COY WATSON'S HOLLYWOOD REEL

HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST TELEVISION NEWSREEL 

 

Coy Watson's HOLLYWOOD REEL is a unique slice of television’s early history; Coy Watson’s HOLLYWOOD REEL, “Hollywood’s” first appearance on the “small screen” during TV’s first year.

 

We offer you the opportunity to consider the use or purchase of the first television films that showed Hollywood stars and their lives on America’s TV screens in 1949.

HOLLYWOOD REEL is an exclusive, historical, “close-up” glimpse of the birth of television in Hollywood. The fifty-two, 12 ½ minute weekly newsreels ran nationally to tell the story of life and the people in Hollywood during 1949 and 1950 as television changed the entertainment world.

 

In addition to the stars, the shows also include news events, personalities, fashions of the day and “behind the scenes” movie magic never seen before.

Not seen on TV for over 50 years, HOLLYWOOD REEL, Hollywood’s first TV newsreel, was the first television program on film to show motion picture stars, producers, directors and motion picture secrets on the television screens of America.

 

Showing over 70 stars (at home and in their day to day life) including: Gloria Swanson, Kirk Douglas, Ronald Reagan, Edward G. Robinson, Mack Sennett, Robert Stack, Stanley Kramer, Lloyd Bridges and sons, Yvonne De Carlo, Stan Laurel and Harold Lloyd, to name just a few.

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Click below to view a small sample of Coy Watson's HOLLYWOOD REEL:

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Click below to view a clipping from an article in TELE-VIEWS Magazine from November 25, 1949 about HOLLYWOOD REEL:

TELE-VIEWS Magazine - 11-25-49

 

Hollywood Reel Segments:

  • At Home

  • On the Boulevard

  • Havin' Fun

  • Fashions

  • Behind the Scenes

  • Sports

  • Personalities

  • Around the Lot

  • News

  • Close-Ups and Long Shots

  • Hobbies

  • and more

Hollywood Reel Celebrities:

  • Ronald Reagan

  • Lloyd Bridges and Family

  • Edward G. Robinson

  • Gloria Swanson

  • Stan Laurel

  • Andy Devine

  • Mercedes McCambridge

  • Elsa Lanchester

  • Charles Coburn

  • Lou Costello

  • Robert Preston

  • John Wayne

  • Clark Gable

  • Ginger Rogers

  • Roy Rogers

  • Dale Evans

  • Stanley Kramer

  • Burl Ives

  • Jackie Gleason

  • Eve Arden

  • John Barrymore, Jr.

  • Jackie Coogan

  • Kirk Douglas

  • Walter Lantz

  • Plus many more

COY on FOX 6 NEWS

Click here to see Coy Watson on FOX 6 News

discussing his footage of Ronald Reagan. 

It is the first time Ronald Reagan was ever on television.

 

COY on SAN DIEGO INSIDER

Click here to see Coy Watson on San Diego Insider.  It aired originally on 2/5/03.

 

COY on FOREFRONT SAN DIEGO

Click here to see Coy Watson on Forefront San Diego.  It aired originally on 4/28/07.

 

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Contact Information:

 

Coy Watson's Hollywood Reel

PO Box 1329

Alpine, CA  91903-1329

 

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