Talking Film

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1978

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Season 1
Episodes

EP 1: The Producer (1)

Producers David Picker and Walter Mirisch and producer-directors Robert Altman, Roger Corman, Sydney Pollack, and Stanley Kramer d...

EP 3: The Screenwriter

Screenwriters John Milius, Sterling Silliphant, and Bernard Slade talk about the role of the screenwriter in filmmaking, the auteu...

EP 4: Acting in the Cinema

Henry Fonda, Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, Leslie Nielsen, Albert Salmi, Sidney Pollack, Roger Corman, and John Milius discuss ac...

EP 5: Cinematography

Lee Garmes, Stanley Cortez, Haskell Wexler, and Victor Kemper discuss some of the films they have photographed and look at their v...

EP 6: Designing Movies

Richard Sylbert, one of Hollywood's foremost production designers (Chinatown, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Carnal Knowledge) ta...

EP 7: The Making of a Motion Picture (1)

Elwy Yost asks three American directors about favorite films they have worked on: George Cukor talks about A Star Is Born, Henry K...

EP 8: Sex and Violence in the Cinema

The controversial twin issues of sex and violence are discussed by filmmakers Robert Altman, Roger Corman, David Picker, John Mili...

EP 9: How Movies Are Sold

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

EP 10: A Portrait of John Ford (1)

Actors Henry Fonda and Frank Baker and screenwriters Nunnally Johnson and Philip Dunne reminisce about one of Hollywood's greatest...

EP 11: Zanuck

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

EP 12: The Hollywood Ten: An Interview with Writer Ring Lardner Jr.

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

EP 13: 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 The Fight for Life), discusses h...

EP 14: The Western

In an exploration of the myth and reality of Hollywood westerns, Elwy Yost interviews actor Joel McCrea and directors John Sturges...

EP 15: Hooray for Hollywood

Host Elwy Yost visits several Hollywood landmarks: the sidewalk in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Beverly Hills Hotel, an...

EP 16: A Portrait of George Stevens (1)

The legendary motion picture director responsible for such screen classics as Shane and A Place in the Sun is recalled by his son ...

EP 17: The Critic

A look at the role of the motion picture critic with guests John Simon of New York magazine and Andrew Sarris of the Village Voice...

EP 18: More Special Effects

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

EP 19: The Nightmare People: Horror in the Cinema

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

EP 20: The Animators

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

EP 21: The Cinema of John Huston

Elwy Yost talks with director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, and The Man Who Would Be King) about his long ca...

EP 22: The Cinema of Frank Capra (1)

Actor-director John Howard, cameraman George Folsey, and Frank Capra Jr. reminisce about the life and works of the American direct...

EP 23: More Film Criticism

Husband and wife Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell describe their careers as film critics, the difficulty of maintaining objectivity...

EP 24: Powell and Pressburger

British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger talk about their careers and the films The Life and Death of Colonel Blim...

EP 25: Thirty Years of British Cinema

Elwy Yost and industry craftspeople review the past thirty years in British cinema, including the present trend to produce dramati...

EP 26: David Lean and Sir Carol Reed

David Niven, Margaret Lockwood, and Phyllis Calvert discuss the work of British directors David Lean and Sir Carol Reed....

EP 27: Women in the Cinema

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EP 28: The Serial

A conversation with actor Buster Crabbe and director William Witney about the making of the serial cliffhangers of the 30s and 40s...

EP 29: The Cinema of Henry Hathaway

Elwy Yost interviews director Henry Hathaway (Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Kiss of Death, How the West Was Won, and True Grit). James...

EP 30: The Business of Directing

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

EP 31: The Making of a Motion Picture (2)

Explores the art of making motion pictures with film designer Saul Bass, director Robert Aldrich, and photographer William Fraker....

EP 32: The Making of a Motion Picture (3)

Elwy Yost discusses cinematographic technique in action films with film designer and consultant Saul Bass, photographer William Fr...

EP 33: A Conversation with Pauline Kael

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

EP 34: Gods and Goddesses of the Cinema

Actors David Niven, Henry Fonda, Janet Leigh, and Vincent Price; composer Henry Mancini; director George Sidney; and producer Hal ...

EP 35: The Cinema of Elia Kazan

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

EP 36: Anatomy of Suspense

A look at how suspense is developed, through the films of directors Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot and discussions wit...

