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- DirectorHugh Munro NeelyStarsLouise BrooksShirley MacLaineDana DelanyDocumentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and "Resurrection". Narrated by Shirley MacLaine and featuring numerous interviews with friends and relatives of the legendary star, it also contains excerpts from many of her films including her first on-screen appearance.
- DirectorJason ConnellStarsTerry BoloGeoffrey GouldCecilia HartfeldA documentary spotlighting movie extras - the indispensable background actors in films.
- DirectorClara KuperbergJulia KuperbergStarsSherry LansingAlly AckerDorothy ArznerThe 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.
- DirectorAmanda MicheliStarsJeannie EpperZoë BellLynda CarterDOUBLE DARE is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about the struggles of two stuntwomen in male-dominated Tinseltown to stay working, stay thin, and stay sane.
- DirectorHugh Munro NeelyStarsJane FondaFrances DeeKitty CarlisleA look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1929-1934 - before the Hollywood Production Code was enforced.
- DirectorHugh Munro NeelyStarsCourtney LoveDavid StennBudd SchulbergClara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members an acquaintances. Including seven minutes of additional material not seen in the TV version.
- DirectorJames PerkinsStarsDorothy YoungThe biography captures the life of Dorothy Young, Houdini's last living assistant, at age 100.Barbara Price. Writer, producer.
- DirectorØyvind Von Doren AsbjørnsenNiels Petter SolbergStarsGreta NissenVera ZorinaGreta GyntNorwegian actresses in international film throughout the silent era and into the 1970's is told in this 4 episode tv series produced for Norwegian television. The women toke part in many of the historic event in 75 years of film history and has surfaced to become actresses to be reckonned with after years of being in the shadow of the biggest Norwegian star of them all, Sonja Henie.
- DirectorMartina KudlácekStarsMiriam ArshamStan BrakhageChao Li ChiDocumentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
- DirectorAna Maria MagalhãesStarsGilda de AbreuCristina AchéNorma BengellDocumentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
- DirectorHugh Munro NeelyStarsWhoopi GoldbergDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Jean FirstenbergA biography of the life and career of silent-film star Mary Pickford, known during her day as "America's Sweetheart". This documentary shows that she was not simply just the top actress of her time, but also a successful producer, a creative writer and director, a savvy businesswoman, and a founding member of United Artists, one of the most important and innovative studios in Hollywood's history.
- DirectorMaria RamasKate JohnsonStarsMia SlavenskaMaria RamasMarion ScottMia, a Dancer's Journey is a daughter's promise to tell her mother's story becomes the unfolding of more than the life of the celebrated 20th century ballerina Mia Slavenska. It is the story of a lost time in dance, of exile and return, and of coming to terms with impermanence-in art and in life.
- DirectorRobert FischerStarsJohannes HeestersCarola HöhnBruni LöbelBetween 1934 and the end of the war, Carola Hoehn appeared in over 30 films. In April, April and Zu neuen Ufern she starred in films directed by Douglas Sirk. Johannes Heesters was her partner in Der Bettelstudent, Willi Forst in Koenigswalzer, Hans Moser in Liebe streng verboten and Heinz Ruehmann in Hurra, ich bin Papa. Unlike the femme fatale Zarah Leander or the sing and dance queen Marika Roekk, Carola Hoehn specialised in playing modern, intelligent, open-minded young women. After 1945 she made appearances on stage in Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Bremen and Hannover. She was the German voice of stars like Katherine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Maureen O'Hara and Danielle Darrieux. Theses dubbing assignments brought her from Berlin to Munich in 1950. In 1994 Carola Hoehn returned to the Berlin stage, playing the role of Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Theater des Westens. "Don't ever begin to give up - don't ever give up beginning" is the motto of the ever-young and full-blooded actress. Robert Fischer has made this lively and passionate portrait, presenting numerous film clips, and newly shot footage of colleageus, friends and family, but above all - and in detail - Carola Hoehn herself.
- DirectorSaul J. TurellStarsCarl KingAgnes AyresTheda BaraThis insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie "True Heart Susie," starring Lillian Gish, to "Love Me Tonight" (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy) and to Elizabeth Taylor in "A Place in the Sun" (1951), plus many, many more.
- DirectorAlly AckerStarsJodie FosterDede AllenGillian ArmstrongUsing rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts. Ally Acker takes us on a sweeping journey behind the scenes with the female film pioneers from 1896-2014 whose remarkable achievements in cinema transformed movies forever.
- DirectorGianfranco MingozziStarsFrancesca BertiniOne of the great talents of Italy's silent film era, now in her nineties, recounts her life in a feisty style interspersed with footage from her career.
- DirectorLaura MulveyPeter WollenStarsMiriam MargolyesFrida KahloTina ModottiThis documentary is related to an art show directors Wollen and Mulvey organized for London's Whitechapel Gallery, attempting to pair the rather different work of two female creators, painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti.
- DirectorLisaGay HamiltonStarsBeah RichardsBill CobbsOssie DavisA profile of the African-American actress Beah Richards, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
- DirectorWheeler Winston DixonGwendolyn Audrey FosterStarsJane MonnichWomen Who Made the Movies traces the careers and films of such pioneer women filmmakers as Alice Guy Blaché, Ruth Ann Baldwin, Ida Lupino, Leni Riefenstahl, Dorothy Davenport Reid, Lois Weber, Kathlyn Williams, Cleo Madison, and many other women who made a lasting contribution to cinema history with their films. Featuring clips from the films, rare archival footage and stills, Women Who Made The Movies brings to life the works of these remarkable women. Critical viewing for all those interested in the history of cinema.
- DirectorNicholas EliopoulosStarsCharles ChaplinWalt DisneyAmelia EarhartA chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
- DirectorKip WaltonStarsBob HopeLoni AndersonUrsula AndressBob Hope takes a look back at the beautiful and funny women he has worked with over the years. More than 60 of Bob's co-stars are here in television and film excerpts.