Clark Gable

biography:
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable the seventh-greatest male star of all-time. His most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later performances were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her last screen appearance.

During his long film career, Gable appeared opposite some of the most popular actresses of the time. Joan Crawford, who was his favorite actress to work with, was partnered with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times, and he was paired with Jean Harlow in six productions. He also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma Shearer in three. Gable was often named the top male star in the mid-30s, and was second only to the top box-office draw of all, Shirley Temple.

The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.

In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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original_name: The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Oscars

overview: An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

original_name: The Oscars

Living Famously

overview: Documentary series looking at the lives of enduring icons.

character: Self (archive footage)

original_name: Living Famously

Western von gestern

overview: Western von gestern is a German television series.

character: Rance Brett (archive footage)

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MGM Parade

overview: The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.

original_name: MGM Parade

Rogues Gallery

overview: Fascinating biographies featuring the lives and personalities of some of the most notorious mobsters: Al Capone, Bugsy Siegel, John Dillinger, Sam Giancana, Bonnie and Clyde, Dutch Schultz, Meyer Lansky, 'Lucky' Luciano, and Mickey Cohen.

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English

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Pусский

Кларк Гейбл

biography: Кларк Гейбл - американский актёр, кинозвезда и секс-символ 1930-1940х годов. Носил прозвище «Король Голливуда». Уровень известности и признания, которого добился в Голливуде Кларк Гейбл, не сравним ни с чем. Дебютировав в 1924 году, актер-сердцеед не покидал экрана. На его счету работы в таких картинах как «Красная пыль», «Это случилось однажды ночью», «Мятеж на „Баунти“ », «Унесенные ветром», «Они встретились в Бомбее», «Могамбо» и других. Пятикратно был женат. После гибели третьей жены, вопреки сильному противодействию правительства и армии, стал стрелком на самолёте B-17 и участвовал в авианалётах на Германию. В ноябре 1943 года вернулся в США и продолжил работу в кино. В 1935 году Гейбл, объявленный победителем в номинации «Лучшая мужская роль» за фильм «Это случилось однажды ночью», вышел на сцену, взял статуэтку, сказал: «Благодарю вас» - и вернулся на своё место. Это была самая короткая речь в истории премии. На съёмочной площадке фильма «Неприкаянные» у актера случился сердечный приступ. Через 11 дней, 16 ноября 1960 года, он умер.

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Український

Кларк Ґейбл

biography: Кларк Ґейбл — голлівудський актор, секс-символ 1930-х і 1940-х років. Найбільш відомий роллю Ретта Батлера в кіноепопеї «Віднесені вітром» (1939), за виконання котрої отримав свою третю номінацію на премію «Оскар» у категорії «Найкраща чоловіча роль». До цього отримав номінацію за роль у фільмі «Заколот на Баунті» (1935) і здобув перемогу за головну роль у стрічці «Це сталося якось уночі» (1934).

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Deutsch

biography: William Clark Gable (* 1. Februar 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio; † 16. November 1960 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Zwischen 1923 und 1960 drehte er über 80 Filme. Er gewann den Oscar als bester Hauptdarsteller 1935 für seinen Auftritt in Es geschah in einer Nacht. Er spielte ebenfalls die Rolle des Rhett Butler in Vom Winde verweht aus dem Jahre 1939. Bei einer Umfrage des American Film Institute aus dem Jahr 1999 wurde Gable auf Platz sieben der größten männlichen Filmstars gewählt.

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Português

biography: William Clark Gable (Cadiz, Ohio, 1 de fevereiro de 1901 — Los Angeles, Califórnia, 16 de novembro de 1960) foi um ator estadunidense, muitas vezes referido como "O Rei de Hollywood". Ele teve papéis em mais de 60 filmes de variados gêneros durante uma carreira que durou 37 anos, três décadas dos quais atuou como protagonista. Gable morreu de ataque cardíaco aos 59 anos; sua última aparição na tela foi como um caubói, em "Os Desajustados", lançado postumamente em 1961. Na manhã de 16 de novembro, morreu, aos 59 anos, com um segundo ataque cardíaco causado por uma infecção.

