Talking Film

The Producer (1)

Producers David Picker and Walter Mirisch and producer-directors Robert Altman, Roger Corman, Sydne...

The Director

George Cukor, Roger Corman, Robert Wise, Abraham Polonsky, and Richard Brooks discuss the role of t...

The Screenwriter

Screenwriters John Milius, Sterling Silliphant, and Bernard Slade talk about the role of the screen...

Acting in the Cinema

Henry Fonda, Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, Leslie Nielsen, Albert Salmi, Sidney Pollack, Roger Cor...

Cinematography

Lee Garmes, Stanley Cortez, Haskell Wexler, and Victor Kemper discuss some of the films they have p...

Designing Movies

Richard Sylbert, one of Hollywood's foremost production designers (Chinatown, Who's Afraid of Virgi...

The Making of a Motion Picture (1)

Elwy Yost asks three American directors about favorite films they have worked on: George Cukor talk...

Sex and Violence in the Cinema

The controversial twin issues of sex and violence are discussed by filmmakers Robert Altman, Roger...

How Movies Are Sold

Sidney Pollack, Robert Altman, John Milius, and Roger Corman voice their opinions on the marketing...

A Portrait of John Ford (1)

Actors Henry Fonda and Frank Baker and screenwriters Nunnally Johnson and Philip Dunne reminisce ab...

Zanuck

A portrait of the last great movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, who ruled 20th Century Fox for thirty ye...

The Hollywood Ten: An Interview with Writer Ring Lardner Jr.

Ring Lardner Jr. talks about his years of blacklisting during the McCarthy era.

The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (1)

A creator of the documentary film, Pare Lorentz (The River, The Plough That Broke the Plains, and T...

The Western

In an exploration of the myth and reality of Hollywood westerns, Elwy Yost interviews actor Joel Mc...

Hooray for Hollywood

Host Elwy Yost visits several Hollywood landmarks: the sidewalk in front of Grauman's Chinese Theat...

A Portrait of George Stevens (1)

The legendary motion picture director responsible for such screen classics as Shane and A Place in...

The Critic

A look at the role of the motion picture critic with guests John Simon of New York magazine and And...

More Special Effects

George Pal (When Worlds Collide and War of the Worlds) and Colin Chilvers (Superman) discuss specia...

The Nightmare People: Horror in the Cinema

Elwy Yost discusses techniques employed in the making of horror films, both classic and contemporar...

The Animators

Elwy Yost talks with veteran Warner Studios animators Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.

The Cinema of John Huston

Elwy Yost talks with director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, and The Man Who W...

The Cinema of Frank Capra (1)

Actor-director John Howard, cameraman George Folsey, and Frank Capra Jr. reminisce about the life a...

More Film Criticism

Husband and wife Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell describe their careers as film critics, the diffic...

Powell and Pressburger

British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger talk about their careers and the films The...

Thirty Years of British Cinema

Elwy Yost and industry craftspeople review the past thirty years in British cinema, including the p...

David Lean and Sir Carol Reed

David Niven, Margaret Lockwood, and Phyllis Calvert discuss the work of British directors David Lea...

Women in the Cinema

The Serial

A conversation with actor Buster Crabbe and director William Witney about the making of the serial...

The Cinema of Henry Hathaway

Elwy Yost interviews director Henry Hathaway (Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Kiss of Death, How the West...

The Business of Directing

Interviewing some of today's most successful directors - Stanley Kramer, Robert Aldrich, and Richar...

The Making of a Motion Picture (2)

Explores the art of making motion pictures with film designer Saul Bass, director Robert Aldrich, a...

The Making of a Motion Picture (3)

Elwy Yost discusses cinematographic technique in action films with film designer and consultant Sau...

A Conversation with Pauline Kael

Film critic Pauline Kael talks about her career and the reactions to her harsh reviews.

Gods and Goddesses of the Cinema

Actors David Niven, Henry Fonda, Janet Leigh, and Vincent Price; composer Henry Mancini; director G...

The Cinema of Elia Kazan

Elwy Yost discusses the films of director Elia Kazan with actors Karl Malden, Richard Widmark, and...

Anatomy of Suspense

A look at how suspense is developed, through the films of directors Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Geor...

The Making of a Motion Picture (4)

Actor John Justin and director Michael Powell discuss Sir Alexander Korda's 1940 film The Thief of...

The Big Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox

Guests discuss how Twentieth Century-Fox operated and flourished during its heyday. Featuring produ...

A Conversation with Otto Preminger

Elwy Yost questions the film director about his numerous works, which include Anatomy of a Murder,...

A Portrait of George Stevens (2)

The second of two programs about director George Stevens, one of Hollywood's most talented filmmake...

