Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high state of sophistication by the late 1920s.
Aired: Jan 7, 1980Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high sta...
Aired: Jan 14, 1980Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements ...
3. Single Beds and Double Standards
Aired: Jan 21, 1980Mounting scandals including drug addiction and murder force the studios to ap...
Aired: Jan 28, 1980Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic ...
Aired: Feb 4, 1980A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie s...
Aired: Feb 11, 1980Two great careers are profiled: ambitious and beautiful Gloria Swanson and th...
Aired: Feb 18, 1980Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic...
Aired: Feb 25, 1980The art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four ...
Aired: Mar 3, 1980The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown fr...
10. The Man with the Megaphone
Aired: Mar 10, 1980Early Hollywood directors were self-taught and generally became directors by ...
Aired: Mar 17, 1980The development of cinematography from its primitive beginnings through emerg...
Aired: Mar 24, 1980The glorious, tragic, and truncated careers of American silent stars like Joh...
Aired: Mar 31, 1980The rise of practical synchronized sound film technology spells the end of th...
Current Status: Ended
Network: ITV1
Production Country: United Kingdom
Genres:Documentary, History, Biography
