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Расследование загадочной смерти Мэрилин Монро, включая впервые показанные интервью с близкими знаменитой актрисы.
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Углубленный взгляд на изображение трансгендерных людей в Голливудских картинах и влияние этих историй на повседневную жизнь трансгендеров и американскую культуру.
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From the Classic Movie Docs library- Discovering, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Jean Harlow.
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We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?
Various Roles (archive footage)
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Self (archive footage)
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
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Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
Self (archive footage)
Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
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An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.
Herself
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.
Self (archive footage)
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
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A reclusive millionaire who owed his fortune to his father, Howard Hughes staked his fame on many things, including his credits as a producer, director and aviator. But he is perhaps best known for his skills as a Casanova, reportedly romancing Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis. Actor Billy Zane narrates this documentary, which offers a glimpse of the man behind the glamour.
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
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HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
Self (archive footage)
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Herself (archive footage)
Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow. Included are clips from many of her films, photos and stories about her life before she became a movie star, and accounts of her troubled personal life, including a domineering mother, the failure of her three marriages and the suicide of her second husband.
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Self (archive footage)
Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.
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In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
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Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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Золотые моменты из фильмотеки MGM, что включает как комедии и драмы, так и классические музыкальные номера.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.
Self (archive footage)
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
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This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Ruby in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
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A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
Self (archive footage)
A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in the series are featured, along with a montage of film greats who have passed away in the intervening years.
Self (archive footage)
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
Carol Clayton
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Crystal Wetherby
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.
Gladys Benton
Бил Чандлер один из самых мастеровитых рыболовов Америки, по технике ему нет равных, любая форель попадется к нему на удочку. Но Чандлер рассказывает нам не только рыболовную историю.
Все начинается, когда светская дива предъявляет репортеру Трейси иск по делу о клевете. Трейси привлекает невесту Харлоу и неудачливого Пауела к встречному маневру, включающему в себя фальсифицированную свадьбу, подстроенное насилие, необычайно смешную сцену на рыбалке, драку, обманутые обещания и разбитые сердца, и, конечно же, настоящую любовь.
Suzy
Американская актриса Сюзи приезжает в Лондон. Здесь она выходит замуж за ирландского изобретателя Терри…
Helen 'Whitey' Wilson
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.
Hattie
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
China Doll
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Mona Leslie
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Eadie
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Kitty Packard
Оливер Джордан неделю планировала ужин в честь лорда и леди Фернклифф. Она наняла оркестр и дополнительную прислугу, постаралась, чтобы даже гарниры не остались незамеченными. Чего м-с Джордан не знает, так это что ее модному ужину предстоит запомниться как катастрофе.
Lola Burns
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Ruby Adams
Мошенник Эдди (Кларк Гейбл), скрываясь от полиции и своей очередной жертвы, забирается в первую же квартиру, что попадается на его пути. Как оказывается, обитательница этой квартиры — привлекательная блондинка по имени Руби Адамс (Джин Харлоу). Руби соглашается на какое-то время приютить Эдди и вскоре понимает, что испытывает к обаятельному преступнику чувства. Однако, к сожалению, новая преступная схема, которую разрабатывает подельник Эдди - Слим, затрагивает женатого ухажера Руби: Слим предлагает шантажом вымогать из него деньги. Эдди понимает, что не может позволить любимой девушке стать косвенной жертвой его преступной деятельности, и прямо у нее в квартире устраивает разборки, случайно убивая предполагаемую жертву....
Vantine
Каучуковая плантация в Индокитае. Владелец плантации Дэннис Карсон (Кларк Гэйбл) намерен увеличить почти убыточный сбор каучука, для чего приглашает на работу специалиста по осушению болот. Последняя шхуна из Сайгона привозит на своем борту белокурую Вантину (Джин Харлоу) девицу легкого поведения, скрывающуюся от полиции. Карсон с первых минут разгневан таким соседством, но, тем не менее, обаяние блондинки берет свое. Вскоре ход событий и любовных интриг на маленькой плантации изменится с прибытием супружеской пары приглашенного специалиста Гэри Уиллиса (Джин Рэймонд), больного малярией, и его утонченной и чувственной жены Барбары (Мэри Эстор). Красавчик Дэннис решит приударить за молодой женой Гэри, пока муж прикован к постели, ведь он никогда не был однолюбом... Сезон пыльных бурь закончен, начинается время тропических ливней и потоки страсти людской подобны воде...
Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
Blonde at Paradise Club
Фильм рассказывает захватывающую историю о жестком контроле организованной преступности над Чикаго в эпоху «сухого закона». Главный герой — Тони Кармонте, честолюбивый преступник, не знающий жалости. Тони идет к своей цели: он намерен стать криминальным боссом города.
Daisy Stevens, aka Mildred Beaumont
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Cassie Barnes
Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps.
Self
Rare footage of Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discussing Dracula, as well as Walter Huston performing a musical number. It exists solely in fragmentary form.
