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Vegas: The Story of Sin City

An infamous city tells its history via profiles of its iconic entertainers, entrepreneurs, mafia and politicians over 7 decades.

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Man:
4, 3, 2, 1, fire. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Man: 4, 3, 2, 1, fire.

Narrator: With nothing more than
a few miners and railroad men - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Narrator: With nothing more than a few miners and railroad m...

Las Vegas has always been able
to grab you by the lapels - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Las Vegas has always been able to grab you by the lapels

I made a few million dollars
in Las Vegas. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

I made a few million dollars in Las Vegas.

But even amid the hardship,
there were glimmers - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

But even amid the hardship, there were glimmers

Everything has a shelf life.
Nothing stays the same. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Everything has a shelf life. Nothing stays the same.

McBride: Las Vegas always
sold the illusion - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

McBride: Las Vegas always sold the illusion

Man: We continue to be one
of the fastest - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Man: We continue to be one of the fastest

The ultimate place to work --
Las Vegas, Nevada. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

The ultimate place to work -- Las Vegas, Nevada.

Little: It's glitz and glamour,
entertainment, gambling. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Little: It's glitz and glamour, entertainment, gambling...

Vegas has always marketed itself
on its naughtiness. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Vegas has always marketed itself on its naughtiness.

This city has this whole other
trajectory and life unto itself. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

This city has this whole other trajectory and life unto itse...

Announcer: With time on your
hands and money to spend, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Announcer: With time on your hands and money to spend,

In the '70s, you start to sense
the old days are over. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

In the '70s, you start to sense the old days are over.

You could just see
that Las Vegas lost its mojo. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

You could just see that Las Vegas lost its mojo.

Man: The Vegas strip has seen
everything from Sammy and Frank - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Man: The Vegas strip has seen everything from Sammy and Fran...

Man: No one knows gambling
better than organized crime. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Man: No one knows gambling better than organized crime.

Anka: By the late '60s,
Vegas started to figure out, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Anka: By the late '60s, Vegas started to figure out,

Reporter: Howard Hughes asked
for permission to buy - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Reporter: Howard Hughes asked for permission to buy

White:
Eventually, Vegas became - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

White: Eventually, Vegas became

Las Vegas is the most thoroughly
modern 21st century city - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Las Vegas is the most thoroughly modern 21st century city

Charles:
When Howard Hughes came in, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Charles: When Howard Hughes came in,

Say, as long as we're all here
together, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Say, as long as we're all here together,

Announcer:
This is beyond fairytale,
it's inconceivable. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Announcer: This is beyond fairytale, it's inconceivable...

He was so unique,
so charming, and so hot. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

He was so unique, so charming, and so hot.

Las Vegas evolved. It's unlike
anywhere else in the world. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Las Vegas evolved. It's unlike anywhere else in the wor...

Elvis was caught in a trap,
and he couldn't get out. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Elvis was caught in a trap, and he couldn't get out.

To be a headliner in Las Vegas,
that's what I want to do. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

To be a headliner in Las Vegas, that's what I want to d...

People in Las Vegas were
certainly aware - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

People in Las Vegas were certainly aware

And that's when
everything changed. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

And that's when everything changed.

She was very tall, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

She was very tall,

Charles:
He was one of a kind, man.
He brought his own persona. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Charles: He was one of a kind, man. He brought his own perso...

Now you've got people
and fresh minds - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Now you've got people and fresh minds

Charles:
When I think about Las Vegas, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Charles: When I think about Las Vegas,

There'd be some that'd try
to be like him and -- - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

There'd be some that'd try to be like him and --

It was to here, four years ago, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

It was to here, four years ago,

Schwartz: A lot of things went
into being a showgirl. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Schwartz: A lot of things went into being a showgirl.

Hughes, the sportsman and pilot,
engineer, eccentric, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Hughes, the sportsman and pilot, engineer, eccentric,

Back in the '70s, Elvis banners
and Elvis spotlights. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Back in the '70s, Elvis banners and Elvis spotlights.

Zook: Elvis's death was still
a huge blow - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Zook: Elvis's death was still a huge blow

They were incredibly
elaborate affairs -- - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

They were incredibly elaborate affairs --

In 1966, Howard Hughes
is a longtime aviation pioneer, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

In 1966, Howard Hughes is a longtime aviation pioneer,

Dow Schull: Las Vegas, over each
of its historical eras, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Dow Schull: Las Vegas, over each of its historical eras,

McKee: I had some headpieces
that would be about 20 pounds. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

McKee: I had some headpieces that would be about 20 pounds.

