The Dream Merchants (miniseries)

The Dream Merchants
GenreMiniseries/Drama
Based onThe Dream Merchants
by Harold Robbins
Screenplay byRichard De Roy
Chester Krumholz
Story byHarold Robbins
Directed byVincent Sherman
StarringMark Harmon
Vincent Gardenia
Theme music composerGeorge Duning
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 120 mins
Production
ProducerHugh Benson
CinematographyGerald Perry Finnerman
EditorsDonald Douglas
Richard Van Enger Jr.
Original release
NetworkOperation Prime Time
ReleaseMay 12, 1980 (1980-05-12) –
1980 (1980)
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The Dream Merchants is a 1980 television miniseries based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins and directed by Vincent Sherman.

The Dream Merchants tells the rags to riches story of a young man (Mark Harmon) who starts his career working in a nickelodeon theatre and builds a movie empire during the silent film era until the advent of sound films in the late 1920s.