Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City...

A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material...

Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their...

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does...

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie...

A series of thirty-two trailers put together to illustrate the film industry's attitude to and packaging of African-American screen imagery.

The work of legendary actor François Simon, son of Michel Simon.

This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties...

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese...

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

Miguel Gila (1919-2001) was a Spanish actor and stand-up comedian, famous for his surreal phone conversations with imaginary people, and a skillful...