James Stewart Movies

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

After Pearl Harbor Lt. James Stewart narrated this film to rouse American support for the war.

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...

With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legend...

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomos...

Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers.

Tom Bosley hosts a documentary the looks into the story behind how one of cinema's greatest films It's A Wonderful Life was made.

This making-of/interview segment is featured on the Republic Pictures DVD release for It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.