• 1980
  • 11h 16m
Hollywood

Summary The history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era. View more details

  • 1980
  • 11h 16m

Hollywood

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Byron Haskin James Mason Viola Dana Colleen Moore

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9.3

Details

Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 1980

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : BBC Enterprises, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Production companies : Thames Television

Summary The history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era. View more details

Details

Genres : History Biography Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 1980

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : BBC Enterprises, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Production companies : Thames Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 07, 1980
Pioneers
The evolution of film from penny arcade curiosity to art form, from The Great Train Robbery, through to The Birth of a Nation. Early Technicolor footage, along with other color technologies, are also featured.
Episode 2 • Jan 14, 1980
In the Beginning
Hollywood is transformed from a peaceful village with dusty streets and lemon groves to the birthplace of the industry in California. Silent film transcends international boundaries to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 1980
Single Beds and Double Standards
Mounting scandals including drug addiction and murder force the studios to appoint Will Hays as a morals czar to oversee production.
Episode 4 • Jan 28, 1980
Hollywood Goes to War
Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.
Episode 5 • Feb 04, 1980
Hazard of the Game
Silent films are often remembered for slapstick gags and dangerous stunts. Stuntmen took anonymous credit for very little pay and could not reveal their involvement.
Episode 6 • Feb 11, 1980
Swanson and Valentino
Two of the great romantic legends of the silent screen are profiled. Rudolph Valentino's on-screen persona is remarkably different from his real personal life, and Gloria Swanson recalls her meteoric rise and fall with remarkable candor.
Episode 7 • Feb 18, 1980
Autocrats
Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic Eric Von Stroheim are highlighted in this episode.
Episode 8 • Feb 25, 1980
Comedy: A Serious Business
The art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four great clowns of the era: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon.
Episode 9 • Mar 03, 1980
Out West
The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown from its inception with archival footage and interviews with surviving artists.
Episode 10 • Mar 10, 1980
The Man with the Megaphone
Early Hollywood directors were self-taught and generally became directors by accident.
Episode 11 • Mar 17, 1980
Trick of the Light
The development of cinematography from its primitive beginnings through emergence as a serious art form in the late 1920s. Film clips and interviews with veterans of the period like Karl Brown and George Folsey are highlighted.
Episode 12 • Mar 24, 1980
Star Treatment
The glorious, tragic, and truncated careers of American silent stars like John Gilbert, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Greta Garbo are highlighted.
Episode 13 • Mar 31, 1980
End of an Era
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.
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