Robert Osborne

Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.

Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges.

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.

Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953).

Friends and family surprise Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival with a tribute to his twenty years with the network.

Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin discusses his life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.

In the 1950s, Tab Hunter was number one at the box office and number one on the music charts and was Hollywood’s most sought-after young star. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren were just a few of the actresses he was romantically linked to. He was America’s Boy Next Door and nothing, it seemed, could damage Tab Hunter’s career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter was secretly gay. Now, the secret is out.

Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint discusses her life and career at the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival.

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.

In a show taped before a live audience at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2012, Robert Osborne hosts an in-depth interview with actress Kim Novak concerning her life and career.

Renowned actor Peter O’Toole joined Robert Osborne at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival to discuss his life and career. Told in his own words, O’Toole shared revealing details during the course of the in-depth interview about the films he worked on as well as his offscreen interests.

100-year-old Oscar-winning actress Luise Rainer sits down with Robert Osborne at the 2010 TCM Classic Film Festival.

A conversation with Liza Minnelli.

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, literary adaptations, great epic directors and actors, the challenges of making big-budget movies, classic set-pieces and epic music scores. The special also looks at how the genre fell out of favor with audiences and filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s, only to be reborn with more recent films like Gladiator, and Dances with Wolves trilogy. Throughout, the special is packed with classic scenes and behind-the-scenes images from such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), Samson & Delilah (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), King of Kings (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).

A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of adrenaline.

Oscar®-winner Ernest Borgnine sits down with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to discuss his life and career.

A 100 year history of the development of movie marketing, reflecting technical improvements, audience taste and cultural sensibilities.

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

Making of Moontide talking about the production of the movie.

A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.

A 2007 documentary on the making of 'The Apartment'.

Director Norman Jewison discusses his life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

Actress Jane Fonda discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

A documentary about actor Jack Lemmon.

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Sergeant York.

Angela Lansbury discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

Lauren Bacall discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005.

A Biography of George Lucas.

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."

A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing.

Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.

A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".

Patricia Neal discusses her career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle is a documentary focusing on the first six sound Tarzan films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Written and directed by John Rust, the documentary features interviews with film historians Rudy Behlmer and Scott Tracy Griffin, who discuss the films' literary antecedents and behind-the-scenes production details.

Shirley MacLaine discusses her life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne.

In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman writes a script, which follows the book closely. The location of the story is Cuba, but the US Government is against depicting corruption and violence on Cuba, and threatens to withdraw the film's export license. William Faulkner rewrites the script, and relocates the story to Martinique. Hawks's wife, Nancy Slim Gross, happens to see a young model at the cover of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and shows it to her husband. Hawks is a star-maker, who likes to discover and nurture new talents. After a screen test, he chooses the 19-year-old model as the lead actress opposite Humphrey Bogart. She changes her name from Betty Perske to Lauren Bacall. At the first takes she is so nervous that she shakes.

A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career, and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941)

An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convinced but the result speaks for itself.

Documentary looking at the film classic, They Drive By Night

Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

Singer-comedian Betty Button shares stories from her career as one of Hollywood's top stars.

The two-time Oscar winner discusses his career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

The noted star of such epics as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur discusses his career with TCM host Robert Osborne.

Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple.

Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne interviews June Allyson on her career as MGM's resident "girl next door."

Robert Osbourne hosts this television special, in which many trailers for Humphrey Bogart's films are presented here to show how he established himself in Hollywood. Trailers featured are for films that he had tiny roles in as well as starring roles.

Robert Osbourne hosts this television special, in which many trailers for Humphrey Bogart's films are presented here to show how he established himself in Hollywood. Trailers featured are for films that he had tiny roles in as well as starring roles.

Co-stars and lifelong friends Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell recall their careers.

Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Judy Garland's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.

Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Judy Garland's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.

Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Lana Turner's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.

Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Lana Turner's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.

As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race- on stage, in films, on radio and television. Including clips from Night After Night, She Done Him Wrong, I'm No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, and Klondike Annie. In addition to home movies and archival footage, Anthony Quinn, Rex Reed and Robert Wise provide interviews.

One of Hollywood's brightest stars is eclipsed by drink, drugs and self-doubt.

A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.