Bracken's World
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Bracken's World

5.0 / 10
1969
2 seasons
41 episodes
Drama

Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Fade In

    19-09-196960m

    Bracken's World focused on the employees of Century Studios, located in Hollywood, California. John Bracken was the studio head, who, for the first season, was heard, but not seen...

  • Ep 2

    2.Panic

    26-09-196960m

    Both Rachel Holt and Diane Waring are up for a part in Kevin's latest production. In order to pick which actress will win the role, director Budd Blake (Scott Brady) suggests that...

  • Ep 3

    3.King David

    03-10-196960m

    Although aired as the third episode of the series, this was the first episode filmed after the pilot. Century Studios is set to honor ""King David"" Caldwell as the studio founder...

  • Ep 4

    4.Don't You Cry for Susannah

    10-10-196960m

    Susannah Ray thinks she has won her big break--a starring role in Kevin Grant's latest film. She considers herself an exact replica of the character ""Abby"", who eventually commi...

  • Ep 5

    5.Options

    17-10-196960m

    Century Studio is cutting back on expenses and has decided to drop the option on young actress, Paulette Douglas. In an effort to try to keep Paulette under contract to the studio...

  • Ep 6

    6.Closed Set

    24-10-196960m

    A noted director comes to Century Studios to direct a film about a concentration camp. During production, he runs the set like a military camp, angering crew and cast alike. The...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Sweet Smell of Failure

    31-10-196960m

    Sylvia Caldwell is a longstanding admirer of veteran director, Carl Duran. Duran has had a nervous breakdown of sorts and is living at Synanon, a facility for alcholics, substance...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Stunt

    07-11-196960m

    Actor Brock Jordan is scheduled to star in Kevin's upcoming tv series, ""Contraband."" Although he has a reputation as a rugged actor, Brock relies on stunt men to perform his stu...

  • Ep 9

    9.All the Beautiful Young Girls

    14-11-196960m

    A noted actor returns from the New York stage to star in Kevin Grant's latest production. He is an old lover of New Talent School head, Laura Dean, and they renew their romance. T...

  • Ep 10

    10.A Package Deal

    28-11-196960m

    Kevin is directing ""The Winners"" featuring Stuart Saxon in a part written especially for him. Saxon uses the film as an opportunity to give his daughter a part. Inexperienced a...

  • Ep 11

    11.It's the Power Structure, Baby

    05-12-196960m

    Actress Rachel Holt falls for a young film maker--but this is 1969; she's white/he's black. The studio is not pleased with the relationship and tries to discourage it. Kevin disc...

  • Ep 12

    12.Move In for a Close-Up

    12-12-196960m

    Marjorie Grant tries to save her failing marriage to Kevin by obtaining a job as an assistant script supervisor at Century Studios. Kevin is annoyed, feeling that Marjorie's place...

  • Ep 13

    13.Stop Date

    19-12-196960m

    Kevin Grant is directing the film ""Midstream"", but he is plauged with budget problems and an uncooperative star, Gil Ryder. The episode centers on the last day of production (th...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Chase Sequence

    26-12-196960m

    Kevin is directing a film that involves a chase sequence down a mountain road. Davey Evans and another stuntman execute the stunt, but the other stuntman is suffering from a hango...

  • Ep 15

    15.Focus on a Gun

    02-01-197060m

    Actress Diane Waring is searching for the right part and the right man. She meets and falls for gangster, Nick Fontaine, who is trying to get a foothold in the film industry. Kevi...

  • Ep 16

    16.Money Men

    09-01-197060m

    Bracken's assistant, Sylvia Caldwell has decided to leave Century Studios to marry New York banker, Jeffery Harris. Her decision comes at at bad time: A group of investors is try...

  • Ep 17

    17.Meanwhile Back at the Studio

    16-01-197060m

    Kevin is producing and directing ""Indian Country"", slated to be the definitive story of the Indians of the Southwest. Filming begins in Arizona, and, without studio permission,...

  • Ep 18

    18.A Perfect Piece of Casting

    30-01-197060m

    Century Studios is producing a based-on fact movie about three unsolved murders in which waitresses were strangled. The three young actresses at the talent school, Rachel, Paulett...

  • Ep 19

    19.Superstar [aka Star Struck]

    06-02-197060m

    Frank Carver is a football player trying to break into film. He is slated to star in Kevin's production of ""The Sooners"", a western along the lines of a John Wayne epic. The on...

  • Ep 20

    20.Whatever Happened to Happy Endings?

    13-02-197060m

    Kevin casts an unknown actress, Teresa Czandowski, in a biker epic, ""Odyessy"". Hollywood columnist, Veronica Steele, is angered when Teresa rejects Veronica's offer to make her...

  • Ep 21

    21.Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon

    20-02-197060m

    A farm boy comes to Hollywood with an obsession that he must save actress Rachel Holt from Satan. He stalks her, then kidnaps her, hiding her in an abandoned loft of a studio set....

  • Ep 22

    22.Papa Never Spanked Me

    27-02-197060m

    Comedian Joey Jason is cast in a serious role in Kevin's latest film. Joey's immediate problem is that he cannot seem to adapt to the role of an unlikeable character. To make him...

  • Ep 23

    23.A Beginning, A Middle and an End

    06-03-197060m

    Writer Sampson Wilkes has come to Century Studios to oversee production on his latest screenplay. He is immediately attracted to Laura Dean, and an affair begins. He clashes with...

  • Ep 24

    24.Diffusion

    13-03-197060m
  • Ep 25

    25.Day for Night

    20-03-197060m

    Bracken has decided to cast Rachel Holt as the female lead in Kevin's latest film, ""The Cruel Night."" During filming, Rachel hires a private detective to locate her foster paren...

  • Ep 26

    26.One, Two, Three, Cry

    27-03-197060m

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