The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.
A documentary about the film roles of British actor Alec Guinness. Volume 8 in a series produced by Janus Films.
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed it's depiction of sex and actresses portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie, True Heart Susie, starring Lillian Gish, to Love Me Tonight (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy) and to Elizabeth Taylor in, A Place in the Sun (1951), plus much , much more.
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.