Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high sta...
Hollywood
Season 1 Episode 5: Hazard of the Game
A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.
Feb 05, 1980NR50m8.3
A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode.
Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high sta...
Some 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...
Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic ...
A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie s...
Two great careers are profiled: ambitious and beautiful Gloria Swanson and th...
Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic...
The art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four ...
The 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 ...
The development of cinematography from its primitive beginnings through emerg...
The glorious, tragic, and truncated careers of American silent stars like Joh...
The 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