«Early Interviews» - which shines the spotlight on
teenaged Maltin's interactions with movie stars, directors, and movers and shakers in Hollywood's Golden Age, including Warner Bros. sexy, wise - cracking pre-Code siren Joan Blondell, Emmy - winning and Oscar - nominated
actor Burgess Meredith, early screen heartthrob George O'Brien, and Cecil B. DeMille's right - hand - man Henry Wilcoxon, among
others.
While the
other actors don't have much to do, each one of them — even Mildred's suffering
teenage son, worn down by her campaign, and Dixon's cynical mother — registers a mark.