Hollywood and the Stars was a 1963

1963 in television

The year 1963 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1963.-Events:*January 13 – BBC Television broadcasts the play The Madhouse on Castle Street in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand...

 American television documentary series produced by David L. Wolper

David L. Wolper

David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory...

 for United Artists Television

United Artists Television

-Background:UA purchased Associated Artists Productions in 1958, giving UA access to the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library and the Popeye cartoons made by Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios between 1933 and 1957....

 that was shown on the National Broadcasting Corporation. It was narrated by Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cheshire Cotten was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair...

 with the theme music and several episodes composed by Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions...

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Each 30 minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre or legendary star. The episodes were -

• THE MAN CALLED BOGART
• SIRENS, SYMBOLS & GLAMOUR GIRLS (I)
• SIRENS, SYMBOLS & GLAMOUR GIRLS (II)
• THEY WENT THAT-A- WAY
• THE IMMORTAL JOLSON
• HOW TO SUCCEED AS A GANGSTER
• BIRTH OF A STAR
• THE UNSINKABLE BETTE DAVIS
• THE FABULOUS MUSICALS
• THE FUNNY MEN (PART I)
• THE FUNNY MEN (PART II)
• THE ONE AND ONLY BING
• HOLLYWOOD, USA
• MONSTERS WE'VE KNOWN AND LOVED
• TEENAGE IDOLS (PART I)
• TEENAGE IDOLS (PART II)
• HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR
• ANATOMY OF A MOVIE: The Cardinal
• THE GREAT LOVERS
• THE ANGRY SCREEN
• THE SWASHBUCKLERS
• ON LOCATION: Night of the Iguana
• IN SEARCH OF KIM NOVAK
• PAUL NEWMAN: Actor in a Hurry
• NATALIE WOOD: Hollywood's Child
• THE OSCARS: Moments of Greatness (Part I)
• THE OSCARS: Moments of Greatness (Part II)
• THE ODYSSEY OF RITA HAYWORTH
• WHAT A WAY TO GO: AN EXTRAVAGANZA IN THE MAKING
• THE GREAT DIRECTORS
• THE WILD AND WONDERFUL THIRTIES