Original title
That's Hollywood
Released
9/23/1977
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
3
Number of episodes
73
The history of Hollywood film in its various aspects.
Clips from the 20th-Century Fox Film Archives provide an assortment of subjects in the movies
Floods, fires. and volcanoes.
Male and female movie villains. The screen's bad guys...from Bela and Boris to Richard Widmark.
Child movie stars win viewers hearts.
This 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.
A behind-the-scenes look at westerns from the days of Tom Mix to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Tom 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.
A journey into science fiction films from “Star Wars" to “The Day The Earth Stood Still."
The 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."
For 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.
Film stars who began their careers as singers, stage actors, dancers, and radio stars. Entertainers become movie stars.
Film clips from 20th Century Fox movies including "Cinderella Liberty," "A Guide For The Married Man," and "Silent Movie."
Hollywood'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."
Actors who sing and dance. The stars who made music and dance on Hollywood's big screen.
A look at some of the film comedians who have left no stone unturned in order to make us laugh.
The 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."
The program looks at the movies which showcase the works of classical literature.
Hollywood'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.”
A look at some of Twentieth-Century Fox's leading men — Tyrone Power, Rudolph Valentino, Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, and Paul Newman.
Film clips from a number of movies about Hollywood and the motion picture industry.
For 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.
Popular movie sleuths.
Film clips from movies with a look at some of the teenagers from the movies and the idols they adored.
Hollywood's best one-liners are delivered by the funniest men of the big screen.
Popular 'good guy' spies.
A 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.
More fun with movie clips from the 20th. Century Fox Film Archives.
Film clips from The Omen, Bedazzled, The Legend of Hell House and others. Featuring the Devil and Satanic happenings have had a huge box office success showing that people love to be scared.
The funny ladies of the silver screen in some of their best roles including "The Seven Year Itch" and "Auntie Mame."
A profile of Marilyn Monroe.
Love in the movies. This episode features some of filmdom's top teenage stars, including the rock stars who turned actors. In Hollywood movies, the young stars have usually been motivated by their struggle for identity or young love…
Shirley Temple, the greatest child star in the history of entertainment, is seen at her best.
Among some of Irving Berlin's most memorable successes are White Christmas, Alexander's Ragtime Band, and others.
Outtakes. Stars reveal some of the film capital's best-kept secrets. Tinsel town secrets including private screen tests of Michael Caine, Richard Burton, Mia Farrow.
A look at some of the leading ladies who have deadly or evil parts and won their acclaim. A look at some of the favorites Rita Hayworth, Jane Fonda, and Bette Davis
Some highlights from some of the grand spectacular films made in cinema’s capital. The chariot race in “Ben Hur” the troops landing at Normandy in “The Longest Day” and the exodus from Egypt ... Among the stars who shone in those sixty years are Charlton Heston as Ben Hur, Moses and El Cid; Elizabeth Taylor ...
Famous monkeys from silent films to King Kong and The Planet of the Apes.
Blonde actresses with sex-appeal.
Stage productions on film.
Popular horror-movie creatures.
Comic strip legends hit the screen.
Bogart, Monroe, Newman, Dean, Brando, Garland, and Tracy . . . How did they start? Is it luck that makes a star? Screen tests and scenes from the movies will answer all these questions.
The cinema’s sci-fi films, with scenes from films including Omen, and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.
A look at Patton, The Great White Hope, and The World's Greatest Lover.
A look at the beauties: Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, whose movies boosted the GI’s during World War Two.
With excerpts from Moby Dick, The Poseidon Adventure, The Sea Hawk, and Captain Kidd.
A look at some excerpts from early films including "St Louise Woman," "Hearts In Dixie," "Rufus Jones For President." Black performers have contributed to musicals since the start of the talkies.
A profile of one of the world's most beautiful actresses, Raquel Welch.
A selection of clips from all-time favorites. A look at the classic songs and the magic they give to the film.
Profile of a great actor, Gregory Peck.
This enormously successful and talented family is featured in excerpts from some of their films. (Season Finale)
Darryl and Richard Zanuck.
See how wizards dream up those spectacular scenes from “Towering Inferno,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” and more.
Clips include “Stir Crazy," “Young Frankenstein,” and “Start the Revolution Without Me."
Film clips from some of Hollywood's scariest horror films.
Those fabulous cult ropes that have audiences lining here as the clock strikes midnight —The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," “Phantom of the Paradise” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Also, a sneak preview of the upcoming cult hit, “Shock Treatment."
Movies that frighten viewers.
Science fiction and special effects.
Making the 'Planet of the Apes' films.
Tragic movie women.
Stuntmen and women risk their lives.
Christmas movies.
Sizzling sex symbols.
Award-winning films.
Award-winning screen stars.
Movie stars snubbed by the Academy.
A profile of Betty Grable.
The duo's legacy.
Movie sports and contests.
A profile of the actor.
Behind-the-scenes workers.
Behind-the-scenes filmmakers.
Award-winning actresses.
Movie outlaws and crimes.
Award-winning supporting actors. (Final episode)
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