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Català

biography: William Clark Gable (Cadiz, Ohio, 1 de febrer de 1901 - Los Angeles, Califòrnia, 16 de novembre de 1960) fou un actor estatunidenc guanyador d'un Oscar al millor actor. Decidit a no seguir el camí professional del seu pare, Clark comença a treballar en unes quantes companyies de teatre de segona classe però acaba com a venedor de corbates en uns grans magatzems a Portland, Oregon. Allà hi coneixia el net de la coneguda actriu Laura Hope Crews, que l'animava a tornar a l'escenari amb una altra companyia de teatre. Malgrat la seva reticència a fer aquest paper, Gable és sobretot conegut per la seva actuació com a Rhett Butler durant el 1939 a Allò que el vent s'endugué, amb el que tenia una nominació com a millor actor.

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Español

biography:
William Clark Gable (1 de febrero de 1901 - 16 de noviembre de 1960) fue un actor de cine estadounidense. En 1999, el American Film Institute nombró a Gable séptimo entre las mejores estrellas masculinas de todos los tiempos.

El papel más famoso de Gable fue el de Rhett Butler en la película épica de la Guerra Civil de 1939 Lo que el viento se llevó, en la que protagonizó junto a Vivien Leigh. Su actuación le valió su tercera nominación al Premio de la Academia al Mejor Actor; ganó por Sucedió una noche (1934) y también fue nominado por Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Actuaciones posteriores fueron en Run Silent, Run Deep, una película de guerra submarina, y su última película, The Misfits (1961), que emparejó a Gable con Marilyn Monroe, también en su última aparición en la pantalla.

Durante su larga carrera cinematográfica, Gable apareció junto a algunas de las actrices más populares de la época. Joan Crawford, quien era su actriz favorita para trabajar, se asoció con Gable en ocho películas, Myrna Loy estuvo con él siete veces y fue emparejado con Jean Harlow en seis producciones. También actuó con Lana Turner en cuatro largometrajes y con Norma Shearer en tres. Gable a menudo fue nombrado la estrella masculina más importante a mediados de los años 30, y solo fue superado por el sorteo de taquilla más importante de todos, Shirley Temple.

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普通话

克拉克·盖博

biography:
威廉·克拉克·盖博（William Clark Gable，1901 年 2 月 1 日 - 1960 年 11 月 16 日）是美国电影演员。1999年，美国电影学会将盖博评为有史以来最伟大的男明星中的第七名。

盖博最著名的角色是 1939 年内战史诗电影《乱世佳人》中的瑞德·巴特勒，他与费雯·丽一起出演。他的表演为他赢得了奥斯卡最佳男主角奖的第三次提名;他凭借《一夜风流》（1934 年）获胜，还因《赏金叛变》（1935 年）获得提名。后来的表演是在潜艇战争电影《Run Silent， Run Deep》以及他的最后一部电影《格格不入》（1961）中，该片将盖博与玛丽莲·梦露配对，这也是她最后一次出现在银幕上。

在他漫长的电影生涯中，盖博与当时一些最受欢迎的女演员演对手戏。琼·克劳馥（Joan Crawford）是他最喜欢合作的女演员，与盖博合作了八部电影，米尔娜·洛伊（Myrna Loy）与他合作了七次，他与让·哈洛（Jean Harlow）合作了六部电影。他还与拉娜·特纳（Lana Turner）一起出演了四部电影，并与诺玛·希勒（Norma Shearer）一起出演了三部电影。盖博经常被评为 30 年代中期的顶级男明星，仅次于票房最高的雪莉·坦普尔。

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普通话

克拉克·蓋博

biography:
威廉·克拉克·蓋博（William Clark Gable，1901 年 2 月 1 日 - 1960 年 11 月 16 日）是美國電影演員。1999 年，美國電影學會將蓋博評為有史以來最偉大的男明星中的第七名。

蓋博最著名的角色是 1939 年內戰史詩電影《亂世佳人》中的瑞德·巴特勒，他與費雯·麗一起出演。他的表演為他贏得了奧斯卡最佳男主角獎的第三次提名; 他憑藉《一夜風流》（1934 年）獲勝，還因《賞金叛變》（1935 年）獲得提名。後來的表演是在潛艇戰爭電影《Run Silent， Run Deep》以及他的最後一部電影《格格不入》（1961）中，該片將蓋博與瑪麗蓮·夢露配對，這也是她最後一次出現在銀幕上。

