La Belle Epoque

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the Western world gave themselves over to a life of elegance and taste-making, their eyes closed to the increasing social and political turmoil fermenting beneath the surface of polite society. The program uses period motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as the arts and fashions of the period to supplement the spoken memories of the participating interviewees who actually lived... La Belle Epoque.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

62 minutes

Year:

1983

Director:

Jim Burroughs

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Company:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

ABC Video Enterprises

Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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Diana Vreeland

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Barbara Cartland

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Jacques Henri Lartigue

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Crew:
Jim Burroughs

Director

Judy Crichton

Writer

Jim Burroughs

Writer

Jon Fauer

Cinematography

Jean-Pierre Janssen

Cinematography