Chronicle - Pre-empted 100 Years Hollywood

DateSeptember 18 1987

Can DescriptionsAircheck Pre-empted 100 Years Hollywood

AbstractFrank Avruch introduces the episode from Logan Airport. He talks about the history of American filmmaking, and about people from New England who have gone on to fame in Hollywood. The show lists: Cecil B. DeMille Rudy Vallee, Dustin Farnum, Neil Hamilton, Mabel Norman, William Wellman, Clarence Brown, John Ford, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Van Johnson, Ruth Hussey, Rosalind Russell, Robert Preston, Ray Bolger, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Remick, Robert Benchley, and Robert Morse. Avruch goes into more detail on the work of Bette Davis, Jack Lemmon, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum, and Ruth Gordon. Avruch discusses Boston investors in the film industry. Some segments briefly played backwards. Includes various movie clips.

OtherCredits: Produced by: Jodi Adelson, Frank Avruch; Directed by: Donna Hennessey; Written by: Nat Segaloff; Associate Producer: Linda Adler; Location Crew: Dick Erickson, Roger Rice, Emeric Feldmar, Kif Williams; Editors: Lisa Borge, Nina Hasin, Kathy McKenna; Post Production: Doug DeVitt, Dave Teixeira, George Ellard; Film Librarian: Jean Audet; Graphics: Bill Dawson; Production Manager: Ed Andre; Locations Provided by: American Airlines, First National Bank of Boston, New England Mobile Book Fair; Special thanks to: The Boston Herald; Executive Producer: Elizabeth Cheng; Vice President of Programming and Public Affairs: Paul LaCamera