2am PST – Hollywood Without Make-Up (1966) – In this special, Ken Murray hosts his own behind-the-scenes home movies of some of Hollywood’s greatest stars. Cast: Ken Murray BW-50 mins, TV-G
Not a movie this time, but a delightful 1966 television special hosted by Ken Murray and starring his own home movies that date back to Hollywood’s silent-era when the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wiled away their weekends at San Simeon, the estate owned by William Randolph Hearst and his wife mistress Marion Davies. The same estate Orson Welles somewhat recreated for his character in “Citizen Kane” who was modeled after Hearst.
You’ll also see Cary Grant, Mary Astor, Lucille Ball, Bogie, Edgar Bergen, Ruth Etting, Kirk Douglas, Demille, Fred MacMurray, dozens of others and even Walt Disney, who takes Murray’s kids on a very special tour of a fairly new theme park called Disneyland.
Ken Murray kicked around Hollywood all during the Golden Age in various roles, but he was always very well liked by the stars and enamored with the little film cameras he took with him most everywhere. The result is a one-of-a-kind look at our biggest stars relaxing and at play.
The special itself is a simple affair, hosted by Murray whose sincere affection his subjects makes the 50 minutes most memorable. You’ll feel as though you’ve entered an irony and snark-free zone.
Proof that once upon a time real movie stars roamed the Earth.
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