在他漫長的電影生涯中，蓋博與當時一些最受歡迎的女演員演對手戲。瓊·克勞馥（Joan Crawford）是他最喜歡合作的女演員，與蓋博合作了八部電影，米爾娜·洛伊（Myrna Loy）與他合作了七次，他與讓·哈洛（Jean Harlow）合作了六部電影。他還與拉娜·特納（Lana Turner）一起出演了四部電影，並與諾瑪·希勒（Norma Shearer）一起出演了三部電影。蓋博經常被評為 30 年代中期的頂級男明星，僅次於票房最高的雪莉·坦普爾。

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Français

biography:
William Clark Gable (1er février 1901 – 16 novembre 1960) était un acteur américain. En 1999, l'American Film Institute l'a classé septième plus grande star masculine de tous les temps. Son rôle le plus célèbre est celui de Rhett Butler dans le film épique de 1939, Autant en emporte le vent, qui se déroule pendant la guerre de Sécession et dans lequel il partage l'affiche avec Vivien Leigh. Cette performance lui valut sa troisième nomination à l'Oscar du meilleur acteur ; il remporta la statuette pour New York-Miami (1934) et fut également nommé pour Les Révoltés du Bounty (1935). Il joua ensuite dans Run Silent, Run Deep, un film de guerre sous-marine, et dans son dernier film, Les Désaxés (1961), où il donna la réplique à Marilyn Monroe, pour sa dernière apparition à l'écran.

Au cours de sa longue carrière cinématographique, Gable a partagé l'affiche avec certaines des actrices les plus populaires de son époque. Joan Crawford, son actrice préférée, a partagé l'affiche avec Gable dans huit films, Myrna Loy à sept reprises, et Jean Harlow dans six. Il a également joué avec Lana Turner dans quatre longs métrages et avec Norma Shearer dans trois. Au milieu des années 30, Gable était souvent considéré comme la plus grande vedette masculine, juste derrière Shirley Temple, l'actrice la plus populaire du box-office.

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български език

Кларк Гейбъл

biography: Кларк Гейбъл (1901–1960) е американски актьор, наричан „Кралят на Холивуд“ през 30-те и 40-те години на XX век. Известен с ролята си на Рет Бътлър в „Отнесени от вихъра“ (1939) и с „Оскар“ за „Това се случи една нощ“ (1934), той е емблема на мъжествеността в класическото кино. Умира на 59 години след сърдечен удар.

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Italiano

biography:
William Clark Gable (1 febbraio 1901 – 16 novembre 1960) è stato un attore americano. Nel 1999, l'American Film Institute nominò Gable settima più grande star maschile di tutti i tempi. Il suo ruolo più famoso fu quello di Rhett Butler nell'epopea sulla Guerra Civile del 1939 Via col vento, in cui recitò insieme a Vivien Leigh. La sua interpretazione gli valse la sua terza nomination all'Oscar come miglior attore; vinse per It Happened One Night (1934) e fu anche nominato per Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Le sue interpretazioni successive furono in Run Silent, Run Deep, un film di guerra sui sottomarini, e nel suo ultimo film, The Misfits (1961), in cui Gable affiancò Marilyn Monroe, sempre nella sua ultima apparizione sullo schermo.

Durante la sua lunga carriera cinematografica, Gable recitò accanto ad alcune delle attrici più popolari dell'epoca. Joan Crawford, che era la sua attrice preferita con cui lavorare, fu affiancata da Gable in otto film, Myrna Loy fu con lui sette volte e fu affiancato a Jean Harlow in sei produzioni. Ha inoltre recitato con Lana Turner in quattro lungometraggi e con Norma Shearer in tre. Gable fu spesso nominato la star maschile più importante a metà degli anni '30, e fu seconda solo alla più grande attrazione al botteghino, Shirley Temple.

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William Clark Gable
The King of Hollywood
کلارک گیبل

title: Gone with the Wind

overview: The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

character: Rhett Butler

original_title: Gone with the Wind

title: John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

overview: Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

original_title: John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

title: It Happened One Night

overview: A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

character: Peter Warne

original_title: It Happened One Night

title: Arthur Miller: Writer

overview: One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which continue to move audiences around the world today. He also made headlines for being targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the McCarthy Era and entering into a tumultuous marriage with Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Told from the unique perspective of his daughter, filmmaker Rebecca Miller, Arthur Miller: Writer is an illuminating portrait that combines interviews spanning decades and a wealth of personal archival material, and provides new insights into Miller’s life as an artist and exploring his character in all its complexity.

