The Dream Merchants is an American novel written by Harold Robbins and published in 1949. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Harold Robbins ( May 21, 1916 &ndash October 14, 1997) was an American Author. The year 1949 in literature involved some significant events and new books Set in the early 20th century, the book is a "rags-to-riches" story of a penniless young man who goes to Hollywood and builds a great film studio. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films. A former Universal Studios employee, author Harold Robbins based the main character on Universal's founder, Carl Laemmle. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American This article is about Carl Laemmle the founder of Universal Pictures.
Adaptation
In 1980, the book was made into a two-part miniseries with an all-star cast. The year 1980 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1980. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes The miniseries was directed by Vincent Sherman. Vincent Sherman ( July 16, 1906 – June 18 2006) born in Vienna Georgia) USA, was a Hollywood
Primary cast
Thomas Mark Harmon (better known as Mark Harmon; born September 2, 1951) is an American Actor. Vincent Gardenia ( January 7 1922 – December 9 1992) was an American award-winning stage, Film, and Morgan Fairchild (born February 3 1950 is an American actress. Brianne Leary (Born July 28, 1959) is an American Actress. She was the host of The Disney Channel 's Walt Disney World Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an Emmy Award -nominated American Actor. Eve Arden ( April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy -winning American Kaye Ballard, also credited as "Kay Ballard" born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1925, in Cleveland Ohio, to an Italian Morgan Brittany (born as Suzanne Cupito on December 5 1951, Los Angeles California) is an American Film and Television Red Buttons ( February 5, 1919 &ndash July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and Actor. Robert Martin Culp (born August 16 1930) is an American actor and scriptwriter perhaps best known for his work in Television. Howard Green Duff ( November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of Film, Television, stage and José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican theater and Robert Gerard Goulet ( November 26 1933 – October 30 2007) was a Canadian Grammy - and Tony Award - winning David Lawrence Groh ( May 21, 1939 - February 12, 2008) was an American Actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard Carolyn Sue Jones ( April 28, 1930 — August 3, 1983) was an American Actress, best remembered for playing the role Fernando Álvaro Lamas (January 9 1915 Buenos Aires, Argentina – October 8 1982 Los Angeles, California) was an Argentina -born Ray Milland ( January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a Welsh Actor and director who worked primarily in the
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