The Dream Merchants
tv show

3 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired May 12, 1980
Genres:
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.
Cast

Mark Harmon
as
Johnny Edge

Vincent Gardenia
as
Peter Kessler

Morgan Fairchild
as
Dulcie Warren

Brianne Leary
as
Doris Kessler

Robert Picardo
as
Mark Kessler

Eve Arden
as
Coralee

Kaye Ballard
as
Esther Kessler

Morgan Brittany
as
Astrid James

Red Buttons
as
Bruce Benson

Robert Culp
as
Henry Farnum

Howard Duff
as
Charles Slade

José Ferrer
as
George Pappas
Crew
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John H. Anderson
as
Set Decoration
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John Beckman
as
Art Direction
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Lowell Chambers
as
Set Decoration
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Ross Bellah
as
Art Direction
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Audrey A. Blasdel
as
Set Decoration
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Gerald Perry Finnerman
as
Director of Photography
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Grady Hunt
as
Costume Design
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Tad Tadlock
as
Choreographer

Vincent Sherman
as
Director
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Donald Douglas
as
Editor
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Richard Van Enger Jr.
as
Editor
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Hugh Benson
as
Producer