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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and newly restored classic films reveal a side to Chaplin that...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A feature documentary film exploring the 1980s most recognizable leading man, who challenged Hollywood's very notions of masculinity and redefined what it meant to be the Sexiest Man Alive. Featuring never-before-seen home videos, photographs and original interviews with those who knew Patrick best, including the illustrious costars of his biggest films, this documentary dives beyond his status as a sex symbol to reveal the complexities of an often...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903-October 14, 1977) was, without doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the 20th century. For more than three decades, through radio, film, television and records, he reigned supreme. Bing Crosby Rediscovered, explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a man far more complex than his public persona.Crosby’s estate, HLC Properties, Ltd., granted American Masters unprecedented...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Grace Kelly is a huge movie star with the promise of a glittering career when she marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Six years later, with her marriage in serious difficulty, Alfred Hitchcock offers her the chance to return to Hollywood to play the role of Marnie in his next film. But France is also threatening to annex Monaco, the tiny principality where she became the Princess. Grace is torn and forced to choose between the creative flame...
Author
Language
English
Description
A richly illustrated retrospective celebrating the life and films of Clint Eastwood. Acclaimed as both actor and director, as well as for his musical compositions, he's won multiple Oscars for his achievements in front of and behind the camera and has established himself as a true cinematic great. Covers a uniquely successful career that's spanned more than half a century and sixty movies.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
On September 29, 1981, Peter Turner received a phone call that would change his life. His former lover, Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, had collapsed in a Lancaster hotel and was refusing medical attention. He took her into his chaotic and eccentric home in Liverpool to see her through her last days. Though their affair had ended years before, it was to him that she turned in her final hour of need. Takes place over the course of three weeks in...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Mel Brooks, the comedian, director and screenwriter, has energetically avoided a documentary profile from being made, until now. He has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
James Dean was a hero to the young. He was made of their loneliness, he was woven from their despair. Dead at twenty-four, Dean to his generation and for all film historians, will always represent the ultimate rebel, the symbol of self-piting youth, rebeling against the insecurity and loneliness in his own soul.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores the personal life and short screen career of James Dean, through interviews, photographs and excerpts from his films. Includes never before seen footage from "East of Eden", the famous Highway Public Safety Message made for television and rare film from the Hollywood premiere of "Giant."
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Known for her image reinventions and musical versatility, Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Lady Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music.
Pub. Date
c2018.
Language
English
Description
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII.
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