Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story was released on February 5, 2002.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story was directed by John Griffin.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story has a runtime of 86m.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story was produced by Tom Brown, George Feltenstein, Peter Jones, Melissa Roller, Helen Hood Scheer.

This documentary on the history of short subjects was first shown on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable network. It surveys the genre from the beginning of the movies in the 1890's, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950's, when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters. Several series of shorts are highlighted, including the The Three Stooges, Joe McDoakes, Robert Benchley, the Pete Smith Specialties, John Nesbitt's Passing Parade, and the Dogville comedies. Animated short films are given short shrift.

The key characters in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story are Narrator (voice) (Chevy Chase), Self (uncredited) (Kenneth Anger), Self (uncredited) (Richard L. Bare).

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story is rated Not Rated.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story is a Documentary, TV Movie film.

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.