Kevin Brownlow Movies

In 1942, Charles Chaplin released his definitive sound version of THE GOLD RUSH, effectively abandoning the original 1925 silent version of his film....

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

A documentary about the Irish scientist Charlotte Keppel who in the 1930s invented a machine that could see into the past.

A riveting account of the tragic adventure of filmmaker Varick Frissell and his filming of "The Viking" (1931) and the tragic events that befell that...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the basic features of detergency using animated diagrams and live action photography.

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into...

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated...

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry...

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

Short documentary about the last street car ride in Glasgow.

A loving tribute to the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, filmed entirely at her 700-acre upstate New York farm.

A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...