Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las...

In this documentary short, Frank Capra, Jr. discusses the real-life San Francisco banker on which 'American Madness' (1932) was based.

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced,...

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd...

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and...

Behind the scenes look at the classic Bette Davis comedy.

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

Short documentary about the "woman's picture" at Warner Brothers.

Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American...

Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running...

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most...

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War...

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the...

Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, Show...

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the...

Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary,...

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists,...