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Episodes and Stories 12
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Hollywood - Pioneers
Episode 1Contrary to popular belief, the silent film in general had reached a high state of sophistication by the late 1920s. -
Hollywood - In the Beginning
Episode 2Some of the less affluent studios escape bad weather and legal entanglements in New Jersey and make Hollywood the world film capitol. -
Hollywood - Single beds and Double Standards
Episode 3Mounting scandals including drug addiction and murder force the studios to appoint Will Hays as a morals czar to oversee production. -
Hollywood - Hollywood goes to War
Episode 4Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours. -
Hollywood - Hazard of the Game
Episode 5A tribute to the death-defying and sometimes deadly art of the silent movie stuntman is featured in this episode. -
Hollywood - Swanson and Valentino
Episode 6Two great careers are profiled: ambitious and beautiful Gloria Swanson and the tragic Latin lover, Rudolph Valentino. -
Hollywood - Autocrats
Episode 7Autocratic directors like the martinet Cecil B. DeMille and the idiosyncratic Eric Von Stroheim are highlighted in this episode. -
Hollywood - Comedy: A Serious Business
Episode 8The art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four great clowns of the era: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon. -
Hollywood - Out West
Episode 9The development of the uniquely American film genre, the Western, is shown from its inception with archival footage and interviews with surviving artists. -
Hollywood - Star Treatment
Episode 11The development of cinematography from its primitive beginnings through emergence as a serious art form in the late 1920s. Film clips and interviews with veterans of the period like Karl Brown and George Folsey are highlighted. -
Hollywood - Trick of the Light
Episode 12The glorious, tragic, and truncated careers of American silent stars like John Gilbert, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Greta Garbo are highlighted. -
Hollywood - End of an Era
Episode 13Hollywood's conversion to sound film is illustrated.
