Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
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The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces along with a few cult classics emerged from this decade. In the 1990s the
Narrated by the legendary Shirley Jones, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing series shines a light on the musicals of the 1970s, a time when the very look of the genre was changing. Highlights include c
Documentary looking at the history of Hollywood musicals in the 1960s. This decade saw independent film companies becoming more prominent as the bigger Hollywood studios, who produced the mainstream musicals, experienced
The Oscar-winning film “Patton” (1970), starring George C. Scott, is examined against the facts surrounding the flamboyant WWII general's life. Included: comments from Patton's grandson. Burt Reynolds narrates.
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
The 1920s was a time of great change in Hollywood. This program tells the story of the advent of sound technology for movies and the emergence of talkies and musicals in Hollywood. While audiences cried out for more, the
During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope with stereophonic sound. These two episodes explore how the post-war years were alive with bold experimentation in musical f
This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
In one of his most popular talks, Dr. Menton exposes the distortions and inaccuracies in the play and movie 'Inherit the Wind'. An influential propaganda piece, 'Inherit the Wind' has deceived millions with the false bel
Go inside the history of the travelling mattes (now called chromakey) and learn the history of visual trickery used by filmmakers from the earliest filmmakers through to the modern day.
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, soc