The rise of practical synchronized sound film technology spells the end of the silent era of Hollywood with its casualties and the struggle to redefine cinema with sound in mind.
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
