The Dream Merchants

seriesGlobal1980Film
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1Core Metadata

Title & Origin
Canonical title
The Dream Merchants
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Territory
Global
Release & Format
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film_tv
Release status
concluded
Release date
1/1/1980
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Creator
Vincent ShermanDirector
Network
Operation Prime Time (OPT)Studio
Columbia Pictures TelevisionStudio

2Content

Synopsis

The Dream Merchants tells the rags to riches story of a young man (Mark Harmon) who starts his career working in a nickelodeon theatre and builds a movie empire during the silent film era until the advent of sound films in the late 1920s.

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drama

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3Commercial Metrics

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4Audience Intelligence

reddit
Score
93.5
Score count
324
Rank
198
Audience size
2,612,646
Last updated
6/11/2026

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6Community Sentiment

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