The Dream Merchants

Season 11980

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

Storyline

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

First Aired
May 12, 1980
Last Aired
May 14, 1980
Runtime
2h 0min
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Genre
Status
Ended
Language
English
Production
Operation Prime Time (OPT), Columbia Pictures Television