Harold Lloyd

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.

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.

Şehrin yüksek binalarından birinin üzerinde yer alan saatin yelkovanına asılmış bir adam görüntüsü ile izleyenlerin zihnine kazınmış ve daimi bir tebessüm bırakmış olan Safety Last!, 1923 yapımı bir sessiz komedi filmidir. Para kazanma hırsıyla şehre gelen genç bir adam, bir mağazada satış sorumlusu olarak çalışmaya başlar ve müdürüyle, mağazaya dikkat çekerek müşterilerin artmasını sağlayacak olan kişiye ödül olarak para vermesi konusunda anlaşır. Ancak mağazanın bulunduğu binanın dışına tırmanması için anlaşmış olduğu kişi bir kanun kaçağı çıkınca olayların seyri tamamen değişir ve genç adam kendisini binaya tırmanırken bulur. Heyecan ve komedi yüklü filmin başrolünde Harold Lloyd bulunmaktadır.

The Real Charlie Chaplin, sessiz sinema denildiğinde akla gelen ilk isimlerden biri olan usta komedyenin hayatı ve kariyerini konu ediniyor. Belgesel film, dünya çapındaki ikonun bilinmeyen yanlarını ortaya çıkarmak için daha önce hiç duyulmamış kayıtlar, samimi ev röportajları, sahne arkası materyalleri ve yakın zamanda restore edilmiş klasik filmlerle Chaplin arşivlerine eşi görülmemiş bir erişim sergileyecek. Chaplin’in bir asırdan fazla bir süre önce ekrana ilk çıkışına kadar uzanan film, usta oyuncunun Viktorya dönemi Londra’sının kenar mahallelerinden Hollywood’un gözde yıldız oyuncusu olarak zirveye hızlıca yükselişi ve skandallı düşüşü de dahil olmak üzere her şeyi anlatmayı hedefliyor. Belgesel film aynı zamanda şu soruyu soruyor: Gerçek Charlie Chaplin kimdi? “Ölümsüz bir efsane haline gelen bir adamın sürekli değişen portresi” olarak tanımlanan The Real Charlie Chaplin, dünya çapındaki ikonun gizemli hayatına büyüleyici bir bakış olmayı vaat ediyor.

Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on the movie world, manages to be hired by Mack Sennett. He makes his debut in Nevada, in the middle of gold diggers. After managing to clear his name he becomes, with Oliver Hardy, a big comedy star.

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?

Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each we see him applying makeup and changing the combing of his hair or putting on a wig. When he tilts his head down during each supposed makeover, up pops the actual celebrity (Keaton, Lloyd, Arbuckle, Valentino, Fairbanks, Coogan) he appears to have been making himself up as.

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.

Stage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning. Their plan backfires as he wins and embarks upon a reform crusade.

Audiences may think Luke with his St. Vitus movement never sleeps, but they are dead wrong. Like Bill Shakespeare Luke "blesses the man who first invented sleep." After a screamingly comical search for slumber he finally hits the hay and sleeps without moving to Brooklyn.

The timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new woman in town.

Roomers in a boarding house break the rules and are caught cooking if their room. A frantic run-in with the landlady ensues.

Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.

A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Luke and his pal find existence in prison so amusing that they depart with regrets.

Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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

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.

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