The Men Who Made the Movies

His career spans the entire history of film in America. Raoul Walsh began as a stunt rider in Pathen Brothers westerns and learned his craft as an assistant to D.W. Griffith. He th...

Capra, whose enormous success in the 1930s transformed a tiny studio — Columbia Pictures — into one of the giants of the industry, extols the virtues of common men in such films as...

This program reaffirms Cukor’s reputation as an actor’s director as the viewer is treated to memorable performances by W.C. Fields in “David Copperfield”, Greta Garbo in “Camille”,...

This program features lengthy excerpts from the great action director’s memorable “Dawn Patrol”, “The Crowd Roars”, “Only Angels Have Wings”, “The Big Sleep”, “To Have and Have Not...

Salty, anti-establishment and irreverant, William A. Wellman fondly recalls his long relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Film clips from his movies include those from “Wings”,...

An interview with the film director including excerpts from Psycho, Frenzy, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, North By Northwest, The Lodger, Notorious, The Birds, and Torn Curtain.

Visionary and idealist, Vidor’s energetic concern with the future of cinema as well as his strong grasp of the forces which shaped its history make this a particularly thoughtful a...

Filmed in 1989, completed and released in 2002. The look and feel is quite similar to the episodes released in 1973.