Jeanie Weenie - in Photo
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
Anne Schuyler
Энн Шайлер — импульсивная наследница из очень богатого семейства, однажды ради прихоти выходит замуж за скромного газетного репортера Стю Смита. Этим неожиданным браком расстроена коллега Стю — Галлахер девушка всегда помогала Смиту в работе и теперь обескуражена его браком. В один прекрасный день она уговаривает коллег по редакции посетить особняк, где живут молодожены. Журналисты застают в доме скучающего Смита и для поднятия настроения, под чутким руководством Галлахер устраивают вечеринку. Однако в самый ее разгар появляется разгневанная Энн и приказывает всем «очистить помещение», Смит решает покинуть дом супруги вместе с Галлахер, которая несказанно рада его решению, но что же предпримет платиновая блондинка Энн, чтобы вернуть непокорного мужа…
Goldie
Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against her, but Spike ignores the warning until he finds Bill's tatoo on Goldie as well.
Rose Mason
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
Gwen Allen
1909 год, двое ирландских мальчишек Том и Мэтт взрослеют на «грязных» улицах Саут-Сайда Чикаго, проходя курс обучения преступной жизни у скупщика краденого. Став взрослыми, ребята переходят к ограблениям, в результате убит полицейский. Далее идет бутлеггерство, приходит «успех», они уже живут в апартаментах с двумя блондиночками Мэмю и Китти.
Том, более крутой и жестокий, быстрее поднимается по ступенькам гангстерской иерархии, и через какое-то время убийство становится для обоих настолько обыденным, что они убивают даже лошадь. Но расплаты, по законам морали того времени, не избежать.
Anne Courtland
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Diner in Restaurant (deleted scene)
Маленький Бродяга встречает красивую слепую девушку, торгующую цветами на улице, которая по ошибке принимает его за богатого герцога. Узнав о том, что операция может вернуть ей зрение, маленький Бродяга пускается на поиски денег.
Helen
Братья Рой и Монти с наступлением Первой мировой войны принимают решение вступить в Королевские военно-воздушные силы…
Woman in Opera Box
В небольшом европейском королевстве Сильвания, все граждане, начиная от дворников и заканчивая кабинетом министров, переживают, что молодая королева Луиза не замужем. Граф Рене — военный атташе королевы был с позором выслан из Франции за многочисленные любовные романы в Париже с женами высокопоставленных чиновников, возвращается в Сильванию, чтобы отчитаться перед королевой за свои любовные проделки. Королева, прочитав отчет, загадочно улыбнулась и пригласила графа на ужин в свои апартаменты. Не прошло и двух дней, как была объявлена свадьба Рене и королевы, граф Рене стал принцем Рене и мужем королевы, но этот жизненный шаг не принес счастья молодому человеку. На деле оказалось, что он не имеет ни каких прав в управлении государством, он не король, он просто муж при королеве. Это обстоятельство так расстроило Рене, что он решил развестись…
Party Guest
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster, and she leaves her husband after he spends the night with a floozie. Jill ends up as the gangster's moll, but she soon gets tired of the lifestyle.
Blonde Night Club Patron
Dave Finkel's family and friends take him out to a Speakeasy for a birthday celebration. Many distractions prevent him from enjoying his meal, including a seductive Jean Harlow who tries to pick him up.
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A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
Hazel
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
Mrs. Kennedy
Как известно, Северо-западная конная полиция всегда забирает своих людей, никто не сможет скрыться от них. А вспомогательный отряд службы шерифа заберет все, что угодно - от рояля до Большого Каньона. Именно в таком вспомогательном отряде служат Лорел и Харди. Шериф поручает им забрать у мистера Кеннеди радиоприемник, взносы за который тот не платил с 1921 года и наши друзья решительно отправляются выполнять свой профессиональный долг.
Spectator
The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.
Swanky blonde
В отеле Фронтенак переполох: с минуты на минуту ожидают принца, который приехал в США с визитом. Но сначала вместо принца приходят наши друзья. Правда, на поверку они оказываются новыми лакеем и швейцаром. Переодевшись, с усердием оба принимаются за исполнение своих обязанностей. А тут и принц появляется с премьер-министром.
Patient
Chorus Girl
Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together an unusual jazz band, and uses her influence to get him a place on one of the programs. Max Mindel, the house manager, has a yen for Marjorie and, discovering that she is in love with Al, gives the band notice and hires harmony singers Barney & Bey as a replacement. Marjorie makes up to both men and soon breaks up the team. Al learns of her scheme, however, and makes her confess to the singers. Barney and Bey make up, and Max gives Al and his band one more chance. Al is a sensation, and Max offers him a contract for $1,000 a week.
Blonde on Rooftop Bench at Junior's Second Party
A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.
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Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on the floor. Alice has been overheard threatening to kill Barrow rather than give in to his advances. She protests her innocence, but the District Attorney doesn't believe her and charges her with Barrow's murder. However, things aren't quite as cut-and-dried as the D.A. believes them to be.
Woman in cab (as Harlean Carpenter)
Наши герои бегут из тюрьмы. Они сражаются за свою свободу на дороге, в лесу, в городе, наконец, на на самой верхотуре многоэтажного дома, который только начал строиться, и у которого есть только каркас, и больше ничего.
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
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Adventures of a marine in China.
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When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.