EP 37: The Making of a Motion Picture (4)

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

EP 38: The Big Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox

Guests discuss how Twentieth Century-Fox operated and flourished during its heyday. Featuring producer Milton Sperling, studio pub...

EP 39: A Conversation with Otto Preminger

Elwy Yost questions the film director about his numerous works, which include Anatomy of a Murder, the once-controversial The Moon...

EP 40: A Portrait of George Stevens (2)

The second of two programs about director George Stevens, one of Hollywood's most talented filmmakers. Elwy Yost talks with actors...

EP 41: A Portrait of John Ford (2)

Elwy Yost's guests - director George Sidney and actors James Stewart and Richard Widmark - talk about veteran film director John F...

EP 42: A Conversation with Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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

EP 43: The Producer (3)

Elwy Yost talks with three Hollywood producers - Richard Roth, Albert S. Ruddy, and Frank Yablans - on how they come up with ideas...

EP 44: Two Film Critics

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

EP 45: An Interview with Samuel Fuller

A conversation with Sam Fuller, director of Pickup on South Street, about his experiences as a crime reporter and his thoughts on ...

EP 46: Women in the Cinema: The Writer

Three writers - Joan Tewkesbury, Harriet Frank Jr., and Nancy Dowd - discuss their writing techniques and their work with various ...

EP 47: Stars of the Cinema: Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being a film star and his relationship with directors Compton Bennet...

EP 48: The Cinema of King Vidor

King Vidor, who directed his first film in 1918, talks about The Big Parade, The Crowd, and War and Peace, and offers views on the...

EP 49: The Making of a Musical

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

EP 50: The Western Revisited

Richard Widmark, James Stewart, Henry King, Harry Carey Jr., Henry Hathaway, and Hal B. Wallis reminisce about early westerns....

EP 51: Music in the Cinema

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

EP 52: The Screenwriter (2)

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EP 53: Cinematography (2)

Elwy Yost talks to Joseph Biroc about the distinct photographic styles of film studios and to Joseph Walker, the inventor of the z...

EP 54: Special Effects

In this examination of the craft and magic of special effects in the movies, host Elwy Yost interviews Bruce Pittman, special-effe...

EP 55: The Cinema of Henry King

American director Henry King discusses his film career, which began in 1915 and includes Jesse James, The Gunfighter, and Twelve O...

EP 56: The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (2)

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

EP 57: Stars of the Cinema: Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark talks about the difficult craft of acting....

EP 58: The Cinema of Frank Capra (2)

Elwy Yost talks to Frank Capra about his film career....

EP 59: The Classic Western

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

EP 60: An Afternoon with Jack Lemmon

Elwy Yost interviews actor Jack Lemmon about his career, his early failures, his first big break, and his experiences with Marilyn...

EP 61: Two Tragic Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift

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

EP 62: The Marx Brothers and Their Writers

Elwy Yost interviews comedy screenwriters Irving Brecher, Nat Perrin, Robert Pirosh, and MGM story editor Sam Marx about their wor...

EP 63: The Cinematic Genius of Rouben Mamoulian

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

EP 64: All Singing, All Dancing

Interviews with people associated with the big Broadway musicals, including actors Gene Raymond, Ray Bolger, and Rudy Vallee, and ...

EP 65: The Music Men

Adapting stage musicals to the screen with composers Saul Chaplin, Nelson Riddle, and John Green; songwriter Leo Robin; musicologi...

EP 66: The Screenwriter (3)

The job of the screenwriter. Guests: Sterling Silliphant (The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno), Norman Corwin (Lust fo...

EP 67: Lotusland

A look at the dark side of the Hollywood picture with authors Bob Thomas and Tony Thomas; Steffi Sidney; actors Cornel Wilde, Cesa...

EP 68: Hollywood Portraits: David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock

Interviews with Selznick's son Daniel Mayer Selznick, Lyle Wheeler of MGM Studios; Ron Haver, author of David O. Selznick's Hollyw...

EP 69: The Producer (2)

In the conclusion of a two-part look at the role of the producer in the filmmaking process, producers Tony Bill, Ralph Bakshi, Tam...

EP 70: Stars on Stars

Hollywood stars on the subject of being famous: Ray Bolger, Noah Beery, Jr., Leon Ames, Carl Reiner, Rudy Vallee, Margaret O'Brien...

EP 71: Mystery Film and the Detective on Screen

Film historian William K. Everson on the mystery film and the portrayal of the detective on screen. Discussed are the Charlie Chan...

