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Hollywood Story (1951)
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STARS...........: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan
DIRECTOR........: William Castle
WRITERS.........: Frederick Kohner, Frederick Brady
GENRE...........: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043646
RUNTIME.........: 1h 16mn
SIZE............: 4.44 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC ([email protected])
BITRATE.........: 8000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1464x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English AAC 1.0 200kbps VBR
AUDIO2..........: Commentary with film scholar Jason A. Ney
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Essential Film Noir Collection 2 [Imprint]
ENCODE DATE.....: 2021-09-22


A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it’ll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film star shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.


Extras

• Interview with Kim Newman - In this exclusive new video interview, critic Kim Newman discusses the real story that inspired Hollywood Story, the careers and leagacies of some of the people that made the film, the era in which the film emerged and the evolution of film noir.

• Julie Adams on "Hollywood Story" - In this archival interview, Julie Adams recalls what it was like to play Sally Rousseau and interact with some of the other stars that made Hollywood Story with her (including the silent era stars that quickly pop up before the camera). There are some interesting comments about Old Hollywood as well.

• Eddie Muller on "Hollywood Story" - In this archival interview, film noir expert quickly addresses the conception of Hollywood Story as well as the some of the key pieces of the puzzle that inspired the film.

• Commentary - In this exclusive new commentary, professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney offers a wonderful analysis of Hollywood Story and discusses many of the key locations where it was shot, the era in which the film was completed, the studio system and the unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor. It it is a very good commentary