The Champion: A Story of America’s First Film Town
The Champion: A Story of America’s First Film Town

The Champion: A Story of America’s First Film Town

0.00h 35m2015Released
Documentary

Tells the story of a major American film capital before Hollywood.... Fort Lee, New Jersey.

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Cast

M

Matt Zoller Seitz

Narrator

P

Patti Harris

Gene Gauntier (voice)

L

Lee Gordon

Carl Laemmle (voice)

S

Si Hawk

Louis Reeves Harrison (voice)

M

Maxwell Glick

Victor Company Salesman (voice)

Pete Scalzitti

Pete Scalzitti

Park F. Hanley (voice)

Joshua Zirger

Joshua Zirger

Moving Picture Magazine Writer (voice)

O

Oliver Gettell

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