"Hollywood, Early August 1920"

The subject of this article was cancelled.

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TELEVISION EPISODE
"Hollywood, Early August 1920"
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"Hollywood, Early August 1920" was an unproduced episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, intended part of the third season of the series. The subject of the episode would have been filmmaking, with the theme "Art vs. Commerce".

In this episode, Indiana Jones is asked by Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle in New York to go out to Hollywood in order to shut down the over-budget production of Austrian-American director Erich von Stroheim's Foolish Wives. In Hollywood, Indy meets Irving G. Thalberg, new executive of the studio, and plots how to get Von Stroheim away from the film after the director discovers the reason for Jones's presence and tries to outwit him. Meanwhile, Indy would begin a friendship with a young script editor dedicated to her career who works for Stroheim. Film director John Ford was also intended to be a part of the episode.

While the material was filmed, the TV show's cancellation meant that the episode didn't see broadcast until it was edited together with its fellow unrealized episode, "Newhall, Late August 1920", into the TV movie Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies, released on home video as part of The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones on VHS.

Synopsis

From 2008 StarWars.com article "The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones" by Pablo Hidalgo:

Episode #46 "Hollywood, Early August 1920"

Indy's Age: 21

Subject: Filmmaking

Character: Erich Von Stroheim, Irving Thalberg, Carl Laemmle

Theme: Art vs. Commerce

Synopsis: Indy is asked by Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle in New York to go out to Hollywood to be the henchman to shut down an over-budget production directed by Erich Von Stroheim. He meets Irving Thalberg, new executive at the studio, and must take on the tyrannical Von Stroheim. Indy plots how to get the film away from Von Stroheim, who discovers the reason Indy has come to Hollywood and tries to outwit him. Indy begins a friendship with a young script editor who Is working for Von Stroheim and is dedicated to her career.

Note: This episode, along with #47, were produced as "The Hollywood Follies", available in Volume 3 of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD.

Appearances

Characters

• Indiana Jones

External links

•  The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)