The ending is so beautifully done, and so so sad.

Ela foi um fenômeno. Igual a ela. Nenhuma mais Foi única. Continua única.

A sharp business woman and co-founder of United Artists productions and was the last of the original founders too attend board meetings well into old age and green lit the money for the first James Bond film Dr. No

Amazing work, I hope to someday see the finished product. The knowledge and skill you have at DC Video is critical for saving this medium to the decay of time. It always seems that you are handling some of the most rare, unique video, moments before it might be lost forever. Thank you also for the incredible magic you have done to save my parents Quad tapes from the late 1950'a. All treasure!

"Fatty" would only be considered "husky" today.

at 3:08 he states "the sound has been lost" but it's been found, and restored.

Viva Edy Star, y Viva Jô...!!!

I wonder how much inspiration was taken from this series for the movie 'Babylon'. The framing of the episode on John Gilbert and Clara Bow feels very similar to Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie's characters in that movie. And also here arrival of the dictatorial sound men. Just a thought. This is a great series. Thanks so much for the upload. Today it feels so unimaginable that films could ever have remained silent, even if there was so much to cherish about that constraint. It could never have lasted, but I think it's certainly true that the best things in movies are often the things they could already do in silent film. But sound technology at least allows us to capture these stories for posterity, told by pioneers of the art form, now long since gone. To me the early 80's isn't even distant past, but what a difference a few decades make.

Right now I cannot possibly comprehend anything more boring and dreary than this video. Im supposed to write 5 main points 100 words each the film discusses. I believe I would rather watch a booger dry on a wall. 32 minutes left… help help help help help

One of the greatest series ever produced!

I love the journalist.I could listen to her talk about everybody.

Allan Deam sure did look like he had some pretty good living behind him.

Love these movies! Especially the ones about World War 1! So entertaining!

I love watching the history of film actors becoming a big thing. Yes we all still love a bad villain today. Love to hate indeed

Biographie svp

If I had dated him for week I would have felt like Pola Negri.

Valentino wore powder to tone down his dark looks.

Hope he had love. Real love from a woman. Natasha did not love him. That’s the sadist part.

Did he ever have a roving eye while married to Natasha.

Loved the Sheik and Son of the Sheik. Loved this Italian man.

why in the world did they name that film "The Jazz Singer" ? a true jazz singer would have been Louis Armstrong.

Frank Capra's assertion that Harry Langdon did not create his character and thus didn't full understand it is incorrect. Langdon had been writing his own material for the stage long before he enter the movies. The problem was that Langdon was not a director like Keaton and Chaplin, and thus was unable to translate his material to movie screen by himself. It's wasn't that Langdon misunderstood his own character, it was that he misunderstood the movies.

Erich von Stroheim was a German Jew, and he had a scar on his forehead even before emigrating to the USA. With the theory suggested at 43:23 taking into account, it may be that von Stroheim was the victim of an Antisemitic attack early in life, and reacted badly to it. He become obsessed like McTeague in Greed.

The interview with Lord Mountbatten must have happened very shortly before his assassination by the IRA.

😊bom demais

This was wonderfully done. Kudos to the producers, narrators, family members and the work of the BBC in putting this together. She passed way too soon. I wish she could have slowed down and enjoyed life just a tad. She would have experienced a nice career renaissance, I believe, in the 1970's. Carson would have loved to feature her on late night. Other entertainers of that period would have highlighted her as well. Unfortunately, this poor lady just burned herself out. Losing a child, as she did, probably had a very negative impact on her.

My goodness, at the time of this being filmed Gloria Swanson still looked absolutely amazing. Gorgeous!

Gilbert's first sound scene really was hilarious. They could have redone it.

DeMille's best work was in silents? I understand his 1956 version of "The Ten Commandments" did pretty well!

The only thing wrong with these is that because they were made when tvs were small, we get these horribly close closups so we can examine every liver spot and bad tooth in excruciating detail.

Eastman Kodak came out with negative duplicating film in 1929. Before that, multiple negatives were filmed. What a nightmare that must have been in the early sound era!

Very impressive and very informative especially giving credit to the unsung heroes in the background camera and set inventions as the era progressed.i saw someone say that directors etc are lost to time like king vidor..there not the love and fandom is still there and ive seen previous forgotten stars have had there grave plots plaques replaced or given the maintenance and respect they deserve 🙏👌👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Lupe ontiveros is from same town that I was born.

Great series i wish it was available on DVD i have the last episode which i recorded when it was last on British TV but i would love the others i even have the book and Carl Davis music on LP Hollywood it's still nice to see it on KZbin 😅😅😅

❤🎉😊🎉❤

❤🎉😊🎉❤

A weird sad documentary.

Sensacional.

Uhuu 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I think Clara Bow became Betty Boop.

The music is too loud

I smoke Carmen miranda

God broke the mold after he created Rudolph Valentino. Never ever will there be such a gorgeous man as he.

Really love this series. Thank you!

Why are some Canadians on this com sec so bitter? 😂 Everyone knows she was born in Canada, a foreign country, just like thousands of American citizens back then and today. Some of my family members were born here in the Philippines, but are now US citizens. Mary achieved her success in the US, hence her career and legacy is an "American Experience".

If you just have sex appeal, Hollywood will typecast you until you can't even watch your own films anymore. But charisma, that's rare and those actors can, watch their films. Talent totally helps!! But unfort. in the business part, connections count almost as much. Sick. Make it or not or have it yur dream, its just fame and fortune in the end. 2 very shallow things I've realized that in time that will not bring you happiness. Because, besides being shallow, omg i found, thank God in time it's the darn journey that counts all along. Not the end result. Trust! Happy Trails 😊

these people were capable of unbelievable Ego .

Her final appearance on the "Jimmy Durante Show" was actually broadcast in the USA soon after her death. It has a prologue by Jimmy describing how they were unsure if they should show it, but in consultation with members of her family it was decided to do so. And her final exit on the show is pretty wonderful, when you know it was truly the last time she'd be in front of an audience, because she goes off stage in an appropriately theatrical way, in her unique character, to applause. The nicest way to leave when you're a beloved entertainment personality.

I hadn't seen this before, so I was unaware of Carmen's real addictions nor of her tough withdrawal from them in 1954.

Singing In The Rain accurately depicted how ridiculous Silent acting could become when the lines were spoken. The early talky gangster film shown in this episode sounds boring and hoaky. “You mean…?” “We’re gonna take him…for a ride!” 😆 Thankfully, the writers and actors learned how to get snappy. James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart and Chester Morris could make or break any other hood they came across with just a few words spoken at the right tempo.