Their First Time In The Movies

Hour-long compilation of clips from film debuts- Not great but fun to watch
This hour-long documentary was produced by author Les Krantz in 2001 as a "visual companion" to his book of the same name. It features clips from the "first film appearances" of about 38 major stars going back to Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford in the 1920s to John Travolta and Sandra Bullock in the 1970s and 80s. While most clips are from the films themselves (properly licensed from studios like Universal), there are some scenes taken from "trailers". All run about a minute in length. Many are common scenes (Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate") but a few are more obscure (Bogart, Burt Reynolds, Monroe). All the clips have good resolution. There were a few titles new to me that I might want to seek out to see the full performances.

There is a narration, which is fairly interesting but sounds a lot like the narration in museum exhibits.

While nearly all the stars shown can be considered movie "icons". I question the reason to include the first appearance of actress...





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