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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

Top Cast

  • Chevy Chase

    Chevy Chase

    Narrator (voice)

  • Kenneth Anger

    Kenneth Anger

    Self (uncredited)

  • Richard L. Bare

    Richard L. Bare

    Self (uncredited)

  • Nat Benchley

    Nat Benchley

    Self (uncredited)

  • Sid Caesar

    Sid Caesar

    Self (uncredited)

  • Phyllis Coates

    Phyllis Coates

    Self (uncredited)

  • Tim Conway

    Tim Conway

    Self (uncredited)

  • Walter Cronkite

    Walter Cronkite

    Self (uncredited)

  • Dorothy DeBorba

    Dorothy DeBorba

    Self (uncredited)

Overview

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

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