Los Angeles: Stories from the City Bright Lights, Big City (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

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Los Angeles: Stories from the City

Bright Lights, Big City (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

The Hollywood film studios are founded by a band of Jewish immigrants from central and eastern Europe, who achieve their American Dream by acquiring a social status equal to that of Los Angeles' WASP elite.

Director

Ian Cross

Writer

Ian Cross

Editor

Aleksandar Nikolic (as Aleksandor Nikolic)

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Updated Jul 12, 2024

Release date

Jul 12, 2024 (United Kingdom)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Ian Scott Self - Professor of American Film and History, University of Manchester (as Prof. Ian Scott) Self - Professor of American Film and History, University of Manchester (as Prof. Ian Scott) See fewer	Los Angeles: Stories from the City (2024)
Frances Anderson Self - Architectural Historian Self - Architectural Historian See fewer	Los Angeles: Stories from the City (2024)
Alberto Camarillo Self - Professor of History, Stanford University (as Prof. Albert Camarillo) Self - Professor of History, Stanford University (as Prof. Albert Camarillo) See fewer	California and the American Dream (2005)
Jacqueline Fear-Segal Self - University of East Anglia (as Prof. Jacqueline Fear-Segal) Self - University of East Anglia (as Prof. Jacqueline Fear-Segal) See fewer	Los Angeles: Stories from the City (2024)
Brenda E. Stevenson Self - Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of History, University of Oxford (as Prof. Brenda E. Stevenson) Self - Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of History, University of Oxford (as Prof. Brenda E. Stevenson) See fewer	Los Angeles: Stories from the City (2024)
Alan Hess Self - Architectural Historian Self - Architectural Historian See fewer	Desert Maverick (2016)
Sarah Sherborne Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984)
Charles Chaplin Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Marlene Dietrich Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Walt Disney Self - Animator (archive footage) Self - Animator (archive footage) See fewer	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Amelia Earhart Self - Aviator (archive footage) Self - Aviator (archive footage) See fewer	Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President! (2020)
Thomas A. Edison Self - Inventor (archive footage) Self - Inventor (archive footage) See fewer	The Trick Cyclist (1901)
William Fox Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	7th Heaven (1927)
Clark Gable Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Samuel Goldwyn Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Alfred Hitchcock Self - Film Director (archive footage) Self - Film Director (archive footage) See fewer	Psycho (1960)
Fritz Lang Self - Film Director (archive footage) Self - Film Director (archive footage) See fewer	Contempt (1963)
Louis B. Mayer Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Secret (1917)
Mary Pickford Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Coquette (1929)
Ronald Reagan Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Rudolph Valentino Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Albert Warner Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	Kaiser's Finish (1918)
Harry M. Warner Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	The Lost City (1920)
Jack L. Warner Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Sam Warner Self - Film Producer (archive footage) Self - Film Producer (archive footage) See fewer	A Dangerous Adventure (1922)
Frank Lloyd Wright Self - Architect (archive footage) Self - Architect (archive footage) See fewer	Five (1951)
Jane Wyman Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Falcon Crest (1981)