This is one of the finest, compelling, honest documentaries of Hollywood ever made.

A±±±±± This series is just wonderful, and it's very sad that not many people have seen this. Probably because of the length and detail the films get into, but for Hollywood buffs it's great! I learned a lot, and the films answered a lot of questions that I had.

"I wasn't there because he didn't need a chair."

I’m very happy to have found this documentary. I have been down a film rabbit hole for a while now. I’m loving the original footage. Film has lost something in the last few decades imo and it’s good to look back at the history behind the forgotten silver age. The recent film Babylon is a good example of the time and probably an accurate depiction of the wild artists and crazy directors at the end of the silver age.

These pics are awesome!! Loving the 10 commandments pics, cheers Mr James Mason, wow! Von Stroheim and the said directors must have been right task masters to produce these films!! But the actors etc gave their all. End of.

I just watched The Original Salem's Lot before watching this . I keep thinking the narrator sounds like the bad guy in the movie . Turns out I am right ?James Mason was in both this and Salems Lot

Agnes de Mille is honest…..,and hilarious,

What wonderful, over-the-top characters! This is a great series, with amazing interviews, thank you so much for posting it!

Animals were treated like crap, I bet that was a real horse laying dead in the desert.

Amazing This documentary show us the human face of these people plus the history involved Thanks very much

I love Gloria Swanson's voice

Simply wonderful.

All of the actors and directors were great !!

Erich Von Stronheim films are not dated and work today.

Where can I find the documentary showing how Cecil B. De Mille literally built Hollywood from the ground up--physically and geographically?

This Strohem fellow was Howard Hughes only with other peoples money

I always thought Gloria Swanson was gorgeous

Yep! C.B. and v. Stroheim were autocratic but, well-worth everyone's patience. And to THINK . . . both appeared in "Hollywood Boulevard;" C.B. as himself and Stroheim as loyal tender and former husband to "Madame," Norma Desmond, whose most famous line of advisement applies even in our own day -- "Talk! Talk! Talk! Why, in my day we didn't NEED talk . . . we had FACES!" How very much the case and to-now, this has not lessened as truth. Gloria Swanson (the inimitable) herself narrated an hour-long work focusing on the Twenties. It is a real tribute that she makes for old Hollywood. It is well-worth seeking out, maybe here on olde Y-T? (As titled 'Hollywood Ballyhoo,' maybe?) In Sunset there are the "wax-works" guests invited for cards. They are all recognizable, being old silent stars from Norma's day. In the 1937 film "Moonlight Sonata" a similar scene manifests, as happened at the Baroness's, one of the players being the great pianist and Polish Premiere, Paderewski himself! (I believe his game was Whist?) For any having interest, it might be viewed here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLNjprqGpsvckYE.html

Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 1:39

Stroheim was a genius and too far ahead of his time.

The music in this series was annoying but the content was fantastic.

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Don’t get me wrong I love classic movies but old Hollywood was racist using different paint on white actors to represent different people of color Asian ,black Native American etc they could have just using actual actors of those colors?

De Mille is an important figure in Hollywood but I wouldn't really call him a great filmmaker.

Demille was and is the single greatest director of all time.

When I saw Swanson in the core and flesh acting it was like IAM in the movie This woman was unbelievable and strong If I can write se a time machine i will and in a snap propose to her