Hollywood - Ep 7: Autocrats

[@lynngregory393]

This is one of the finest, compelling, honest documentaries of Hollywood ever made.

[@thechicagobox]

I’m very happy to have found this documentary. I have been down a film rabbit hole for a while now. I’m loving the original footage. Film has lost something in the last few decades imo and it’s good to look back at the history behind the forgotten silver age. The recent film Babylon is a good example of the time and probably an accurate depiction of the wild artists and crazy directors at the end of the silver age.

[@lorihoop3831]

A±±±±± This series is just wonderful, and it's very sad that not many people have seen this. Probably because of the length and detail the films get into, but for Hollywood buffs it's great! I learned a lot, and the films answered a lot of questions that I had.

[@stephenoconnor9904]

Question? Does anyone at all honestly know the meaning of the phrase, Autocrat, or to put it more correctly Autocrats ?.

[@Neal_Schier]

@@stephenoconnor9904 It means correcting something you type even though you don't want it corrected. Oh, wait. That's autocorrect.

[@kevinbuckley7705]

@@stephenoconnor9904 Demanding and getting total control despite what anyone else thinks or feels. Doing a Donald Trump.

[@christianaguilera1469]

I love Gloria Swanson's voice

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

An anecdote that I read once, concerning the incident where de Mille walked out into the surf : a member of the crew present quipped that de Mille expected to walk ON the water. Perhaps apocryphal, but in character.

[@joseserrano141]

Amazing This documentary show us the human face of these people plus the history involved Thanks very much

[@amandawhiteley6737]

These pics are awesome!! Loving the 10 commandments pics, cheers Mr James Mason, wow! Von Stroheim and the said directors must have been right task masters to produce these films!! But the actors etc gave their all. End of.

[@MatthewDLDavidson]

What wonderful, over-the-top characters! This is a great series, with amazing interviews, thank you so much for posting it!

[@emilys3458]

Simply wonderful.

[@chrisnorman9980]

Agnes de Mille is honest…..,and hilarious,

[@mortalclown3812]

"I wasn't there because he didn't need a chair."

[@shanehen]

Eric Von Stroheim was just excellent. He was so good in Sunset Blvd.

[@findingnino]

All of the actors and directors were great !!

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I just watched The Original Salem's Lot before watching this . I keep thinking the narrator sounds like the bad guy in the movie . Turns out I am right ?James Mason was in both this and Salems Lot

[@shanehen]

Yes, you're right.

[@MagiTailWelkin]

43:33 Von Strohiem was Jewish and had a scar on his forehead. So, perhaps given this theory, perhaps Von Strohiem was the victim of an Antisemitic attack early in life.

[@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105]

"Scarface"...

[@theresapierce3934]

Animals were treated like crap, I bet that was a real horse laying dead in the desert.

[@maryoleary5044]

I completely agree - treated amimals shamelessly - so wrong 😢🥺😞

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

The a.s.p.c.a. came from the silent movie era.

[@lynngregory393]

Erich Von Stronheim films are not dated and work today.

[@jackmorrison7379]

Meh! Who says so?

[@jacqudace]

I tried to watch Foolish Wives. Terrible.

[@rahmmason2159]

Where can I find the documentary showing how Cecil B. De Mille literally built Hollywood from the ground up--physically and geographically?

[@jamesmiller4184]

Yep! C.B. and v. Stroheim were autocratic but, well-worth everyone's patience. And to THINK . . . both appeared in "Hollywood Boulevard;" C.B. as himself and Stroheim as loyal tender and former husband to "Madame," Norma Desmond, whose most famous line of advisement applies even in our own day -- "Talk! Talk! Talk! Why, in my day we didn't NEED talk . . . we had FACES!" How very much the case and to-now, this has not lessened as truth. Gloria Swanson (the inimitable) herself narrated an hour-long work focusing on the Twenties. It is a real tribute that she makes for old Hollywood. It is well-worth seeking out, maybe here on olde Y-T? (As titled 'Hollywood Ballyhoo,' maybe?) In Sunset there are the "wax-works" guests invited for cards. They are all recognizable, being old silent stars from Norma's day. In the 1937 film "Moonlight Sonata" a similar scene manifests, as happened at the Baroness's, one of the players being the great pianist and Polish Premiere, Paderewski himself! (I believe his game was Whist?) For any having interest, it might be viewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH6WpIqLdsqrl68

[@mortalclown3812]

Sunset Blvd.,:-)

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@mortalclown3812 Indeed so!

[@dangreene3895]

This Strohem fellow was Howard Hughes only with other peoples money

[@ApothecaryGrant]

I always thought Gloria Swanson was gorgeous

[@SaraiSantana-ei8vq]

Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 1:39

[@bloodorange6713]

Beatrice Dominguez

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

Stroheim was a genius and too far ahead of his time.

[@alexvaliansky7707]

Do you really think, then or now, that anyone would want to sit through an eight-hour-long feature film? That’s how long his version of Greed (1924) was before Irving Thalberg had it cut down to two hours. I’d call that crazy, not genius.

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

​@@alexvaliansky7707 I dont think there would be many people who would want to sit though 8 hours uninterrupted but if it were chopped up into 8 episodes. No problem.

[@DominarRygel-XVI]

This is pretty standard nowadays so I stand by my statement of him being a genius who was too far ahead of his time.

[@HistorywithTy]

Don’t get me wrong I love classic movies but old Hollywood was racist using different paint on white actors to represent different people of color Asian ,black Native American etc they could have just using actual actors of those colors?

[@mortalclown3812]

In Shakespeare's time, men played women; art is like everything else - behind what's right.

[@mrblobby7864]

There's a lot of cool things about the past but a lot of it sucked too. The best thing we can do is enjoy the good parts and avoid making the same mistakes that those guys did.

[@fosbury68]

Nobody’s making you watch them.

[@Neal_Schier]

The music in this series was annoying but the content was fantastic.

[@allysonkho2017]

Demille was and is the single greatest director of all time.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

De Mille is an important figure in Hollywood but I wouldn't really call him a great filmmaker.

[@FRANKTHRING1]

I must disagree. Perhaps you have never seen The Ten Commandments ? If you have its probably the sound version with Charlton Heston. Try an see the full silent version. It is in two parts and the modern day (1925) story is beautifully subtle and acted by Rod La Rocque and others.

[@prettytse7762]

SOFT POWER////

[@joseserrano141]

When I saw Swanson in the core and flesh acting it was like IAM in the movie This woman was unbelievable and strong If I can write se a time machine i will and in a snap propose to her

[@joseserrano141]

Jesus take a time machine Sorry for the mistake