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World Service,25 Nov 1993,27 mins

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American historians give Christopher Cook their accounts of vital moments in the making of the United States. Episode six: Hollywood - from seedy suburb to capital of entertainment. "In terms of American social history, no institution is more important than Hollywood." Film critic Richard Schickel.

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