The Dream Merchants (1980)
The Dream Merchants (1980)
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Plot.
This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.
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Cast & Crew.
Mark Harmon
Johnny Edge
Vincent Gardenia
Peter Kessler
Morgan Fairchild
Dulcie Warren
Brianne Leary
Doris Kessler
Robert Picardo
Mark Kessler
Eve Arden
Coralee
Kaye Ballard
Esther Kessler
Morgan Brittany
Astrid James
Red Buttons
Bruce Benson
Robert Culp
Henry Farnum
Howard Duff
Charles Slade
José Ferrer
George Pappas
Robert Goulet
Craig Warren
David Groh
Rocco Salvatore
Carolyn Jones
Vera
Fernando Lamas
Conrad Stillman
Ray Milland
Lawrence Radford
Jan Murray
Murray Tucker
Chris Robinson
Zack Larsen
Don 'Red' Barry
Capt. Casey
Lola Mason
Harriet Farnum
George Petrie
Fraser
Seth Wagerman
Bobby Edge
Lauren White
Thelma Benson
Ray Young
Hansen
Chester Krumholz
Writer
Richard De Roy
Writer
Tad Tadlock
Choreographer
George Duning
Music
Harold Robbins
Novel
Grady Hunt
Costume Design
John Beckman
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 12, 1980
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes3
Running Time2h
Content RatingNR
Genres
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miniseries
old hollywood
Miniseries
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The Dream Merchants is a 1980 television miniseries based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins and directed by Vincent Sherman.
The Dream Merchants tells the rags to riches story of a young man (Mark Harmon) who starts his career working in a nickelodeon theatre and builds a movie empire during the silent film era until the advent of sound films in the late 1920s.
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