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Cast

Karen Bunde

Karen Bunde

Carowner / Herself

Leo Davis

Leo Davis

Letteringartist / Himself

Barry Hyman

Barry Hyman

Filmtitleartist / Himself

Piet Schreuders

Piet Schreuders

Narrator / Himself

Ted Wegar

Ted Wegar

Letterexpert at LA Times / Himself

Crew

Ruud de Bruyn

Ruud de Bruyn

Cinematography

John Lagher

John Lagher

Visual Effects

Theo Uittenbogaard

Theo Uittenbogaard

Writer

Theo Uittenbogaard

Theo Uittenbogaard

Director

Piet Schreuders

Piet Schreuders

Writer

Roelof Kiers

Roelof Kiers

Executive Producer

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Hollywood at Last!

19790.0 / 1051 min
TV Movie, Documentary

Overview

Dedicated Dutch graphic designer Piet Schreuders visits Los Angeles to investigate all kinds of typeface as used in title-credits for movies and TV-series, letters on billboards, shop-windows or street-signs, the banner-headlines of The Los Angeles Times, and climbs finally to the giant letters of the HOLLYWOOD-sign. In the meantime he discovers, to his great satisfaction, the location and stairs where Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy shot their movie 'The Musicbox', by combining street-signs, partially shown on still-pictures of this movie: "…MONTE" and "…ENDOME", which turn out to be found on the street corner of Del Monte and Vendome in Culver City. This documentary is bluntly intercut with commercials, a phenomenon not yet known in the Netherlands in 1979. (Theo Uittenbogaard)