I wore headdresses that it took
two people to carry backstage - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

I wore headdresses that it took two people to carry backstag...

He also desperately wants
to avoid any kind of publicity - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

He also desperately wants to avoid any kind of publicity

Zook:
But in the early '30s, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Zook: But in the early '30s,

Little: That was a way
to open up a show -- - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Little: That was a way to open up a show --

[ Cheers and applause ] - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

[ Cheers and applause ]

So he decides to move
to the Las Vegas Strip. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

So he decides to move to the Las Vegas Strip.

Perhaps the sheer glare
of it all - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Perhaps the sheer glare of it all

♪ Uh, well, a-bless my soul,
what's wrong with me? ♪ - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

♪ Uh, well, a-bless my soul, what's wrong with me? ♪...

Up there in the penthouse suite
of the Desert Inn Hotel, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Up there in the penthouse suite of the Desert Inn Hotel,

Woman: In this business, you
have to make it while you can, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Woman: In this business, you have to make it while you can,

Life itself is but a gamble
from the cradle to the grave, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Life itself is but a gamble from the cradle to the grave,

Weatherford: Las Vegas probably
hung onto its sexism - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Weatherford: Las Vegas probably hung onto its sexism

Barbutti: When Howard Hughes
was staying at the Desert Inn, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Barbutti: When Howard Hughes was staying at the Desert Inn,

Reporter:
These women are outraged
at the clichés and stereotypes - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Reporter: These women are outraged at the clichés and stereo...

You can come back in
after the next week, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

You can come back in after the next week,

They resent the way women are
portrayed as sexual playthings, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

They resent the way women are portrayed as sexual playthings...

Cher:
♪ The warden threw a party
at the county jail ♪ - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Cher: ♪ The warden threw a party at the county jail ♪

And so it got to the point
where they said, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

And so it got to the point where they said,

When the rest of the country was
sinking away in the Depression, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

When the rest of the country was sinking away in the Depress...

In 1931, here was a place
where money was no object. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

In 1931, here was a place where money was no object.

Las Vegas became an escape - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Las Vegas became an escape

That's the uniqueness
of Vegas. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

That's the uniqueness of Vegas.

Schwartz: After the country
had been through World War I, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Schwartz: After the country had been through World War I,

Barbutti:
After Elvis, they found out that
other people could draw a crowd. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Barbutti: After Elvis, they found out that other people coul...

I mean, one person
bought all these hotels. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

I mean, one person bought all these hotels.

In the 1930s,
the United States - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

In the 1930s, the United States

Schumacher: You look at
the cultural movements - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Schumacher: You look at the cultural movements

You put a singer in for a month, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

You put a singer in for a month,

Reporter: Here at the Sands, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Reporter: Here at the Sands,

And in Vegas, they have a triple
threat of positive factors - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

And in Vegas, they have a triple threat of positive factors

You're opening at
the Riviera Hotel - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

You're opening at the Riviera Hotel

[ Explosion ] - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

So I'm curious to see if I'm
going to really enjoy it. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

So I'm curious to see if I'm going to really enjoy...

The salaries were actually
ridiculous. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

The salaries were actually ridiculous.

When I was 16, I was working
in Paris in the Moulin Rouge, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

When I was 16, I was working in Paris in the Moulin Rouge,

He said, "Nobody with money
hurts the game." - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

He said, "Nobody with money hurts the game."

Reporter: When the explosion
of a marriage leads to divorce, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Reporter: When the explosion of a marriage leads to divorce,

They paid her over
$300,000 a week. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

They paid her over $300,000 a week.

Schwartz:
And of course, number three, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Schwartz: And of course, number three,

Sometimes, these salaries
were so huge, you wonder - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Sometimes, these salaries were so huge, you wonder

It was 3:00 in the morning,
December 7th, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

It was 3:00 in the morning, December 7th,

Newscaster: If a want ad
won't get you a job, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Newscaster: If a want ad won't get you a job,

I said, "This is Vegas?" - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

I said, "This is Vegas?"

Gambling to Las Vegas
is like water to the earth. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Gambling to Las Vegas is like water to the earth.

At the time, - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Gambling put Las Vegas
on the map. - Vegas: The Story of Sin City

Gambling put Las Vegas on the map.

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An infamous city tells its history via profiles of its iconic entertainers, entrepreneurs, mafia and politicians over 7 decades.

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Production: Bungalow Media + Entertainment

Genre: documentary, drama

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 25 Feb 2024

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Homepage: https://www.cnn.com/videos/title-2374191