La Belle Epoque (1983)
Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the Western world gave themselves over to a life of elegance and taste-making, their eyes closed to the increasing social and political turmoil fermenting beneath the surface of polite society. The program uses period motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as the arts and fashions of the period to supplement the spoken memories of the participating interviewees who actually lived... La Belle Epoque.
Directors: Jim Burroughs, Suzanne Bauman.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Self / Narrator |
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Diana Vreeland as Self |
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Erté as Self |
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Barbara Cartland as Self |
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Jacques Henri Lartigue as Self |
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Douglas Bying as Self |
| Directing | Jim Burroughs | Director |
| Writing | Judy Crichton | Writer |
| Writing | Jim Burroughs | Writer |
| Crew | Jon Fauer | Cinematography |
| Crew | Jean-Pierre Janssen | Cinematography |
| Crew | Jeffrey Baynes | Cinematography |
| Crew | Gilbert Loreaux | Cinematography |
| Production | Katell Le Bourhis | Researcher |
| Lighting | Gilbert Loreaux | Lighting Artist |
| Production | Judy Crichton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Richard Richter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pamela Hill | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Vreeland | Costume Design |
| Directing | Suzanne Bauman | Director |
| Writing | Suzanne Bauman | Writer |
| Writing | Peggy Brim | Writer |