Discovering Film

Episode 1

Marlene Dietrich

41 mins

Discovering Marlene Dietrich is more than just a reminiscence of the actress' long and exciting career, but an exhaustive examination of her life outside the show business. Get to know the real Marlene through this video narrative that features priceless film clips from the classical and modern film era, as well as discerning commentaries and anecdotes from various reliable resource persons.

Episode 2

Grace Kelly

42 mins

Discovering Grace Kelly takes us beyond the velvet ropes and into the private life of the international celebrity. Get to know Princess Grace more closely through a fantastic collection of priceless TV and film clips and insightful observations and anecdotes of various highly regarded resource persons from the entertainment industry.

Episode 3

Lauren Bacall

42 mins

This documentary video delves into the reel and real-life of Lauren Bacall, the Jewish immigrants' daughter who seized the attention and adulation of moviegoers of her time, as well as the heart of one of the greatest actors of Hollywood's golden era. Get to know her on a deeper level through a wonderful collection of priceless film clips and introspective commentaries and anecdotes from various reliable resource persons in the movie industry. Lauren Bacall - Discovering is a conscientious retelling of the life and times of one of Hollywood's original sultry sirens. From the Classic Movie Docs library comes this biopic of the actress who beguiled movie fans from her era with her tantalizing blue-green eyes, sensuous husky voice, and flawless fashion sense. Lauren Bacall's stint as a teenage cover girl for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar essentially paved the way for her to get an audition for the 1944 movie To Have and Have Not, a screen debut that instantly propelled her to super stardom. Other notable classic films to her credit include The Big Sleep (1946), Key Largo (1948), and the comedy blockbuster How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), where she shared the limelight with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable.

Episode 4

Deborah Kerr

42 mins

This documentary video uncovers some of the least known facts about Deborah's on and off-screen life as told by respectable entertainment writers and historians, and other people from in and out of the showbiz industry who knew her well. We will also be enthralled once again by this English rose's luminous beauty and compelling motion picture presence through an assemblage of well-selected movie clips from her heyday.

Episode 5

Ingrid Bergman

41 mins

This documentary film will burrow through Ingrid's life beyond the reels, klieg lights, the Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony and BAFTA trophies and into her personal private life. Relive and celebrate the life of the actress who used to pray in her youth, "God, please don't let me have a dull life" through a meticulously gathered classic and modern film clips and an assemblage of interesting tales and remarks from respectable movie scribes and other people in the industry who knew her on a deeper level.

Episode 6

Ginger Rogers

42 mins

This documentary will have every classic film aficionado swinging as we relive Ginger Roger's cinematic feats through a well-gathered film clips anthology and cogent storyline. Most importantly, we will get to know the highest-paid actress in her time on a more personal level, through the commentaries and anecdotes of various movie journalists and other reliable sources in and out of the showbiz industry.

Episode 7

Ava Gardner

41 mins

This documentary will not only relive Ava's glorious era in cinema through a great compendium of classic film clips, sensible commentaries, and fascinating tales. More significantly, this film will pore over her life behind the cameras. Her poverty-stricken childhood, ungainly passage to Hollywood as a Southern belle, the men in her life, and many other things.

Episode 8

Cary Grant

42 mins

Discovering Cary Grant will not only momentarily bring back the actor's glory days in Hollywood, but it will also thoughtfully examine his life away from the rolling cameras. Get to know Cary on a more personal level through a well-assembled montage of classic film clips punctuated by perceptive commentaries and amusing anecdotes from a panel of highly regarded showbiz resource persons.

Episode 9

Robert Mitchum

Discovering Robert Mitchum is more than just a reminiscence of the actor's exploits in the silver screen, it is an impartial retelling of his life away from the cameras. Get to know Robert on a broader scale through a wonderful anthology of classic and modern film clips imbued with interesting commentaries and stories from highly respected industry resource persons.

Episode 10

Fred Astaire

46 mins

Fred Astaire practically blazed the trail for other legendary dancers who admittedly grew up idolizing him. The impressive list includes Gene Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Jackson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines, and renowned choreographer Bob Fosse. To know more about Fred Astaire's personal life, watch "Fred Astaire - Discovering".

Episode 11

Humphrey Bogart

44 mins

Discovering Humphrey Bogart does not only celebrate the actor's distinguished movie career, but it gradually peels off his created screen personas to reveal the real man behind the roles. Get to know Bogie on a more personal level through a superbly crafted anthology of classic film clips, punctuated by insightful narratives and commentaries from reputable resource persons in the showbiz industry.

Episode 12

Burt Lancaster

42 mins

This documentary goes beyond Burt's mostly larger-than-life movie characters and focuses more on the real him - the man, not the role-player. Although his glorious career will be ruminated through a well-made montage of classic film clips, his off-screen life will likewise be scrutinized through the voices of respectable movie scribes and other resource persons who knew a great deal about him.

Episode 13

Henry Fonda

42 mins

This documentary film will refresh every cinema history buffs' knowledge about the reel and real-life of Henry, or "Hank" to the people close to him. Through a carefully selected and stitched-together film clips and candid commentaries and anecdotes from various reliable sources, we will get to know the actor on a more personal level. We will remember his dedication to acting that was only extinguished by failing health and by Father Time himself.