Overview - Los Angeles Plays Itself

Overview

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

Cast

• Name: Encke King

  Character: Narrator (voice)

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• Name: Ben Alexander

  Character: Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)

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• Name: Jim Backus

  Character: Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

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• Name: Brenda Bakke

  Character: Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

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• Name: Barbara O. Jones

  Character: Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)

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• Name: Gene Barry

  Character: Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)

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• Name: Richard Basehart

  Character: Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

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• Name: Hugh Beaumont

  Character: George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

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