Lillian Gish

Ünlü aktör Charles Laughton'ın yönetmen olarak imza attığı film, konusu ve oyuncularıyla kaçırılmayacak bir klasik. Hapiste tanıdığı Ben adlı adamın evinin yakınlarına yüklü bir miktar para sakladığını öğrenen psikopat Harry, hapishaneden çıktıktan sonra Ben'in evine gider...

Amerikan İç Savaşı tüm şiddetiyle ülkeyi kasıp kavurur. İnsanlar yakınlarını kaybeder. Aileler dağılır. Savaş biter. Birlikten ayrılmak isteyen Güney eyaletlerinin kurduğu Konfederasyon yenilmiştir. Yeniden Yapılanma Dönemi başlar. Kölelik yasaklanır. Başkan Lincoln'ün suikastiyle, yeni oluşan güven ortamı yerini kaos ve anarşiye bırakır. Özellikle güney eyaletlerinde çeteciler beyaz çiftlik sahiplerine saldırır ve ailelerine göz açtırmazlar. Polis gücüne katılan siyahlar ve melezler beyazları taciz eder. Bunun üzerine asayişi sağlamak üzere "Klan" kurulur. Haçlı şövalyelerini andıran giysileriyle Ku-Klux-Klan üyeleri gecelerin hakimidir artık. Devletin sağlayamadığı adaleti onlar getirir. D.W. Griffith’in sessiz filmi Bir Ulusun Doğuşu, gerçekten de bizlere anlatılan tarih tezinin aksi bir görüşü, üstelik şimdi izlendiğinde epey rahatsız edici bir tonda sunuyor.

Kızılderili genç bir kadın, köklü bir ailenin içine girer, iki kardeşi kendine aşık eder ve kanlı bir biçimde sonuçlanan bir tutkunun mimarı olur... Yönetmen King Vidor'dan çok yapımcısı David O'Selznick'in damgasını taşıyor... O'Selznick, "Rüzgar Gibi Geçti"de kazandığı başarıyı bu filmde de devam ettirmek istemiş fakat büyük bir hüsranla yüzleşmek zorunda kalmıştı. Niven Bush'un romanından uyanlanan filmde, Jennifer Jones "En İyi Kadın Oyuncu", Lillian Gish "En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu" dallarında Oscar'a aday gösterildi.

Gizemli bir yabancı at sırtında Teksas Panhandle'daki küçük bir yerleşime gelir ve küçük bir savaşa neden olur. 19. yüzyılın ortalarında geçen hikayede, toplumdaki beyaz göçmenler ile yerel Kiowa Kızılderili halkı arasında zaten bir düşmanlık hakimdir. Zachary ailesi, kendilerini bu husumetin tam ortasında bulur. Evin hanımı Matilda (Lillian Gish) bir sır saklamaktadır: evlatlık kızları Rachel (Audrey Hepburn) aslında bir Kiowa çocuğudur. Zachary ailesinin üç erkek çocuğu, aileye karşı görevleri ve Kiowa'ya karşı düşmanlıkları konusunda farklı fikirlere sahiptir. Ben (Burt Lancaster) açıkça Rachel'a aşıktır; kardeşlerden Cash (Audie Murphy) Kızılderililerden nefret eder ve en küçükleri de (Doug McClure) ihtiyaç anında ailesini korur. At sırtındaki yabancı hiç akla gelmeyen bir şey yaparak, Rachel'ın bir Kiowa olduğunu herkese söyler. Zachary ailesinin sırrı sonunda açığa çıkar ve savaş başlar.

1914 yılının Amerika'sında yasadışı işler yapan bir küçük serserinin öyküsü.Sevdiği kızla evlenerek tövbekar olan ve bir zamanlar kullandığı tabancayı çete reisine veren adam, bu gangsterin, terk ettiği bir kadın tarafından aynı silahla vurulması üzerine suçlanarak hapse düşer, idam kararı alınır....16 hafta süren çekimleri ile zamanının rekor ücreti 40 bin dolara mal olan filmin babil bölümü en gösterişli ve nefes kesici bölümü olarak sinema tarihine geçmiş, bu sahnenin çekimi sinema tarihine geçen buluşlar sayesinde mümkün olmuştur.

Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilization.

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.

In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets enigmatic, old-fashioned Jennie Appleton, who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Genç Lucy Battling babasının katı kurallarıyla yaşıyor. Bir gün Cheng Huan adlı Çin'den Londra'ya yeni gelmiş bir genç adama aşık oluyor. Bu tabi ki babasının hiç hoşuna gitmiyor. Hatta buna karşı çıkmak için bazı zorba yöntemlere bile başvuruyor.

Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town.

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.

Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

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.

The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965.

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.

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

The Alcoa Hour is an American anthology television series that was aired live on NBC from 1955 to 1957. The series was sponsored by Alcoa.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.