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The Hollywood Greats: 2: Ronald Colman

on BBC One London

Profiles of five stars from the golden age of Hollywood.
Written and presented by Barry Norman

With personal comments from his only child Juliet Benita Colman; actor David Niven; George Cukor, who directed Colman's Oscar-winning film A Double Life; actress Lillian Gish, his co-star in silent films; writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz; actress Celeste Holm; Henry King, the director who gave Colman his first starring role in The White Sister; actress Bessie Love; Barbara and Milton Merlin, co-writers of Colman's successful radio and TV series The Halls of Ivy; John Cromwell, who directed The Prisoner of Zenda; and Senator Alvin Weingand, Colman's business partner.

(Ronald Colman stars in tomorrow's Late Film: A Tale of Two Cities)

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Barry Norman
Interviewee:
Juliet Benita Colman
Interviewee:
David Niven
Interviewee:
George Cukor
Interviewee:
Lillian Gish
Interviewee:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Interviewee:
Celeste Holm
Interviewee:
Henry King
Interviewee:
Bessie Love
Interviewee:
Barbara Merlin
Interviewee:
Milton Merlin
Interviewee:
John Cromwell
Interviewee:
Alvin Weingand
Film Editor:
Victor Jamison
Researcher:
Sue Mallinson
Producer:
Barry Brown
Director:
Margaret Sharp

BBC One London

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