Talking Film
1978-1986, documentary
Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and its history. The series features many famous film personalities who, along with producers, directors,...
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The Producer (1)
1978-07-03
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The Director
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The Screenwriter
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Acting in the Cinema
1978-07-24
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Cinematography
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Designing Movies
1978-08-07
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The Making of a Motion Picture (1)
1978-08-14
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Sex and Violence in the Cinema
1978-08-21
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How Movies Are Sold
1978-08-28
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A Portrait of John Ford (1)
1978-09-04
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Zanuck
1979-08-02
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The Hollywood Ten: An Interview with Writer Ring Lardner Jr.
1979-08-03
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The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (1)
1980-01-28
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The Western
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Hooray for Hollywood
1980-02-18
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A Portrait of George Stevens (1)
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The Critic
1980-03-24
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More Special Effects
1981-04-08
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The Nightmare People: Horror in the Cinema
1981-04-15
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The Animators
1981-04-22
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The Cinema of John Huston
1981-04-28
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The Cinema of Frank Capra (1)
1981-05-06
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More Film Criticism
1981-05-12
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Powell and Pressburger
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Thirty Years of British Cinema
1981-05-20
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David Lean and Sir Carol Reed
1981-05-27
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Women in the Cinema
1981-06-03
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The Serial
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The Cinema of Henry Hathaway
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The Business of Directing
1981-07-04
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The Making of a Motion Picture (2)
1981-07-11
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The Making of a Motion Picture (3)
1981-07-18
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A Conversation with Pauline Kael
1981-07-22
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Gods and Goddesses of the Cinema
1981-07-29
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The Cinema of Elia Kazan
1981-08-12
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Anatomy of Suspense
1981-08-19
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The Making of a Motion Picture (4)
1981-09-22
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The Big Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox
1982-05-08
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A Conversation with Otto Preminger
1982-06-05
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A Portrait of George Stevens (2)
1982-08-30
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A Portrait of John Ford (2)
1983-08-26
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A Conversation with Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1983-08-31
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The Producer (3)
1983-09-15
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Two Film Critics
1984-06-06
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An Interview with Samuel Fuller
1984-06-07
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Women in the Cinema: The Writer
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Stars of the Cinema: Stewart Granger
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The Cinema of King Vidor
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The Making of a Musical
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The Western Revisited
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Music in the Cinema
1984-06-26
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The Screenwriter (2)
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Cinematography (2)
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The Cinema of Henry King
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The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (2)
1984-07-19
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Stars of the Cinema: Richard Widmark
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The Cinema of Frank Capra (2)
1984-08-09
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The Classic Western
1984-10-03
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An Afternoon with Jack Lemmon
1985-06-12
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Two Tragic Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift
1985-06-19
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The Marx Brothers and Their Writers
1985-07-03
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The Cinematic Genius of Rouben Mamoulian
1985-07-10
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All Singing, All Dancing
1985-07-17
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The Music Men
1985-07-24
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The Screenwriter (3)
1985-07-31
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Lotusland
1985-08-07
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Hollywood Portraits: David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock
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The Producer (2)
1985-08-19
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Stars on Stars
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Mystery Film and the Detective on Screen
1985-08-28
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Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
1985-09-09
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Superstars: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
1986-06-30
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An Interview with Greer Garson
1986-07-01
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The Preston Sturges Story (1)
1986-07-02
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The Preston Sturges Story (2)
1986-07-03
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Two Film Directors: Ronald Neame and Richard Fleischer
1986-07-04
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A Portrait of Billy Wilder
1986-07-07
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Two Film Critics: Richard Schickel and David Robinson
1986-07-08
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Hollywood Portraits: Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky
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