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title: The Misfits

overview: While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.

character: Gay Langland

original_title: The Misfits

title: Combat America

overview: Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.

character: Self - Narrator

original_title: Combat America

title: Command Decision

overview: High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

character: Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis

original_title: Command Decision

title: Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the massive preparation in the production of Cosmopolitan's lavish musical comedy romance, 'Cain and Mabel."

character: Himself

original_title: Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

title: Mogambo

overview: On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

character: Victor Marswell

original_title: Mogambo

title: Comrade X

overview: An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

character: McKinley B. 'Mac' Thompson

original_title: Comrade X

title: Too Hot to Handle

overview: While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

character: Chris Hunter

original_title: Too Hot to Handle

title: Mutiny on the Bounty

overview: Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

character: Lieutenant Fletcher Christian

original_title: Mutiny on the Bounty

title: Across the Wide Missouri

overview: In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.

character: Flint Mitchell

original_title: Across the Wide Missouri

title: The Secret Six

overview: Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

character: Carl Luckner

original_title: The Secret Six

title: Manhattan Melodrama

overview: The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

title: No Man of Her Own

overview: An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

title: The Tall Men

overview: Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

title: Band of Angels

overview: Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

title: The King and Four Queens

overview: Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.

title: Teacher's Pet

overview: A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

title: Test Pilot

overview: Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

title: Dancing Lady

overview: Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

title: Idiot's Delight

overview: A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

title: Love on the Run

overview: A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.

title: San Francisco

overview: A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.

title: Lone Star

overview: Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.

title: Red Dust

overview: Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.

title: It Started in Naples

overview: Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To complicate matters, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub performer.

title: Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

overview: It was the world's largest, most beautiful and fastest cruise ship. Built in Saint Nazaire in 1932, the "Normandie" was the pride of France. But it took only a few hours, amidst the chaos of World War Two, for this dream of grandeur to lie broken in New York harbour.

title: Adventure

overview: A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

title: Soldier of Fortune

overview: An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

title: La Classe américaine

overview: George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)

title: Saratoga

overview: A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

title: Wife vs. Secretary

overview: Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.

title: Never Let Me Go

overview: An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

title: Somewhere I'll Find You

overview: Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.

title: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

overview: Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

title: Trifles of Importance

overview: Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number 7 affects a student accused of theft charges. The second segment shows that a person's doodles can reveal personality traits. The final segment shows why certain items are on men's suits, such as lapels.

title: Run Silent, Run Deep

overview: The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

title: Chained

overview: Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

title: Screen Actors

overview: This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

title: The Plastic Age

overview: Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.

title: Hollywood: The Selznick Years

overview: Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.

character: Actor 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage) (uncredited)

title: The Johnstown Flood

overview: A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

character: Townsman Standing at Bar in Saloon (uncredited)

title: Another Romance of Celluloid

overview: This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.

title: Callaway Went Thataway

overview: Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.

title: Forbidden Paradise

overview: Alexei, a young officer, saves the Czarina of a small European kingdom from revolutionary conspirators and is rewarded with her love. Infatuated, he deserts his sweetheart, Anna, the Czarina's lady-in-waiting, only to discover that his Queen is far from true to him. Desperate, he joins the revolutionists and plots against her. The Czarina pleads that she loves only him, and he swears no harm will befall her. Meantime the chancellor nips the revolution in the bud, and the Czarina orders Alexei's arrest. But she causes herself such unhappiness in doing so that she releases him from prison, relinquishes him to Anna, and seeks solace in a new affair with the French Ambassador

title: Hollywood Hobbies

overview: In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

title: The Merry Widow

overview: Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. However, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids the marriage due to her being a commoner. Thinking she's been jilted by her prince, Sally marries lecherous old Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he suddenly dies, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

title: China Seas

overview: Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

title: Strange Cargo

overview: Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

title: Showbiz Goes to War

overview: While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.

title: After Office Hours

overview: A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

title: A Free Soul

overview: An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

title: Night Nurse

overview: Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

title: Possessed

overview: Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?

title: Hold Your Man

overview: Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

title: Betrayed

overview: When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.

title: Boom Town

overview: Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

title: Night Flight

overview: Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

title: Honky Tonk

overview: Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

title: They Met in Bombay

overview: A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.

title: Laughing Sinners

overview: Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.

title: Homecoming

overview: Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.

