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Sep 3, 2011 Season 1 Episode 1 63 min TV-PG

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Season 1 Episode 1 — Aired on Sep 3, 2011 • runs about 63 minutes.

Notable cast/guest names in this episode include Mark Cousins, Mario Cordova.

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Synopsis

Mark Cousins tells the story of cinema, starting in this episode with the birth of the movies, telling the glamorous, surprising stories of early moviemaking and the first film stars.