Old Hollywood Movies

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by...

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden...

In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills,...

A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.

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...

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt...

A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working under some of the greatest directors: Alfred...

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

This is a Ford Startime TV special. A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession...

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangement and engages in his self-destructive lifestyle.

Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood.

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

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...