Cecil B. DeMille

Görkem ve şaşaa bakımdan çok az film, Cecil B. De Mille'nin 1956 yapımı destansı "On Emir"iyle karşılaştırılabilir. En büyük film setlerinden biri kurularak Mısır ve Sina Yarımadası'nda çekilen filmde, Firavun'un (Yul Brynner) evinde ayrıcalığı olmasına rağmen insanları özgürlüğe kavuşturmak için bundan vazgeçen Musa'nın (Charlton Heston) hayatı anlatılıyor. Hem de Cecil De Mille'in bizzat kendisinin az rastlanır takdimiyle... Mısır Prensi, Musa, bir Musevi olarak gerçek mirasını ve halkının kurtarıcısı olarak büyük misyonunu öğrenir. Tüm yeni doğan erkek Musevileri ele geçiren Mısır Firavunu 1. Ramses'ten kaçmak için bebek Musa Nil üzerinde kamış sepetle yolculuğuna başlar. Firavunu kızı Bithiah tarafından kurtarılır, evlat edinilir ve erkek kardeşi Firavun Seti'nin sarayında büyütülür. Musa Seti'nin beğenisini ve veliaht prenses Nefertiri'nin sevgisini kazanırken Seti'nin oğlu Rameses'in de nefretini üstüne çeker...

Joe Gillis (William Holden) genç bir senaristtir. Film, Gills’in bir havuzda kanlar içinde yatarken görüntüsü ile başlar ve daha sonra altı ay öncesine gideriz. Senaryolarını satamayan ve parasız kalan Joe’nun başı eski borçlarıyla derttedir. Alacaklılardan kaçar ve Sunset Bulvarı’ndaki bir eve sığınarak saklanır. Buradaki ev sahibi ise, sessiz filmler döneminde ün yapmış aktrislerden Norma Desmond’dır (Gloria Swanson). Eski ününü hemen geri kazanabileceğini düşünen Norma, kendi yazdığı bir senaryoyla sinema dünyasına dönmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Joe kendisine senaryo yazımı konusunda yardım edebileceğini söyler ve böylelikle Norma onun bu evde yaşamasına izin verir.

Samson gücünün kaynağını kimsenin bilmediği efsanevi bir kahramandır. Gönlünü Semadar'ın kardeşi Delilaha kaptırır. Semadar öldürülünce Samson intikam peşine düşer ama Delilah onun gücünün sırrını keşfedip, Samson'u düşmanlarına teslim eder.

Dünyanın en büyük sirkinin patronu Brad Bailey, trapez kralı muhteşem Sebastian'ı kadrosuna alarak uzun bir turneye çıkar. Trapezci Holly, Brad'in sevgilisidir ve Sebastian da Holly'den hoşlanmaktadır. Holly'i elde etmek için Sebastian ile Brad arasında amansız bir rekabet başlar.

Korkusuz sınır muhafızı Chris Holden, Fransız ve Kızılderili Savaşı'nın ardından Ohio Vadisi'nde yaşayan asi Martin Garth'ın siyasi ve kişisel hırslarını engelliyor.

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.

The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent film era to the present day.

An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.

Hawaii, Mayıs 1977. Star Wars’ın başarısının ardından George Lucas ve Steven Spielberg, birlikte çalışacak yeni bir proje bulmak için bir araya geldi. Birincisi yapımcı, ikincisi yönetmen olarak görev aldı. Karizmatik arkeolog Indiana Jones’un nasıl doğduğu ve 1981’de vizyona giren ilk macerasının dünya genelinde gişede nasıl zafer kazandığı hikâyesi.

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

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

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.

The incredible story of the mythical Russian-American actor and filmmaker Yul Brynner (1920-85), the most exotic sex-symbol since Rudolph Valentino; the story of the atypical destiny of an international nomad: from the Parisian cabarets to the stages of Broadway and the Hollywood studios. The rise to fame of a multidisciplinary genius who became a king of the screen.

Komedi türünün beyazperdedeki en büyük ustalarından Bob Hope'un unutulmaz klasiklerinden olan filmde, Bob Hope, Harward mezunu bir gençtir ve babası da efsanevi bir Kızılderili savaşçısıdır. Hope, babasının yaşadığı yere yani Vahşi Batıya gitmeye karar verir. Burada bir hükümet ajanı ile tanışır ve azılı bir haydutu yakalaması için ona yardım eder.

Amerikan toplumunun temellerini sorgulama amacıyla din ve aktivizmi birleştiren tartışmalı bir hareket olan Satanic Temple'ın hikayesi.

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

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

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

Filmmaker Peter Brosnan digs up the set of the 1923 film 'The Ten Commandments', long buried in the sands of California's Central Coast.

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.

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.

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.

Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants', but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolds in Europe, the U.S. prove unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate refuge seekers. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler, this three-part documentary series delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive quota laws in America. Did the nation fail to live up to its ideals? This is a history to be reckoned with.

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.