The Dream Merchants (1980)

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

The Dream Merchants

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Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia

as Peter Kessler

Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild

as Dulcie Warren

as Doris Kessler

as Mark Kessler

as Esther Kessler

Morgan Brittany

Morgan Brittany

as Astrid James

as Bruce Benson

as Henry Farnum

as Charles Slade

as George Pappas

as Craig Warren

as Rocco Salvatore

as Conrad Stillman

as Lawrence Radford

as Murray Tucker

Don 'Red' Barry

Don 'Red' Barry

as Harriet Farnum

as Thelma Benson

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