Movies: Old hollywood

  • 1958
    Too Much, Too Soon

    Too Much, Too Soon (1958)

    Too Much, Too Soon

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    The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle....

    Too Much, Too Soon
  • 2008
    RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

    RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)

    RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

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    The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, a landmark of cinema, one of the most influential motion pictures in history....

    RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
  • 1935
    Starlit Days at the Lido

    Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)

    Starlit Days at the Lido

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    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 with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongs...

    Starlit Days at the Lido
  • 1938
    Out Where the Stars Begin

    Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)

    Out Where the Stars Begin

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    When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born....

    Out Where the Stars Begin
  • 1940
    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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    This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joa...

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World
  • 2018
    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)

    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

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    This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen. The film tells the story of Astor's 1936 child custody case....

    Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
  • 2017
    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star (2017)

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

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    Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s....

    Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
  • 2009
    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood (2009)

    A War in Hollywood

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those w...

    A War in Hollywood
  • 2015
    To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100

    To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100 (2015)

    To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100

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

    To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
  • 1969
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (1969)

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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    Reclusive Hollywood legend Evelyn Hugo chooses an unknown reporter, Monique Grant, to tell her life story. Evelyn recounts her time in the Golden Age of Hollywood, her rise to fame, and her seven marriages — revealing stunning secrets and lies. But t...

    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
  • 2008
    The Brothers Warner

    The Brothers Warner (2008)

    The Brothers Warner

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    An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience....

    The Brothers Warner
  • 2024
    King Kong: Monster and Myth

    King Kong: Monster and Myth (2024)

    King Kong: Monster and Myth

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    In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revoluti...

    King Kong: Monster and Myth
  • 1932
    Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-4 (1932)

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

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    Hollywood on Parade was a series of short subjects produced by Paramount Pictures between 1932 and 1934. They showcased the studio's stars both in newsreel-type footage (glimpses of Hollywood figures at premieres, parties, the races, etc.) and in new...

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
  • 2017
    Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

    Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017)

    Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

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    Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière
  • 1959
    Startime: The Turn of the Screw

    Startime: The Turn of the Screw (1959)

    Startime: The Turn of the Screw

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    A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor....

    Startime: The Turn of the Screw
  • 1953
    Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today (1953)

    Yesterday and Today

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    A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953....

    Yesterday and Today
  • 1933
    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

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    Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots....

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
  • 2022
    Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

    Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur (2022)

    Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur

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    A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, Raoul Walsh, Vincente Minnelli... Portrait of an actor with irresistible charm and str...

    Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur
  • 2015
    Marilyn Monroe Declassified

    Marilyn Monroe Declassified (2015)

    Marilyn Monroe Declassified

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    Declassified FBI and CIA documents help director Paul Davids unravel the puzzle of Marilyn Monroe's demise, which was officially ruled a "probable suicide," while providing detailed evidence supporting the conclusion that Marilyn was murdered....

    Marilyn Monroe Declassified
  • 1927
    Life in Hollywood No. 3

    Life in Hollywood No. 3 (1927)

    Life in Hollywood No. 3

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    Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood....

    Life in Hollywood No. 3