EP 72: Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Elwy Yost discusses the films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and interviews MacDonald's husband, actor Gene Raymond, and Bi...

EP 73: Superstars: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Composer-conductor Jay Livingston, writer-film historian Tony Thomas, and actress Gloria Jean are among Elwy Yost's guests who dis...

EP 74: An Interview with Greer Garson

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

EP 75: The Preston Sturges Story (1)

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

EP 76: The Preston Sturges Story (2)

Elwy Yost looks at the work of director-writer Preston Sturges, including The Great McGinty, Sullivan's Travels, and The Palm Beac...

EP 77: Two Film Directors: Ronald Neame and Richard Fleischer

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

EP 78: A Portrait of Billy Wilder

Discussion of the film director and writer. Guests include screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond, writer Maurice Zolotow, film critic Sheila...

EP 79: Two Film Critics: Richard Schickel and David Robinson

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

EP 80: Hollywood Portraits: Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky

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

Overview

Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and its history. The series features many famous film personalities who, along with producers, directors, designers, screenwriters, and critics, offer candid insights into the making of motion pictures.

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Episodes >>

The Producer (1)

Episode 1

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

The Director

Episode 2

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The Screenwriter

Episode 3

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

Acting in the Cinema

Episode 4

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

Cinematography

Episode 5

Lee Garmes, Stanley Cortez, Haskell Wexler, and Victor Kemper discuss some of th...

Designing Movies

Episode 6

Richard Sylbert, one of Hollywood's foremost production designers (Chinatown, Wh...

The Making of a Motion Picture (1)

Episode 7

Elwy Yost asks three American directors about favorite films they have worked on...

Sex and Violence in the Cinema

Episode 8

The controversial twin issues of sex and violence are discussed by filmmakers Ro...

How Movies Are Sold

Episode 9

Sidney Pollack, Robert Altman, John Milius, and Roger Corman voice their opinion...

A Portrait of John Ford (1)

Episode 10

Actors Henry Fonda and Frank Baker and screenwriters Nunnally Johnson and Philip...

Zanuck

Episode 11

A portrait of the last great movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, who ruled 20th Centur...

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

Episode 12

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

The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (1)

Episode 13

A creator of the documentary film, Pare Lorentz (The River, The Plough That Brok...

The Western

Episode 14

In an exploration of the myth and reality of Hollywood westerns, Elwy Yost inter...

Hooray for Hollywood

Episode 15

Host Elwy Yost visits several Hollywood landmarks: the sidewalk in front of Grau...

A Portrait of George Stevens (1)

Episode 16

The legendary motion picture director responsible for such screen classics as Sh...

The Critic

Episode 17

A look at the role of the motion picture critic with guests John Simon of New Yo...

More Special Effects

Episode 18

George Pal (When Worlds Collide and War of the Worlds) and Colin Chilvers (Super...

The Nightmare People: Horror in the Cinema

Episode 19

Elwy Yost discusses techniques employed in the making of horror films, both clas...

The Animators

Episode 20

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

The Cinema of John Huston

Episode 21

Elwy Yost talks with director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen...

The Cinema of Frank Capra (1)

Episode 22

Actor-director John Howard, cameraman George Folsey, and Frank Capra Jr. reminis...

More Film Criticism

Episode 23

Husband and wife Andrew Sarris and Molly Haskell describe their careers as film ...

Powell and Pressburger

Episode 24

British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger talk about their career...

Thirty Years of British Cinema

Episode 25

Elwy Yost and industry craftspeople review the past thirty years in British cine...

David Lean and Sir Carol Reed

Episode 26

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

Women in the Cinema

Episode 27

...

The Serial

Episode 28

A conversation with actor Buster Crabbe and director William Witney about the ma...

The Cinema of Henry Hathaway

Episode 29

Elwy Yost interviews director Henry Hathaway (Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Kiss of ...

The Business of Directing

Episode 30

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

The Making of a Motion Picture (2)

Episode 31

Explores the art of making motion pictures with film designer Saul Bass, directo...

The Making of a Motion Picture (3)

Episode 32

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

A Conversation with Pauline Kael

Episode 33

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

Gods and Goddesses of the Cinema

Episode 34

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

The Cinema of Elia Kazan

Episode 35

Elwy Yost discusses the films of director Elia Kazan with actors Karl Malden, Ri...

