Jeanine Basinger

Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great ...

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las ...

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World ...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the ...

Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary ...

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul ...

Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running ...

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world’s greatest comedian and the cinema’s first genius, Charlie ...

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first “blue collar ...

Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, ...

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his ...

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.