Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

2005•1h 36m

Documentary

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

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Production

Raphaela Film, Preview Release GmbH, Palm Productions

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Status

Released

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Steven Gaydos

Self

Kevin Brownlow

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Mickey Rooney

Self

Marc Wanamaker

Self

Michael D. Moore

Self

Robert Israel

Self

Jan-Christopher Horak

Self

Randy Haberkamp

Self

Gavin Lambert

Self

Norman M. Klein

Self

Bob Mitchell

Self

Charlie Lustman

Self

Robert Salisbury

Self

Steven Peros

Self

Anthony Slide

Self

Rick Schmidlin

Self

Clark Wilson

Self

Tracy Ryan Terhune

Self

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