Catapulted to international prominence by Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns Clint Eastwood leapt from TV lead to world class movie star. Then with Dirty Harry came super stardom. But even that was not enough. His goal was to get behind the camera - to make great films. To achieve this end he has produced directed and starred in such classics as Play Misty For Me High Plains Drifter Pale Rider and The Unforgiven. Meanwhile Clint continues to explore to take risks - always seeking to redefine his image as a loner who when the chips are down cares. Including clips from his best pictures here is his life told by Clint himself.
This glamorous and hugely popular actress raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her fifty-year career, she made over eighty films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of sty...
Narrated with gentle self-deprecating humour and honesty by the star himself, this Special features clips from such films as Educating Rita, The Man Who Would Be King, Alfie, California Suite, Hannah And Her Sisters, Mona Lisa, Sleuth, Deathtrap, Zulu, and The Ipcress File. Born into poverty in London, when he first decided to become an actor, he was looked upon with amazement: who did he think he was? But he persevered, s...
This documentary of Marilyn Monroe takes a novel approach in not dwelling on her love affairs and concentrating on her film career. Film clips and press conferences accompany interviews of Marilyn's friends and co-stars such as Shelly Winters Robert Mitchum Susan Strasberg and Joshua Logan. Even decades after her death all are left with a lasting impression of Monroe as an actress of considerable talent but one who struggled with demons that plagued her personal life.
Hollywood Collection: Shirley Temple - America's Little Darling:There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the Box Office - ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal. He...
Hollywood Collection: Gary Cooper - The Face Of A Hero Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies. And he never lost his love of the great American outdoors. Though he rarely played a villain and was an adept comedian, Cooper is best remembered for his strong, silent heroes. With his lanky countryboy looks and shy hesitancy he created a unique screen presence, though his real life was one of...
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