A Portrait of John Ford (2)

Elwy Yost's guests - director George Sidney and actors James Stewart and Richard Widmark - talk abo...

A Conversation with Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The renowned director talks about his career and the artists he has launched.

The Producer (3)

Elwy Yost talks with three Hollywood producers - Richard Roth, Albert S. Ruddy, and Frank Yablans -...

Two Film Critics

Film critics Arthur Knight and Charles Champlin discuss the ethics of criticism and their favorite...

An Interview with Samuel Fuller

A conversation with Sam Fuller, director of Pickup on South Street, about his experiences as a crim...

Women in the Cinema: The Writer

Three writers - Joan Tewkesbury, Harriet Frank Jr., and Nancy Dowd - discuss their writing techniqu...

Stars of the Cinema: Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being a film star and his relationshi...

The Cinema of King Vidor

King Vidor, who directed his first film in 1918, talks about The Big Parade, The Crowd, and War and...

The Making of a Musical

A visit to the set of Pennies From Heaven where Elwy Yost talks with the production designer, costu...

The Western Revisited

Richard Widmark, James Stewart, Henry King, Harry Carey Jr., Henry Hathaway, and Hal B. Wallis remi...

Music in the Cinema

Elwy Yost talks with composers Miklos Rozsa, Henry Mancini, and David Raskin about the role of musi...

The Screenwriter (2)

Cinematography (2)

Elwy Yost talks to Joseph Biroc about the distinct photographic styles of film studios and to Josep...

Special Effects

In this examination of the craft and magic of special effects in the movies, host Elwy Yost intervi...

The Cinema of Henry King

American director Henry King discusses his film career, which began in 1915 and includes Jesse Jame...

The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (2)

Elwy Yost talks to Pare Lorentz, director of films from the 1930s.

Stars of the Cinema: Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark talks about the difficult craft of acting.

The Cinema of Frank Capra (2)

Elwy Yost talks to Frank Capra about his film career.

The Classic Western

Gregory Peck, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, and Albert S. Ruddy discuss the development of western films.

An Afternoon with Jack Lemmon

Elwy Yost interviews actor Jack Lemmon about his career, his early failures, his first big break, a...

Two Tragic Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift

Guests: Betty Robin, Monroe's assistant; Tom Ewell; Jack Lemmon; John Houseman; Brooks Clift; and E...

The Marx Brothers and Their Writers

Elwy Yost interviews comedy screenwriters Irving Brecher, Nat Perrin, Robert Pirosh, and MGM story...

The Cinematic Genius of Rouben Mamoulian

Elwy Yost interviews Hollywood director Rouben Mamoulian (Blood and Sand, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,...

All Singing, All Dancing

Interviews with people associated with the big Broadway musicals, including actors Gene Raymond, Ra...

The Music Men

Adapting stage musicals to the screen with composers Saul Chaplin, Nelson Riddle, and John Green; s...

The Screenwriter (3)

The job of the screenwriter. Guests: Sterling Silliphant (The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering I...

Lotusland

A look at the dark side of the Hollywood picture with authors Bob Thomas and Tony Thomas; Steffi Si...

Hollywood Portraits: David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock

Interviews with Selznick's son Daniel Mayer Selznick, Lyle Wheeler of MGM Studios; Ron Haver, autho...

The Producer (2)

In the conclusion of a two-part look at the role of the producer in the filmmaking process, produce...

Stars on Stars

Hollywood stars on the subject of being famous: Ray Bolger, Noah Beery, Jr., Leon Ames, Carl Reiner...

Mystery Film and the Detective on Screen

Film historian William K. Everson on the mystery film and the portrayal of the detective on screen....

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Elwy Yost discusses the films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and interviews MacDonald's husb...

Superstars: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Composer-conductor Jay Livingston, writer-film historian Tony Thomas, and actress Gloria Jean are a...

An Interview with Greer Garson

Academy Award-winning actress Greer Garson recounts her experiences in the movies and shares glimps...

The Preston Sturges Story (1)

Elwy Yost discusses the life and work of director Preston Sturges with Sturges' widow; James Curtis...

The Preston Sturges Story (2)

Elwy Yost looks at the work of director-writer Preston Sturges, including The Great McGinty, Sulliv...

Two Film Directors: Ronald Neame and Richard Fleischer

Elwy Yost interviews Richard Fleischer, who began his career as a film editor; and Ronald Neame, wh...

A Portrait of Billy Wilder

Discussion of the film director and writer. Guests include screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond, writer Maur...

Two Film Critics: Richard Schickel and David Robinson

Elwy Yost talks with authors and film critics Richard Schickel (Time magazine) and David Robinson (...

Hollywood Portraits: Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky

The life and career of Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky.