
La Belle Epoque
Documentary
Overview
Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the Western world gave themselves over to a life of elegance and taste-making, their eyes closed to the increasing social and political turmoil fermenting beneath the surface of polite society. The program uses period motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as the arts and fashions of the period to supplement the spoken memories of the participating interviewees who actually lived... La Belle Epoque.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self / Narrator
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self / Narrator


Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland
Self
Diana Vreeland
Self


Erté
Erté
Self
Erté
Self


Barbara Cartland
Barbara Cartland
Self
Barbara Cartland
Self


Jacques Henri Lartigue
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Self
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Self
Douglas Bying
Douglas Bying
Self
Douglas Bying
Self
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