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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 · 90 min
A nostalgic, gently amusing archive trawl through raw audition footage, offering candid glimpses of future legends before fame polished them.
- Directed by
- Edith Becker
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Robert Culp, Julie Andrews, Angela Cartwright
- Overview
- Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
- How it feels
- Light, warm and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Celebrity, ambition, art, identity
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Edith Becker
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Robert Culp, Julie Andrews, Angela Cartwright
