Steiger shows his enormous talent in this modest, black and white biopic apparently based on the career of movie pioneer Jesse Lasky, the man who literally invented Hollywood but died forgotten by the industry he helped create.
A young Robert Culp and other stars also are featured with an intelligent script, some memorable dialog and many insights in how today's movie industry came to be. Realistic characters abound in this story of the first producer to film a motion picture in the then unknown corner of Los Angeles County called Hollywood.
A young Robert Culp and other stars also are featured with an intelligent script, some memorable dialog and many insights in how today's movie industry came to be. Realistic characters abound in this story of the first producer to film a motion picture in the then unknown corner of Los Angeles County called Hollywood.