Summaries

A four-part TV series exploring the lives and tragic deaths of four Welsh personalities who sought fame and fortune in Hollywood. Starlet Peg Entwistle gained notoriety in 1932 by becoming the first person to commit suicide by jumping from the Hollywood sign. BAFTA-winning actress Rachel (This Sporting Life) Roberts overdosed in 1980. Mervyn K. Griffiths, former butler to silent movie queen Mary Pickford, kept a secret diary on the star and, after her death, hawked it around US publishers. And Richard Marquand, director of Return of the Jedi and Jagged Edge, died of a stroke at the age of 49.—anonymous

Details

Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Oct 31, 2007
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Newport, Newport, Wales, UK
Production companies Monster Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 30m
Color Color
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