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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

Genres: Documentary

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.

• Encke King as Narrator (voice)
• Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet (archive footage)
• Jim Backus as Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
• Brenda Bakke as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
• Barbara O. Jones as Dorothy in Bush Mama (archive footage)
• Gene Barry as Dr. Clayton Forrester in The War of The Worlds (archive footage)
• Richard Basehart as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
• Hugh Beaumont as George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)