• Genre: Film, TV & Radio
• Movie Type: Biography, Film & Television History
• Themes: Filmmaking, Teachers and Students
• Director: Frederick Keeve
• Main Cast: Gregory Peck, Mala Powers, John Berry, Lloyd Bridges
• Release Year: 1999
• Country: US
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

Michael Chekhov and George Shdanoff were Russian expatriates who came to Hollywood and became two of the best known and most influential acting coaches in the film industry; Chekhov was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Spellbound, and as a teacher he and his associate Shdanoff helped guide the careers of Leslie Caron, Patricia Neal, Gregory Peck, Rex Harrison, Marilyn Monroe and Clint Eastwood. From Russia to Hollywood provides a glimpse into their lives and careers as Chekhov flees Russia for Germany after the Communist government expresses its displeasure with his productions for the Moscow Art Theater (Stanislavsky considered Chekhov a genius, but the government considered him ideologically unsound). When the Nazis began to rise to power, Chekhov relocated to the United States, where he taught acting when not busy with his own career on the stage and screen. Here, several of Chekhov and Shdanoff's better known students discuss their work and how their teachings effected a generation of Hollywood actors. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Gregory Peck - Narrator
• Mala Powers - Narrator
• John Berry
• Lloyd Bridges

Leslie Caron; Sharon Gless; Hurd Hatfield; Patricia Neal; Anthony Quinn; Ford Rainey; Richard Schickel; Craig Sheffer; Robert Stack; Beatrice Straight

Credit

Peter Bonilla - Cinematographer; Robert Gordon - Editor; Charles X. Block - Producer; Peter Spirer - Producer; Frederick Keeve - Director; Frederick Keeve - Composer (Music Score); Frederick Keeve - Producer; Frederick Keeve - Screenwriter; Lisa Dalton - Co-producer; Sue Mischel - Co-producer