Hollywood at Last! (1979)
Dedicated Dutch graphic designer Piet Schreuders visits Los Angeles to investigate all kinds of typeface as used in title-credits for movies and TV-series, letters on billboards, shop-windows or street-signs, the banner-headlines of The Los Angeles Times, and climbs finally to the giant letters of the HOLLYWOOD-sign. In the meantime he discovers, to his great satisfaction, the location and stairs where Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy shot their movie 'The Musicbox', by combining street-signs, partially shown on still-pictures of this movie: "…MONTE" and "…ENDOME", which turn out to be found on the street corner of Del Monte and Vendome in Culver City. This documentary is bluntly intercut with commercials, a phenomenon not yet known in the Netherlands in 1979. (Theo Uittenbogaard)
Director: Theo Uittenbogaard
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Karen Bunde as Carowner / Herself |
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Leo Davis as Letteringartist / Himself |
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Barry Hyman as Filmtitleartist / Himself |
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Piet Schreuders as Narrator / Himself |
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Ted Wegar as Letterexpert at LA Times / Himself |
| Directing | Theo Uittenbogaard | Director |
| Writing | Theo Uittenbogaard | Writer |
| Writing | Piet Schreuders | Writer |
| Crew | Ruud de Bruyn | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | John Lagher | Visual Effects |
| Production | Roelof Kiers | Executive Producer |
