Episodes (10)

The Coming of Sound
S01E01 · The Coming of Sound

Jan 25, 1988

In 1927 Al Jolson sang and spoke in The Jazz Singer and the sound era had officially arrived. Hollywood was in panic. How would the silent stars adapt to the new medium? Broadway actors moved west in droves. For a while the sound man was king. With the primitive sound equipment words dominated the action.

The Dream Factory
S01E02 · The Dream Factory

Feb 01, 1988

Hollywood in the 30s manufactured dreams on a conveyor belt, each studio turning out up to 50 films a year to a Depression-torn America. They manufactured the stars too: MGM could boast 'more stars than there are in heaven'. But the stars, all-powerful on screen, were in reality in thrall to the studios and the studio bosses: not for nothing was Beverly Hills known as 'the most beautiful slave quarters in the world....' Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, John Huston, Don Ameche, Virginia Mayo, Sylvia Sydney, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Garson Kanin are among those who ...

Hollywood and Sex
S01E03 · Hollywood and Sex

Feb 08, 1988

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Hollywood and the Western
S01E04 · Hollywood and the Western

Feb 15, 1988

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Hollywood Goes to War
S01E05 · Hollywood Goes to War

Feb 22, 1988

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Hollywood and the Gangsters
S01E06 · Hollywood and the Gangsters

Feb 29, 1988

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The Inmates Take Over the Asylum
S01E07 · The Inmates Take Over the Asylum

Mar 07, 1988

At the end of the Second World War American cinema audiences were at an all-time high. The film studios appeared impregnable, but they were about to be the subject of a many-pronged attack. The film industry fought back with weapons ranging from Smellovision to 3-D, but they were not able to prevent, in words coined a generation earlier, the inmates from taking over the asylum. With June Havoc, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, Greer Garson, John Huston, Richard Zanuck, Samuel Goldwyn Jr, Carroll Baker and Charlton Heston

Torn from Today's Headlines
S01E08 · Torn from Today's Headlines

Mar 14, 1988

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From 'b' Movie to Blockbuster
S01E09 · From 'b' Movie to Blockbuster

Mar 21, 1988

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Hollywood Now
S01E10 · Hollywood Now

Mar 28, 1988

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About

Talking Pictures Season 1 (1988) is released on Jan 25, 1988. Watch Talking Pictures online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Talking Pictures is directed by Judy Lindsay and created by Barry Norman with Barry Norman and John Huston.

As know as:

Talking Pictures

Countries:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
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