Season 1
25 episodes · Sep 23, 1977
Clips from the 20th-Century Fox Film Archives provide an assortment of subjects in the movies
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- S1E2
Hollywood Heavies
Sep 30, 197730mMale and female movie villains. The screen's bad guys...from Bela and Boris to Richard Widmark.
- S1E4
Make It Again, Sam
Oct 14, 197730mThis week, the episode illustrates how good properties in films are repeated over and over again. It even opens with Ida Lupino singing “Again.” Tom Bosley leads us through some of the remakes of popular movies. Some of the remakes reflected different settings and, different titles, but the stories remained the same. Movies viewed include remakes of “State Fair,” ‘Bird of Paradise," “Folies Bergere” and “Thanks a Million.” Films like ‘State Fair,” ‘A Star Is Born," “The Three Musketeers’ and many more are recycled, and some repeated properties turn up under different titles. How to make movies over and over again is what Haley is demonstrating in this entertaining outing.
- S1E5
Heroes of the West
Oct 21, 197730mA behind-the-scenes look at westerns from the days of Tom Mix to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
- S1E6
Animals And Other Actors
Oct 28, 197730mTom Bosley narrates this program which takes a look at the animal stars from Tom Mix's horse, Tony, to the expressive face and heroic deeds of dog star Benji.
- S1E7
Instant Imagination
Nov 4, 197730mA journey into science fiction films from “Star Wars" to “The Day The Earth Stood Still."
- S1E8
The Chase is On
Nov 11, 197730mThe episode covers all the memorable film chases from “French Connection II,” “Von Ryan's Express,” “Race With The Devil,” “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" and “Keystone Cops."
- S1E9
And Then I Wrote
Nov 18, 197730mFor more than fifty years, it has been America's talented songwriters who have not only made our movie musicals an internationally acclaimed art form, but have filled Hollywood with the most romantic, entertaining, and exciting sounds in show business. Films featured include ‘Stars and Stripes Forever," with Clifton Webb; “Irish Eyes Are Smiling," with Dick Haymes, “Music In The Air,” with Al Sheehan.
- S1E10
Great Entertainers
Nov 25, 197730mFilm stars who began their careers as singers, stage actors, dancers, and radio stars. Entertainers become movie stars.
- S1E11
Boy Meets Girl
Dec 2, 197730mFilm clips from 20th Century Fox movies including "Cinderella Liberty," "A Guide For The Married Man," and "Silent Movie."
- S1E12
Hollywood War Heroes
Dec 9, 197730mHollywood's war heroes have always looked just like the real thing. They'll fight the red-blooded, two-fisted good fight anytime, anywhere, from the hills of Montezuma to the sands of Iwo Jima. Films featured include “Tora, Tora, Tora,” “Crash Dive,” “Manilla Calling,” “The Purple Heart,” “Wing and A Prayer,” “Guadalcanal Diary,” “Yank In the RAF," and “The Longest Day."
- S1E13
Song And Dance People
Dec 16, 197730mActors who sing and dance. The stars who made music and dance on Hollywood's big screen.
- S1E14
The Funny Side Of Hollywood
Dec 23, 197730mA look at some of the film comedians who have left no stone unturned in order to make us laugh.
- S1E15
Wings Over Hollywood
Dec 30, 197730mThe movies go to the air in planes, rocket ships, and dirigibles. The sky's the limit for hundreds of Hollywood films, as famous actors and actresses take to the air in such films as "Sky Riders" with James Coburn, "Lucky Lady" with Liza Minnelli, "Flying Down To Rio" with Ginger Rogers and "King Kong."
- S1E16
The Classics Go Hollywood
Jan 6, 197830mThe program looks at the movies which showcase the works of classical literature.
- S1E17
The Swashbucklers
Jan 13, 197830mHollywood's larger-than-life adventurers show their courage in scenes from classics like “The Mark of Zorro,” “Star Wars," “Anne of the Indies," “The Black Rose" and “Prince Valiant.”
- S1E18
The Fox Men
Jan 20, 197830mA look at some of Twentieth-Century Fox's leading men — Tyrone Power, Rudolph Valentino, Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, and Paul Newman.
- S1E19
Hollywood's Hollywood
Jan 27, 197830mFilm clips from a number of movies about Hollywood and the motion picture industry.
- S1E20
Liberated Woman, Hollywood Style
Feb 3, 197830mFor 50 years, movies have been the forerunner in the fight for women's liberation, because producers discovered long ago that there is absolutely nothing like Hollywood's liberated ladies. Featured films include “A Woman Rebels” with Katharine Hepburn, “Shocking Miss Pilgrim" with Betty Grable, “Call Me Madam” with Ethel Merman, and “Belles on Their Toes" with Myrna Loy.
- S1E22
Hollywood's Teenagers
Feb 17, 197830mFilm clips from movies with a look at some of the teenagers from the movies and the idols they adored.
- S1E23
Funny You Should Say That
Feb 24, 197830mHollywood's best one-liners are delivered by the funniest men of the big screen.
- S1E25
Fox Ladies
Mar 10, 197830mA spotlight on legendary actresses. Highlights of the careers of the famous and legendary ladies of the screen include never-before-seen footage of Shirley Temple in Captain January, and scenes from the movies of Jean Harlow, Ethel Merman, Clara Bow, Janet Gaynor, and many more.