Anatomy of Suspense

Episode 36

A look at how suspense is developed, through the films of directors Alfred Hitch...

The Making of a Motion Picture (4)

Episode 37

Actor John Justin and director Michael Powell discuss Sir Alexander Korda's 1940...

The Big Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox

Episode 38

Guests discuss how Twentieth Century-Fox operated and flourished during its heyd...

A Conversation with Otto Preminger

Episode 39

Elwy Yost questions the film director about his numerous works, which include An...

A Portrait of George Stevens (2)

Episode 40

The second of two programs about director George Stevens, one of Hollywood's mos...

A Portrait of John Ford (2)

Episode 41

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

A Conversation with Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Episode 42

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

The Producer (3)

Episode 43

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

Two Film Critics

Episode 44

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

An Interview with Samuel Fuller

Episode 45

A conversation with Sam Fuller, director of Pickup on South Street, about his ex...

Women in the Cinema: The Writer

Episode 46

Three writers - Joan Tewkesbury, Harriet Frank Jr., and Nancy Dowd - discuss the...

Stars of the Cinema: Stewart Granger

Episode 47

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

The Cinema of King Vidor

Episode 48

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

The Making of a Musical

Episode 49

A visit to the set of Pennies From Heaven where Elwy Yost talks with the product...

The Western Revisited

Episode 50

Richard Widmark, James Stewart, Henry King, Harry Carey Jr., Henry Hathaway, and...

Music in the Cinema

Episode 51

Elwy Yost talks with composers Miklos Rozsa, Henry Mancini, and David Raskin abo...

The Screenwriter (2)

Episode 52

...

Cinematography (2)

Episode 53

Elwy Yost talks to Joseph Biroc about the distinct photographic styles of film s...

Special Effects

Episode 54

In this examination of the craft and magic of special effects in the movies, hos...

The Cinema of Henry King

Episode 55

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

The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (2)

Episode 56

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

Stars of the Cinema: Richard Widmark

Episode 57

Richard Widmark talks about the difficult craft of acting....

The Cinema of Frank Capra (2)

Episode 58

Elwy Yost talks to Frank Capra about his film career....

The Classic Western

Episode 59

Gregory Peck, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, and Albert S. Ruddy discuss the developme...

An Afternoon with Jack Lemmon

Episode 60

Elwy Yost interviews actor Jack Lemmon about his career, his early failures, his...

Two Tragic Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift

Episode 61

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

The Marx Brothers and Their Writers

Episode 62

Elwy Yost interviews comedy screenwriters Irving Brecher, Nat Perrin, Robert Pir...

The Cinematic Genius of Rouben Mamoulian

Episode 63

Elwy Yost interviews Hollywood director Rouben Mamoulian (Blood and Sand, Dr. Je...

All Singing, All Dancing

Episode 64

Interviews with people associated with the big Broadway musicals, including acto...

The Music Men

Episode 65

Adapting stage musicals to the screen with composers Saul Chaplin, Nelson Riddle...

The Screenwriter (3)

Episode 66

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

Lotusland

Episode 67

A look at the dark side of the Hollywood picture with authors Bob Thomas and Ton...

Hollywood Portraits: David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock

Episode 68

Interviews with Selznick's son Daniel Mayer Selznick, Lyle Wheeler of MGM Studio...

The Producer (2)

Episode 69

In the conclusion of a two-part look at the role of the producer in the filmmaki...

Stars on Stars

Episode 70

Hollywood stars on the subject of being famous: Ray Bolger, Noah Beery, Jr., Leo...

Mystery Film and the Detective on Screen

Episode 71

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

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Episode 72

Elwy Yost discusses the films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and intervie...

Superstars: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Episode 73

Composer-conductor Jay Livingston, writer-film historian Tony Thomas, and actres...

An Interview with Greer Garson

Episode 74

Academy Award-winning actress Greer Garson recounts her experiences in the movie...

The Preston Sturges Story (1)

Episode 75

Elwy Yost discusses the life and work of director Preston Sturges with Sturges' ...

The Preston Sturges Story (2)

Episode 76

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

Two Film Directors: Ronald Neame and Richard Fleischer

Episode 77

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

A Portrait of Billy Wilder

Episode 78

Discussion of the film director and writer. Guests include screenwriter I.A.L. D...

Two Film Critics: Richard Schickel and David Robinson

Episode 79

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

Hollywood Portraits: Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky

Episode 80

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