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Becoming John Ford (2007)
Character: Self
Portrait of film director John Ford, perhaps best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered one of America's greatest directors.
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Cinerama Adventure (2002)
Character: Self
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
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Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
Character: Self
An insider's account of Jack Warner, a founding father of the American film industry. This feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio - Warner Bros - created many of Hollywood's most classic films. Includes extensive interviews with family members and friends, film clips, rare home movies and unique location footage.
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What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)
Character: Self
Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of "Singin' in the Rain". The short documentary includes Donald O'Connor, who played the comical "Cosmo Brown", Stanley Donen, one half of the directors next to Gene Kelly, and Kathleen Freeman, who played Phoebe Dinsmore, Lina Lamont's (Jean Hagen) voice coach.
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Alias Nick and Nora (2005)
Character: Self
Alias Nick and Nora: Two Documentary Profiles (2005) celebrates the enduring screen partnership of William Powell and Myrna Loy, stars of MGM’s beloved Thin Man series. The DVD includes William Powell: A True Gentleman, a documentary narrated by Michael York with commentary from film historians Rudy Behlmer and Leonard Maltin, and Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To, hosted by Kathleen Turner and directed by Richard Schickel. Together, the documentaries explore the careers, personalities, and lasting appeal of two classic Hollywood icons. Also included is “Darling, I Loathe You,” a 1958 episode of The Thin Man television series starring Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk as Nick and Nora Charles, plus the 1936 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring William Powell and Myrna Loy reprising their signature roles. A welcome addition for classic-film fans, the disc presents Nick and Nora across documentary, television, and radio.
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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
Character: Self
Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production.
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Character: Self
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.
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The Universe According to Universal (2002)
Character: Narrator
Narrator Rudy Behlmer guides a look through Universal's place in film history as a source of alien visitation, extraterrestrial life, and other Science Fiction staples. The piece further looks at the political and social implications, parallels, and escapism in the movie. The piece spends much of its screen time on how 'It Came From Outer Space' echoed and influenced the genre, its legacy, performances, adherence to Ray Bradbury's source material, 3D photography and presentation, score and effects, and more. This is a quality piece that informs and entertains alike, one that fascinatingly examines the film, and others like it, as both entertainment and echoes of real life.
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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
Character: Self
U.S. network TV special surveying the history of Robin Hood in popular culture, emphasizing the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Interviews with principal cast and crew from that film highlight the special. Pierce Brosnan hosts.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Character: Self
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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The Making of 'Rebecca' (2008)
Character: Self
Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)
Character: Self
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.
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Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004)
Character: Self
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle is a documentary focusing on the first six sound Tarzan films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Written and directed by John Rust, the documentary features interviews with film historians Rudy Behlmer and Scott Tracy Griffin, who discuss the films' literary antecedents and behind-the-scenes production details.
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