Joseph I. Breen

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts...

release : 2021.09.27
popularis : 8.913

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.

release : 1987.12.01
popularis : 6.902

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer...

release : 2018.07.27
popularis : 4.442

Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

release : 2003.01.01
popularis : 1.301

As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio...

release : 1994.08.09
popularis : 1.294

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

release : 1994.07.01
popularis : 4.303

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in...

release : 2009.10.16
popularis : 2.156

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

release : 2008.03.03
popularis : 4.248

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful...

release : 2017.06.14
popularis : 4.864