Old Hollywood Movies

In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills,...

Declassified FBI and CIA documents help director Paul Davids unravel the puzzle of Marilyn Monroe's demise, which was officially ruled a "probable...

A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...

In a deconstruction of classic Hollywood codes, using repetitive single frame images, the re-editing of teenager movies produces an intense Oedipal...

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin...

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

When a disenfranchised, world-famous photographer is interviewed by university students and presented with a portfolio of his life's work he is...

Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood.

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon...

The life of Frank Sinatra, as an actor and singer and the steps along the way that led him to become such an icon.

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant,...

In 1947 Los Angeles, a police detective tries to solve the shocking and grisly murder of 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short.

The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B....

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies...

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the...

Peru, 1968. Deep in the jungle, a ragtag film crew is stranded without money, morale, or meaning. Three months behind schedule, they must survive a...

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

A Detective tracks down a killer of homeless people on the streets of Detroit.