title: The Hucksters

overview: A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

title: Any Number Can Play

overview: When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.

title: But Not for Me

overview: Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.

title: Men in White

overview: A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.

title: Hollywood: The Dream Factory

overview: A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

title: Forsaking All Others

overview: A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

title: Key to the City

overview: At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan

title: Uncertain Verification

overview: A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.

title: Susan Lenox

overview: A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.

title: Strange Interlude

overview: After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.

title: Dance, Fools, Dance

overview: When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, her naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.

title: The Easiest Way

overview: A virtuous and innocent young woman uneasily gives in to the lavish attentions of a "sugar daddy" but then finds true love with a newspaperman her own age. But when he disappears on a long assignment, she is unable to support herself in Depression-era New York and returns to her previous arrangement, placing her in a predicament when he returns.

title: Call of the Wild

overview: Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.

title: Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

overview: The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1934 hit comedy, "It Happened One Night."

original_title: Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'

title: The White Sister

overview: An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.

title: To Please a Lady

overview: Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.

title: Cain and Mabel

overview: A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.

title: Hell Divers

overview: The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

title: Polly of the Circus

overview: When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.

title: The James Dean Story

overview: Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.

title: Hollywood Party

overview: Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending the party, they present a number of musical and/or dance performances to entertain the crowd. This set of performances also includes ethnic Chinese actress Anna May Wong modeling some fashions she brought back from her first ever trip to China. Through it all, one of the guests, already inebriated, is having a few problems mixing and serving the cocktails he wants.

title: Sporting Blood

overview: A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.

title: Parnell

overview: Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

title: The Finger Points

overview: Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.

title: Checking Out: Grand Hotel

overview: Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.

title: 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

overview: Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.

original_title: 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

title: Going Hollywood: The '30s

overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

title: The Painted Desert

overview: Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

title: North Star

overview: During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him, flees to the Northwoods. Wilbur's dog, North Star, runs away and is taken in by Noel Blake, a newspaper reporter. Receiving a letter from her brother, Marcia Gale sets out to find him, taking with her Dick Robbins, a false friend who sees an opportunity for blackmail...

title: The Christmas Party

overview: In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.

title: Rat Pack

overview: In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.

title: The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

overview: Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.

original_title: The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

title: Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

overview: On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.

title: That's Entertainment!

overview: Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

title: Grace Kelly: The American Princess

overview: A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

title: Joan Crawford: Always the Star

overview: Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of stylish magnetic power and unquestioned independence.

title: Northward, Ho!

overview: Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.

title: That's Entertainment, Part II

overview: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

title: The Big Parade of Comedy

overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

character: Eddie in 'Hold Your Man' (archive footage)

title: A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

overview: This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.

original_title: A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

title: Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

overview: Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.

original_title: Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

title: That's Entertainment! III

overview: 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 Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

title: Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

overview: This documentary is featured in the 4-disc Collector's Edition DVD set, released in 2004, for Gone with the Wind (1939).

original_title: Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

title: The Romance of Celluloid

overview: Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the production of which include cotton and silver; construction crews who build sets including those to look like cities, towns and villages around the world; a visit with Jack Dawn who demonstrates the process of creating a makeup design; the screen testing process, where many an acting hopeful gets his/her start; the work of the candid camera man, the prying eyes behind the movie camera; a visit with Adrian, who designs the clothes worn by many of the stars on screen; and a visit with Herbert Stothart as he conducts his musical score for Conquest (1937). These behind the scenes looks provide the opportunity to get acquainted with the cavalcade of MGM stars and their productions that will grace the silver screen in the 1937/38 movie season.

title: Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

overview: Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

title: Du Barry, Woman of Passion

overview: Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position as she saunters through the woods, and attracted by a pool of water, she disrobes and plunges in. Cosse de Brissac, a handsome private in the King's Guards, comes to her rescue and they become sweethearts. Meanwhile, Jean Du Barry, a shrewd roué, takes note of her at the millinery shop and tricks her into staying at La Gourda's, where she soon becomes a favorite among the men.

title: White Man

overview: Lady Andrea Pellor is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her family from misery. Before the wedding, she changes her mind about marrying the rich man for the wrong reasons, and she begs a pilot known as "White Man" to take her with him.

title: A Star Is Born World Premiere

overview: Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.

title: Show-Business at War

overview: A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

title: Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

overview: This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.

