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

Richard De Roy
Writer

Chester Krumholz
Writer

Harold Robbins
Novel

Tad Tadlock
Choreographer

George Duning
Music

John Beckman
Art Direction

Hugh Benson
Producer
Media.

Details.
Release DateMay 12, 1980
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes3
Running Time2h
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
miniseries
old hollywood
Miniseries
Wiki.
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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