Keyword: old hollywood

Hollywood

7.7

2020

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A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big — no matter the cost.

100 Years of Warner Bros.

7.5

2023

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100 Years of Warner Bros. takes a historical look at the legacy of one of Americas leading studios. The documentary explores the origin, evolution and endurance of Warner Bros. - from a family affair to a global juggernaut.

Mank

6.8

2020

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1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Marlowe

4.9

2022

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In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.

Inside Daisy Clover

6.3

1965

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A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Becoming Cary Grant

6.6

2017

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For the first time one of Hollywoods greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.

The Crystal Ball

6.6

1943

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A woman becomes a fortune teller after losing a beauty contest.

Marilyn Monroe Declassified

7.1

2016

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Marilyn Monroe Declassified is a feature documentary by director Paul Davids about Marilyn Monroes life and career and her untimely, mysterious death in 1962 at age 36. Perhaps the most groundbreaking aspect of this film: Declassified FBI and CIA documents have helped the director unravel the puzzle of her demise, which was officially ruled a probable suicide. Many people with first-hand knowledge at the time of her death did not agree with probable suicide, and information about her affair with President Kennedy and close association with his brother, Robert, came out later. Two policemen and eventually two chiefs of police of Los Angeles (Darryl Gates and Tom Reddin) and Mayor Yorty all made statements that began to unravel a murder cover-up, and declassified FBI files (plus Chief Tom Reddins statement) pointed to some involvement by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. This film ultimately exonerates Robert Kennedy and proves he was setup for blackmail and entrapment, revealing by whom and precisely how, while providing detailed evidence supporting the conclusion that Marilyn Monroe was murdered. The film is a fascinating slice of hidden history benefiting from about 20 new interviews and the piecing together of historic testimony (including Senate crime hearings), news footage and clues from key archival interviews that span the decades. It also provides a summary of Marilyn Monroes modeling and acting career, much assisted by a new interview from nationally known film critic Pete Hammond. (The nudity in the film is related only to Marilyn Monroes famous Golden Dreams calendar pose, and drugs come up only in connection with abuse of prescription drugs in the 1950s and 1960s.)

The CooCoo Nut Grove

6.2

1936

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A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John Barrymore, Harpo Marx, George Arliss, Mae West, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Clark Gable, Edna May Oliver, Gary Cooper, The Dionne Quintuplets, Groucho Marx, Helen Morgan, Wallace Beery, Edward G. Robinson and George Raft.

To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100

6.5

2015

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The life of Frank Sinatra, as an actor and singer and the steps along the way that led him to become such an icon.

Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star

7.6

2016

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Leslie Caron, beloved star of Gigi and An American in Paris, reveals secrets of her work and life - a world of contradictions, ambitions, and dreams, lived by one of the most luminous personalities of Hollywoods Golden Age. Discovered by Gene Kelly when she was a teenager, she became one of the great talents in the worlds of film, dance, and theatre, still performing to this day.