title: Judy Garland: By Myself

overview: As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life presented a smiling kid with the big voice, who, alongside Mickey Rooney, just wanted to put on a show. But drugs, overwork, even psychological abuse at the hands of the studio is now part of the Garland legend. But despite the number of Garland books and documentaries, one account has always been missing -- Garland herself never managed to write a memoir. She did make several attempts at an autobiography, often recording stories on a tape recorder. Judy Garland: By Myself (2004), finally fills in the blanks - using Judy's personal recordings to tell the story in her own words.

title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

overview: Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

title: Hollywood: Style Center of the World

overview: This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.

title: Complicated Women

overview: Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.

title: The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

overview: In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.

original_title: The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

title: Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

overview: This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.

title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

original_title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

title: Starlit Days at the Lido

overview: Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.

title: Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

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

original_title: Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

overview: Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.

title: Wings Up

overview: Clark Gable stars in this propaganda short about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces.

title: 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

overview: This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

title: Making 'The Misfits'

overview: A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

title: Hollywood Hobbies

overview: This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big names such as Boris Karloff, Buster Crabbe, and Clark Gable make appearances, enjoying games of golf, field hockey, swimming, and many other fun hobbies.

title: Dear Mr. Gable

overview: Burgess Meredith narrates this insightful MGM-produced documentary about the life and career of Hollywood legend Clark Gable, from his childhood in Ohio, to his star status in Hollywood, and to his romantic life off-screen, including his marriage to Carole Lombard. The film incorporates classic film footage of Gable with interviews of people from his past, including an old classmate from his school days, a former sweetheart, and his press agent. Another treat is the rare home movie footage of Gable and Lombard on a camping trip.

title: Her Name Was Grace Kelly

overview:
Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Grace Kelly remains an icon today. Her life and career are well documented, from her work in Hollywood to her marriage to Prince Rainier and her tragic death in a car accident in 1982.
 But do we know the inside story? Who really was Grace Kelly?

title: Gable: The King Remembered

overview: Friends and co-workers recall the life of Hollywood screen star Clark Gable.

title: One Minute to Play

overview: "Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. "Dad" Wade, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton. This puts "Red" between a rock and a hard place.

title: Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

overview: Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "An American in Paris". As a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and director, he was a true all-round artist who revolutionized the world of dance in particular. Kelly, who loved to experiment, explored new forms of dance expression and helped a whole generation of young talents to fame. From his beginnings in cabarets and on Broadway to his recognition as a choreographer and director, the documentary shows how the good-looking star with a charming smile expanded the boundaries of dance expression: He danced in the open air in the streets of New York, with a cartoon character or his own reflection. But this dazzling entertainer image should not obscure the fact that Kelly, as a staunch supporter of the American civil rights movement, also saw dancing as a political statement.

title: You Can't Fool a Camera

overview: This short starts out as a documentary. In a dramatization, Eadward Muybridge's photographic experiments prove that when a horse gallops, there are times when all four of the animal's feet are off the ground. We are then brought to the present, where MGM directors and their cinematographers are shown working on current productions. The film closes with closeups of the studio's major stars and a tribute to the studio's actors who have joined the armed forces.

title: Hooray for Hollywood

overview: A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreels of the era.

title: Fighting Blood

overview: Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note that this was one of a series of boxing films with the same characters, and each new film in the series was called a "round" (appropriate for a series of boxing movies!), but these movies were not serials, just connected by having the same characters. This card is the 4th round, "Two Sones with One Bird".

title: Showbiz Ballyhoo

overview: Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of sound and color changed movies.

title: Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

overview: Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous and adored icons of the 20th century. Like no other Hollywood star, she won the hearts of millions around the world. It's been said that: "Monroe played the best game with the worst hand." Her journey to stardom stemmed from a childhood of poverty, neglect, and loneliness. 'Fascination' tells the remarkable story of Marilyn's life. From birth to her premature death she endured criticism, insecurities, drug dependence, numerous miscarriages, and three broken marriages. Despite all her demons, her unprecedented beauty, talent and quick wit amazed all that came before her.

original_title: Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

title: The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

overview: The Legend of Marilyn Monroe is a 1966 American documentary film chronicling the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe. Directed by Terry Sanders, and narrated by John Huston.

