Hollywood
Films about old Hollywood, particularly the golden age of Hollywood,
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- DirectorSydney PollackStarsJane FondaMichael SarrazinSusannah YorkThe lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in a grueling and inhumane dance marathon.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDonald SutherlandKaren BlackBurgess MeredithAn art director in the 1930s falls in love and attempts to make a young woman an actress despite Hollywood who wants nothing to do with her because of her problems with an estranged man and her alcoholic father.
- DirectorJohn Frederick CaldwellJack PrattStarsJ. Frank GlendonJosephine HillGale HenryWild melodrama in Hollywood.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRita FlynnVirginia BrooksJeanne FarrinThree girls apply for maid jobs at a resort but are taken for royalty when a telegram about their dog Queenie is intercepted.Film producers vie to put them under contract but selling a script idea finally saves them when the bill comes due.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsVirginia BrooksRita FlynnPhyllis CraneA surprise engagement party is an additional surprise when the bride-to-be brings home her leading man. This comedy of errors leads to a pie fight on the set.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsVirginia BrooksRita FlynnPhyllis CraneA farm girl visits her cousin, an out-of-work actress, in Hollywood. Men flock to the fresh-faced newcomer, including the head of a movie studio, whose house they borrow to throw a wild Hollywood party.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn HustonA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
- DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy PearceAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsJosh HartnettAaron EckhartScarlett JohanssonTwo policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
- DirectorAllen CoulterStarsAdrien BrodyBen AffleckDiane LaneA detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).
- DirectorJohn Frederick CaldwellStarsHank MannGale HenryJohn Frederick CaldwellA philandering husband at the beach with his wife finds himself driven to distraction by several bathing beauties, who have their eyes on a dimwitted lifeguard.
- DirectorGene LevittStarsSkye AubreyJack CassidyJackie CooganThe internationally famous Worldwide Studios (really MGM) has hit hard times and is forced to sell it's back lot to Hollywood property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRita FlynnVirginia BrooksTut MaceThe aspiring actresses get a call offering all three an acting job. The problem is, while celebrating their good fortune, no one asked which studio hired them, so they set off in search of the job.
- DirectorBabe StaffordStarsLloyd HamiltonMarjorie BeebeAggie HerringMarge Clancy leaves her small town and boyfriend Joe behind to strike it big in Hollywood. The only work she can get is stunt doubling. Joe goes after her and causes many messes in the studio.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsKirsten DunstCary ElwesEdward HerrmannSemi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsLeota LanePhyllis CraneRita FlynnThree aspiring actresses who take their dreams of being discovered to Hollywood end up rooming together while trying to pay the rent and buy food.
- 1963– 30m7.1 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorJack Haley Jr.StarsJoseph CottenFred AstaireGene AutryA nostalgic look back to the golden age of Hollywood, featuring film clips of dozens of stars from movies, publicity shoots and home videos.
- 2023–7.1 (25)TV EpisodeStarsLeo BraudyJames EllroyJonathan KuntzThe most famous sign in America. Originally created to advertise a housing development, the sign lasted far longer, becoming a symbol of an industry and a city before falling into disrepair and neglect.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleChester ConklinCharlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.
- DirectorHarvey KeithStarsKatherine MorrisCostas MandylorJordan LaddA group of dysfunctional, disappointed actresses congregate in a Hollywood bar circa 1937.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsRobert Downey Jr.Geraldine ChaplinPaul RhysAn elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
- DirectorEarle RodneyStarsMatty KempMildred JuneOliver HardyMillionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on the film starts, and at the preview screening is shown to be disasterous. Ethel then goes away with Arthur, while Gordon runs on a rotating movie set.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsColleen MooreLloyd HughesVera LewisElla Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.
- DirectorF. Richard JonesStarsMabel NormandRalph GravesGeorge NicholsA small town girl dreams of movie stardom. A switched photo wins her a movie contract. However, when she arrives Hollywood, she is assigned to the props department. Her parents visit and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.