The newest installment from HBO Docs is Casting By, a
journey through the last fifty years of Hollywood from the casting
perspective. Marion Dougherty is the
foremost casting director and she took some amazing actors from obscure to
household names like James Dean, Glenn Close and Robert Redford.
Dougherty had contacts from Broadway & Off-Broadway
productions and she headed off to Hollywood with them in the 70’s after she had
become the head of casting at Paramount Pictures. She drew from her experiences in New York and
ended up having a strong hand in reshaping the way Hollywood cast films as it
moved away from the old studio system.
Later in her career she was hired by Warner Brothers where she spent
more than two decades of her career of more than 50 years. See below for a trailer & check it out
tonight on HBO at 9:00, on reruns or On Demand.
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