"Bracken's World" (1969) TV series 1969-1970

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Writers:

Robert Presnell Jr. (writer) (episode)
Jerry de Bono (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

19 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.

Plot Keywords:

Behind The Scenes | Hollywood | Melodrama

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win

Cast

Peter Haskell	...	Kevin Grant / ... (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
Elizabeth Allen	...	Laura Deane (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Don Brodie	...	Assistant Director / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Tim Herbert	...	Cameraman / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Judson Pratt	...	Gabe / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
William Traylor	...	Assistant Director / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Marie Windsor	...	Sally / ... (3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Barry Coe	...	Assistant Director (3 episodes, 1970)
Dennis Cole	...	Davey Evans (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Kathleen Hughes	...	Jane 'Mitch' Mitchell (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Lee Amber	...	Guard (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Harry Hickox	...	Casey / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Carl Duran / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Edward G. Robinson	...	Cameo / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Vernon Weddle	...	Harvey / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Brock Chester	...	Actor / ... (2 episodes, 1969)
Joe Conley	...	Alvin / ... (2 episodes, 1969)
Diane Dye	...	Brandy / ... (2 episodes, 1969)
Linda Peck	...	Commissary Hostess / ... (2 episodes, 1969)
Debbie Reynolds	...	Cameo (2 episodes, 1969)
Tom Selleck	...	Roger / ... (2 episodes, 1969)
Dick Whittington	...	Photographer (2 episodes, 1969)
Angela Clarke	...	Mama Finello / ... (2 episodes, 1970)
Jeff Donnell	...	Joan Elliot (2 episodes, 1970)
Robert Shayne	...	Sound Mixer (2 episodes, 1970)

Runtime:

60 min (41 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Theme

Entertaining look into the Hollywood Studio, starlet, and star building system.

This very short-lived series was totally entertaining and got me to the TV each week it was on as it shows one or two of the ways that movies get cast and made and the intrigue and treachery that can if you believe it be involved. That's what made Bracken's World entertaining as from top to bottom the studio head, the agents, the starlets feigned friendship or it was real and got hurt or the men and their efforts or dating complications across studios. Although this system is said gone in favor of today's star/agent driven self-building and star owned production companies maybe this would make Bracken's World even more entertaining now in comparison to how would such things work today. For instance having seen Inside Daisy Clover and learned what things like looping are and having watched Natalie Wood act out a breakdown on screen during some looping whenever I feel I can detect such a thing as voice dubbing/ syncing(looping) that is not quite right or sounds like someone else other than the actor in question in todays deleted scenes of dvds I cannot help but think of Bracken's World and the studio system and how stars and studios did it then and do it today. I remember being enthralled by the finagling of the actors and actresses on Bracken's World particularly Peter Haskell, Elizabeth Allen, Karen Jensen not Marten Jensen as I thought I had remembered and even Jeanne Cooper, Kay Chancellor of todays The Young & The Restless were regulars or made stops at Bracken's World.

I am not sure if this series is available on DVD but if it ever is hope it is the complete series and try it out. If for nothing else maybe the deleted scenes that might be included.