October 8, 1975 –
While a critical success, the comedy film, Hearts of the West, directed by Howard Ziff, and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, Donald Pleasence, and Alan Arkin, which opened on this date, was a financial disaster. It has since become a cult classic. The film was a remake of the 1932 film, Make Me a Star.
Part of a cycle of movies made during the mid-1970s about Tinseltown, old Hollywood, and its Golden Age, including the silent film era. The pictures include Inserts, Valentino, Nickelodeon, Silent Movie, The Wild Party, The Last Tycoon, The Day of the Locust, and The World’s Greatest Lover.
The Haus of Dcaligari 