Hollywood Pioneers (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hollywood

Pioneers (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The evolution of film from penny arcade curiosity to art form, from The Great Train Robbery, through to The Birth of a Nation. Early Technicolor footage, along with other color technologies, are also featured.

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
James Mason Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Lolita (1962)
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Infant at Snakeville (1911)
Karl Brown Self Self See fewer	Flames (1932)
Gaylord Carter Self Self See fewer	Inside Out (I) (2015)
Jackie Coogan Self Self See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
Dolores Costello Self Self See fewer	The Sea Beast (1926)
George Cukor Self Self See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Viola Dana Self Self See fewer	Two Sisters (1929)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Self Self See fewer	The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
A. Arnold Gillespie Self Self See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Lillian Gish Self Self See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Chauncey Haines Self Self See fewer	Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972)
Byron Haskin Self Self See fewer	The War of the Worlds (1953)
Anita Loos Self Self See fewer	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Hal Roach Self Self See fewer	One Million B.C. (1940)
Adela Rogers St. Johns Self Self See fewer	What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Blanche Sweet Self Self See fewer	Anna Christie (1923)
King Vidor Self Self See fewer	War and Peace (1956)
Gary Cooper Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	High Noon (1952)
Dolores Del Río Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Ramona (1928)
D.W. Griffith Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
George O'Brien Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Sunrise (1927)
Gloria Swanson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Lois Weber Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Suspense (1913)