In Hollywood's Backyard.
Filmmakers (and canyon residents) Alexander and Anne Christine Von Wetter filmed this documentary for German Television in the early 1970s as a revealing close-up of an extraordinary period in America. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
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| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Planet Group Entertainment,
2017.
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| Summary: | Filmmakers (and canyon residents) Alexander and Anne Christine Von Wetter filmed this documentary for German Television in the early 1970s as a revealing close-up of an extraordinary period in America. The camera masters and 16mm negative were consequently lost to a devastating fire. Luckily, a lone VHS copy had been made, which spent the next 30 years on the studio shelf. The VHS was found heavily damaged, but a restoration team managed to salvage a fair grade of quality, which has since been remastered. It is the story of a singular culture, told through interviews, musical celebrations, and theatrics from members of the magical ‘Theatricum Botanicum’, a natural amphitheater created in 1973 by popular actor and social activist Will Geer and his wife Herta Ware. To this day, their cultural open-air venue defines the artistic nature of Topanga. Herta is interviewed here, along with residents Dean Stockwell and Russ Tamblyn. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (53 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:53:00 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |