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				The Men Who Made the Movies			


			

				
The Men Who Made the Movies


				

					0.0										1973										Documentary				


				
Acclaimed profiles of eight great American film directors. Produced and directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson, with solid interviews and film clips, the series reviews the careers of Raoul Walsh, Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, King Vidor, George Cukor, William A. Wellman, Alfred Hitchcock and Vincente Minnelli.

				

									

						
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																		Cliff Robertson
								

													

					

							

		


					

				

	

		
Episodes							9
					

			


	

				
			

									
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				Raoul Walsh
				1h 0m				His career spans the entire history of film in America. Raoul Walsh began as a stunt rider in…			

		
				
			

									
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				Frank Capra
				1h 28m				Capra, whose enormous success in the 1930s transformed a tiny studio — Columbia Pictures — into one of…			

		
				
			

									
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				George Cukor
				56m				This program reaffirms Cukor’s reputation as an actor’s director as the viewer is treated to memorable performances by…			

		
				
			

									
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				Howard Hawks
				56m				This program features lengthy excerpts from the great action director’s memorable “Dawn Patrol”, “The Crowd Roars”, “Only Angels…			

		
				
			

									
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				Vincente Minnelli
				59m							

		
				
			

									
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				William Wellman
				58m				Salty, anti-establishment and irreverant, William A. Wellman fondly recalls his long relationship with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Film clips…			

		
				
			

									
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				Alfred Hitchcock
				58m				An interview with the film director including excerpts from Psycho, Frenzy, Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, North By…			

		
				
			

									
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				King Vidor
				55m				Visionary and idealist, Vidor’s energetic concern with the future of cinema as well as his strong grasp of…			

		
				
			

									
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				Samuel Fuller
				56m				Filmed in 1989, completed and released in 2002. The look and feel is quite similar to the episodes…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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