title: The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

overview: The intertwined lives of Jean Harlow and William Powell, from childhood struggles to Hollywood stardom. The rise of Jean Harlow and William Powell in Hollywood, from humble beginnings to success in the transition to talkies.The journey of Jean Harlow's rise to stardom, from being discovered by Howard Hughes to her relationship with Paul Bern. Tragic love stories of iconic Hollywood stars, Jean Harlow and William Powell, intertwined with scandals and success. The transformation of Jean Harlow's career in Hollywood due to the implementation of the Hays Code. The romantic relationship between Jean Harlow and William Powell blossoms amidst Hollywood's glamour and studio pressures. The tumultuous relationship between Jean Harlow and William Powell, marked by unfulfilled engagement and family interference. Tragic love story of Jean Harlow and William Powell leading to Jean's untimely death. The tragic love story between two iconic Hollywood stars, Jean Harlow and William Powell.

original_title: The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell

title: Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

overview: Documentary providing a career overview of the great Greta Garbo.

original_title: Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo

title: That's Dancing!

overview: A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

title: Hollywood sul Tevere

overview: Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.

title: Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

overview: One way or another, the Hollywood police have been kept busy with murders on their ground. There are numerous theories about the killings of Thelma Todd, Jack Healy (Three Stooges), Elizabeth Short, alias The Black Dahlia, Bugsy Siegal and Johnny Stompano. The files of William Desmond Taylor, Raymond Navarro and Sal Mineo are also re-opened.  Femmes fatales are often deadly for the man's wallet or reputation -- these ladies killed for real. From Calamity Jane, gang boss Ma Baker and New York madame Polly Adler to axe-murderess Winnie Ruth Judd and others, we look at the Black Widow Spider syndrome.  Rare archival footage and many hitherto unseen interviews, film, video clip tapes, and photographs are included in this hour-long program.

original_title: Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

title: Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

overview: A promotional film featuring movie stars at play. Richard Arlen plays a magician who turns playing cards into celebrities.  Includes Buster Keaton in a Napoleonic admiral suit in his "land yacht", a custom-built bus he occasionally lived in during the period.

title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

overview: Essentially an advertisement for Murder at the Vanities (1934). Features Chico Marx, W.C. Fields, Duke Ellington and many others.

title: Arthur Miller on Home Ground

overview: Filmmaker Harry Rasky presents an intimate portrait of Arthur Miller, exploring the playwright’s life, influences, and literary achievements. Through extended interviews, archival materials, and clips from productions of his plays and screenplays, Miller reflects on the themes behind works such as The Crucible and The Misfits, his resistance to McCarthy-era political pressure, and the personal experiences—including his marriage to Marilyn Monroe—that shaped one of the most influential voices in modern American drama.

title: Discovering Jean Harlow

overview: From the Classic Movie Docs library- Discovering, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Jean Harlow.

title: Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

overview: Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.

title: Marilyn, dernières séances

overview: In the softened light of a psychoanalyst's office, Marilyn's last session is repeated.

title: Marilyn at the Movies

overview: Through film trailers and newsreel footage, this program pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe's silver screen legacy -- and The Misfits director John Huston goes behind the scenes to examine her tumultuous personal life.

title: Marilyn Monroe

overview: Born Norma Jean Baker, actress Marilyn Monroe would become one of the most iconic and desirable women in the world. From her humble beginnings, to her USO performances, to her now-famous pin-up photographs and award-winning acting roles, Marilyn made her mark as the most beautiful blonde bombshell of her day. However, behind her beauty, Marilyn suffered a tragic private life.

title: Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow

original_title: Two Tragic Blondes - Marilyn Monroe And Jean Harlow

title: Remembering Marilyn

overview: A documentary about the life of actress Marilyn Monroe, commemorating the 25th anniversary of her death. Lee Remick is the host and narrator.

title: Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe

title: Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

overview: This entertaining documentary traces Marilyn's film career from her first role to her last, complete with more than 50 of her most acclaimed scenes from more than a dozen of her best films. Highlights of films include clips from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Misfits, Monkey Business, Niagara, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Seven Year Itch, and Some Like it Hot more.

title: I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

overview: In a rare television interview, Doris Day looks back over her successful acting and singing career, and recalls happy memories of working with Rock Hudson, James Cagney, Clark Gable and James Garner.

title: Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

overview: Profiles the life of performer Hattie McDaniel, the first Black American to win an Oscar, and her unapologetic resilience in the face of critics.

original_title: Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

title: Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

overview: The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographers and actors he has shot.

