Overview

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

Top Cast

Mark Harmon

Johnny Edge

Vincent Gardenia

Peter Kessler

Morgan Fairchild

Dulcie Warren

Brianne Leary

Doris Kessler

Robert Picardo

Mark Kessler

Eve Arden

Coralee

Kaye Ballard

Esther Kessler

Morgan Brittany

Astrid James

Red Buttons

Bruce Benson

Robert Culp

Henry Farnum

Howard Duff

Charles Slade

José Ferrer

George Pappas