1975
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0h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Department of Communication, Stanford University
Pyramid Films
Pyramid Films
Arthur and Lillie
Overview
A film about Arthur and Lillie Mayer, 89 and 86 years old and still young. Arthur can remember being taken to the first movie show in America, in 1895; Lillie was among the first American suffragettes. Arthur Mayer reminisces about his famous publicity stunts for Paramount, his Broadway horror film theatre, and beginning the importation of great European films with Rossellini's Open City. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Key Crew
Director: Jon Else
Producer: Jon Else, Steven Kovacs, Kristine Samuelson