nick Clooney Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Monuments Men (2014)
Joan Crawford Self - Lucy Harbin (archive footage) Self - Lucy Harbin (archive footage) See fewer	Mildred Pierce (1945)
Frank Diaz Self Self See fewer	Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)
Divine Self - Francine Fishpaw (archive footage) Self - Francine Fishpaw (archive footage) See fewer	Pink Flamingos (1972)
Roger Ebert Self Self See fewer	Siskel & Ebert (1986)
George Feltenstein Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
David F. Friedman Self (as David Friedman) Self (as David Friedman) See fewer	She Freak (1967)
Neal Gabler Self Self See fewer	Film socialisme (2010)
Jean Harlow Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Red Dust (1932)
Alfred Hitchcock Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Psycho (1960)
Tab Hunter Self Self See fewer	Damn Yankees (1958)
Carl Laemmle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frankenstein (1931)
Michael Landon Self - Tony Rivers (archive footage) Self - Tony Rivers (archive footage) See fewer	Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Joan Marshall Self - Emily (archive footage) (as Jean Arless) Self - Emily (archive footage) (as Jean Arless) See fewer	Homicidal (1961)
Marilyn Monroe Self - Pola Debevoise (archive footage) Self - Pola Debevoise (archive footage) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Vincent Price Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
David O. Selznick Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mamie Van Doren Self Self See fewer	Teacher's Pet (1958)
John Waters Self Self See fewer	Pecker (1998)
Anna May Wong Self - Lotus Flower (archive footage) Self - Lotus Flower (archive footage) See fewer	Piccadilly (1929)
Ed Wynn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Darryl F. Zanuck Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)