Arthur and Lillie (1975)
29m
Running Time
January 1, 1975Release Date
Plot.
A film about Arthur and Lillie Mayer, 89 and 86 years old and still young. Arthur can remember being taken to the first movie show in America, in 1895; Lillie was among the first American suffragettes. Arthur Mayer reminisces about his famous publicity stunts for Paramount, his Broadway horror film theatre, and beginning the importation of great European films with Rossellini's Open City. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Cast & Crew.
Lillie Mayer
Self
Jon Else
Director
Kristine Samuelson
Director
Steven Kovacs
Producer
Martin Bresnick
Composer
Arthur Mayer
Details.
Wiki.
Arthur and Lillie is a 1975 American short documentary film directed by Jon H. Else. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film is a biographical documentary about Arthur and Lillie Mayer - their own lives and their adventures in the formation of "Hollywood" from its earliest days.