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  Hollywood, 35 years later

  January 26, 2012 at 10:25 am / Blog

  In 1976, Frank Cavestani, Laura Cavestani, and Tom Weinberg produced a 30-minute documentary called Making it in Hollywood. It’s an insightful look at the business of fame and is still a strikingly accurate portrait of the Hollywood celebrity machine, featuring Shelley Winters, Sally Kirkland, Cissy Colpitts, and Tab Hunter, with appearances by Dr. John and John Belushi and many others. More than 35 years later, Mathias Sorum watched nearly all of the 80 camera original Making It tapes in the … Continue reading →

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  TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards

  1976-1-1 / American Way, Outside Agitators

  Here is your front row ticket to 48th Academy Awards (1976). The Oscars as you’ve never seen them before. Watch a young Steven Spielberg lose out in his first of many nominations to be Best Director. Join Lily Tomlin as she buys her acceptance gown, Lee Grant rehearsing her “losing smile” for the camera and Michael Douglas planning his sweep of nominations for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Continue reading →

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #11]

  1976-6-22 / American Way

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. More raw footage shot at actress Sally Kirkland’s home. Kirkland and several of her actress friends discuss the difficulties of achieving success as an actor in Hollywood. They talk about the importance of “looking the part” in Hollywood; and their experience with agents. Also, Kirkland gets a phone call from her mother, Sally Kirkland, Sr., longtime fashion editor at Vogue magazine, and from film director John Badham. (The other end of phone is heard on Audio Channel 2.) Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw: Phoenix, Arizona #7]

  1986-2-17 / Eclectic Sports Collection, Once A Star

  This tape features footage of the ’69 Chicago Cubs and New York Mets teams at “Dream Game ’86.” Players tape introductions for the television series “Once a Star.” Continue reading →

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #45]

  1976-6-29 / American Way

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. A continuation of footage with actors Julius Harris, Robert Walden, Sally Kirkland, Cissy Colpitts (now Cisse Cameron), and Gregory Rozakis at Derrick’s, a restaurant in Los Angeles. Cissy Colpitts and part-time talent manager Judy Thomas talk about agents. Thomas agrees to watch and possibly set up a screening of Colpitts’ resume tape. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #8 Dallas]

  1986-2-8 / Eclectic Sports Collection, Once A Star

  Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star.” Footage from the 1986 NBA Legends basketball game during the All-Star Weekend. Continue reading →

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #61]

  1976-7-3 / American Way, Roots of Video

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features footage of kids selling maps to stars’ homes, plus b-roll of Grauman’s (Mann’s) Chinese Theatre. Continue reading →

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  [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #10]

  1985-10-30 / Eclectic Sports Collection, Once A Star

  This tape features raw footage of an interview with boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) at a boxing arena in Atlantic City. Taped for the 1985 television series “Once A Star.” Patterson talks about his legendary boxing career and his schooling in Brooklyn, New York. Continue reading →