TV series

The Dream Merchants
1980 · 1 season
A sweeping, old-fashioned rags-to-riches saga of early Hollywood, full of ambition, romance and betrayal, told at a stately pace.
- Created by
- Vincent Sherman
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Mark Harmon, Vincent Gardenia, Morgan Fairchild
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Ambition, betrayal, love, power
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
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- Created by
- Vincent Sherman
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Mark Harmon, Vincent Gardenia, Morgan Fairchild