original_title: Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

title: 100 Years at the Movies

overview: Commemorates the centennial of American movies with a montage of clips and music scores from the most important movies of the century.

title: All-Time Movie Greats

overview: Rare previews of coming attractions and original promotional films from many of Hollywood's finest classics.

title: Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

overview: Documentary looking at the life and career of 1930s film star Leslie Howard. It features exclusive home movie footage, including footage from the Gone with the Wind set. The film includes extensive interviews with Howard's daughter, Leslie Ruth "Doodie" Howard, and contributions from friends and colleagues.

title: The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.

original_title: The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

title: The Tall Men

title: Gone with the Wind

title: It Happened One Night

title: Arthur Miller: Writer

title: The Misfits

title: Combat America

title: Command Decision

title: Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

title: Mogambo

title: Comrade X

title: Too Hot to Handle

title: Mutiny on the Bounty

title: Across the Wide Missouri

title: The Secret Six

title: Manhattan Melodrama

title: No Man of Her Own

title: The Tall Men

title: Band of Angels

title: The King and Four Queens

title: Teacher's Pet

title: Test Pilot

title: Dancing Lady

title: Idiot's Delight

title: Love on the Run

title: San Francisco

title: Lone Star

title: Red Dust

title: It Started in Naples

title: Normandie ne partira pas ce soir

title: Adventure

title: Soldier of Fortune

title: La Classe américaine

title: Saratoga

title: Wife vs. Secretary

title: Never Let Me Go

title: Somewhere I'll Find You

title: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

title: Trifles of Importance

title: Run Silent, Run Deep

title: Chained

title: Screen Actors

title: The Plastic Age

title: Hollywood: The Selznick Years

title: The Johnstown Flood

title: Another Romance of Celluloid

title: Callaway Went Thataway

title: Forbidden Paradise

title: Hollywood Hobbies

title: The Merry Widow

title: China Seas

title: Strange Cargo

title: Showbiz Goes to War

title: After Office Hours

title: A Free Soul

title: Night Nurse

title: Possessed

title: Hold Your Man

title: Betrayed

title: Boom Town

title: Night Flight

title: Honky Tonk

title: They Met in Bombay

title: Laughing Sinners

title: Homecoming

title: The Hucksters

title: Any Number Can Play

title: But Not for Me

title: Men in White

title: Hollywood: The Dream Factory

title: Forsaking All Others

title: Key to the City

title: Uncertain Verification

title: Susan Lenox

title: Strange Interlude

title: Dance, Fools, Dance

title: The Easiest Way

title: Call of the Wild

title: The White Sister

title: To Please a Lady

title: Cain and Mabel

title: Hell Divers

title: Polly of the Circus

title: The James Dean Story

title: Hollywood Party

title: Sporting Blood

title: Parnell

title: The Finger Points

title: Checking Out: Grand Hotel

title: Going Hollywood: The '30s

title: The Painted Desert

title: North Star

title: The Christmas Party

title: Rat Pack

title: Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

title: That's Entertainment!

title: Grace Kelly: The American Princess

title: Joan Crawford: Always the Star

title: Northward, Ho!

title: That's Entertainment, Part II

title: The Big Parade of Comedy

title: That's Entertainment! III

title: The Romance of Celluloid

title: Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

title: Du Barry, Woman of Passion

title: White Man

title: A Star Is Born World Premiere

title: Show-Business at War

title: Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

title: Judy Garland: By Myself

title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

title: Hollywood: Style Center of the World

title: Complicated Women

title: Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

title: Starlit Days at the Lido

title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

title: Wings Up

title: 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

title: Making 'The Misfits'

title: Hollywood Hobbies

title: Dear Mr. Gable

title: Her Name Was Grace Kelly

title: Gable: The King Remembered

title: One Minute to Play

title: Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

title: You Can't Fool a Camera

title: Hooray for Hollywood

title: Fighting Blood

title: Showbiz Ballyhoo

title: The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

title: That's Dancing!

title: Hollywood sul Tevere

title: Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

title: Arthur Miller on Home Ground

title: Discovering Jean Harlow

title: Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

title: Marilyn, dernières séances

title: Marilyn at the Movies

title: Marilyn Monroe

title: Remembering Marilyn

title: Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe

title: Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

title: I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...

title: 100 Years at the Movies

title: All-Time Movie Greats

title: Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn