All Episodes of The Men Who Made the Movies
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All Episodes of The Men Who Made the Movies
Browse all episodes of The Men Who Made the Movies
Season 1
N/A/100 votesRaoul Walsh
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/1973
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 then became a contract director for William Fox where he directed such distinguished silent films as “What Price Glory”, and “Thief of Baghdad”. Films excerpted include these as well as such action classics as “The Roarings 20s”, “High Sierra”, “White Heat”, and “They Died With Their Boots On”.
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Frank Capra
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1973
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 “Mr. Deeds Comes To Town”, “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”; “Meet John Doe” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
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George Cukor
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/1973
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”, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in “Adam’s Rib” and “Pat and Mike”, Hepburn and Cary Grant in “Holiday” and “The Philadelphia Story”, John Barrymore in “Dinner at Eight”, Ronald Colman in “A Double Life” and Judy Garland in a remake of “A Star Is Born”.
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Howard Hawks
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1973
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”, “Air Force” and “Red River”. Clips from such great comedies as “Twentieth Century”, “Bringing Up Baby”, and “His Girl Friday” point to Hawks’ unique versatility. Many regard him as John Ford’s equal.
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William Wellman
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/1973
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”, “Public Enemy”, “Wild Boys of the Road”, “The Ox Bow Incident” and “The Story of G.I. Joe”.
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King Vidor
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/1973
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 and thought-provoking program. His greatest films — “The Big Parade”, “Show People” and “The Crowd” were silents. He also directed the outstanding adventure drama, “Northwest Passage”; “Duel in the Sun”, an epic western; and a remarkable film adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”.
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