Classic Hollywood
31 Episodes
They don’t make ’em like they used to! Enjoy these classics from the golden age of Hollywood and beyond.
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2:40:50Episode 1
Anatomy of a Murder
Episode 1
Directed by Otto Preminger • 1959 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben GazzaraA virtuoso James Stewart plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: the defense of a young army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a local tavern owner who he belie...
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1:07:30Episode 2
One Way Passage
Episode 2
Directed by Tay Garnett • 1932 • United States
Starring William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahonOne of the glories of pre-Code cinema, this exquisitely bittersweet romance endures as perhaps the finest of the six films that stars Kay Francis and William Powell made together between 1930 and ...
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1:09:31Episode 3
Quick Millions
Episode 3
Directed by Rowland Brown • 1931 • United States
Starring Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally EilersThe first film directed by screenwriter Rowland Brown, QUICK MILLIONS features a ruthless performance from a young Spencer Tracy as Danny Raymond, a truck driver “too lazy to work and too ...
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1:29:37Episode 4
The Big Heat
Episode 4
Directed by Fritz Lang • 1953 • United States
Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee MarvinFritz Lang’s hard-boiled cop vs. criminals yarn stars Glenn Ford as Dave Bannion, a police detective and family man driven by grief to conduct a relentless vendetta against a mobster (Alexander Scourby)...
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1:36:41Episode 5
Jailhouse Rock
Episode 5
Directed by Richard Thorpe • 1957 • United States
Starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey ShaughnessyElvis Presley shakes up the screen in one of his most beloved musicals. As Vince Everett—a convict who learns guitar while in prison and, following his release, shoots to rock ’n’ roll stardo...
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1:55:42Episode 6
King Creole
Episode 6
Directed by Michael Curtiz • 1958 • United States
Starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter MatthauConsidered by Elvis Presley to be the finest of his own films, this noirish musical gave him a chance to flex his raw dramatic talents. Veteran craftsman Michael Curtiz brings plenty of moody ...
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1:24:15Episode 7
The Killing
Episode 7
Directed by Stanley Kubrick • 1956 • United States
Starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince EdwardsStanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp noveli...
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1:54:20Episode 8
Wild in the Country
Episode 8
Directed by Philip Dunne • 1961 • United States
Starring Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday WeldOne of the overlooked highlights of Elvis Presley’s film career, this serious-minded drama (scripted by no less than Clifford Odets) casts him as Glenn Tyler, a troubled young man who, following a vi...
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1:07:30Episode 9
Killer’s Kiss
Episode 9
Directed by Stanley Kubrick • 1955 • United States
Starring Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene KaneThis early feature by Stanley Kubrick finds the precocious young director seizing the noir genre as an opportunity for visual experimentation and moody atmosphere, laying the groundwork for the fol...
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1:29:37Episode 10
Love Me Tender
Episode 10
Directed by Robert D. Webb • 1956 • United States
Starring Richard Egan, Debra Paget, Elvis PresleyElvis Presley makes his screen debut in this entertaining western musical. Though he was not (for the first and only time in his movie career) the top-billed star, Elvis undeniably enlivened this ...
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1:41:11Episode 11
Blue Hawaii
Episode 11
Directed by Norman Taurog • 1961 • United States
Starring Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela LansburyIn many ways the film that established the template for what would become the Elvis movie—picturesque scenery, breezy romance, and a near-nonstop parade of songs (here including the hit “Can’t...
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1:28:18Episode 12
Paths of Glory
Episode 12
Directed by Stanley Kubrick • 1957 • United States
Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolph MenjouStanley Kubrick’s PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a World War I French colonel who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless ...
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10:47Episode 13
By the Sad Sea Waves
Episode 13
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe DanielsIt’s trouble on the water when a man tries to woo his sweetheart by pretending to be a lifeguard.
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25:31Episode 14
Haunted Spooks
Episode 14
Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace HoweA hapless young man is roped into an arranged marriage to help a girl claim her inheritance: a haunted house!
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47:01Episode 15
A Sailor-Made Man
Episode 15
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1921 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah YoungThough originally intended as a two-reel short, A SAILOR-MADE MAN wound up becoming Harold Lloyd’s first feature—simply because there were too many good gags to cut! Here, our bespectacled hero play...
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10:19Episode 16
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Episode 16
Directed by Hal Roach • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ PollardA bicycle messenger wreaks havoc in a girls’ seminary.
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29:51Episode 17
Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life
Episode 17
Directed by Harry Kerwin • 1963 • United States
Starring Harold LloydIn 1966, Harold Lloyd created a theatrical program entitled HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. The program presented THE FRESHMAN together with a brief on-camera introduction by Lloyd and a clip reel from his body of work, bot...
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09:42Episode 18
The Big Idea
Episode 18
Directed by Gilbert Pratt and Hal Mohr • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsAn employee at a struggling antiques store gets creative in order to save the business.
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10:53Episode 19
A Sammy in Siberia
Episode 19
Directed by Hal Roach • 1919 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub PollardA bumbling American soldier saves a Russian girl from a band of drunken Bolsheviks.
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09:57Episode 20
A Gasoline Wedding
Episode 20
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, ’Snub’ Pollard, Bebe DanielsMarital mayhem ensues when a poor boy attempts to woo the daughter of a wealthy man.
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05:08Episode 21
Over the Fence
Episode 21
Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald and Harold Lloyd • 1917 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub PollardHarold Lloyd’s “Glasses Character” makes his debut in a tale of baseball hijinks.
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10:35Episode 22
Look Pleasant, Please
Episode 22
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding • 1918 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe DanielsA flirty photographer incurs the wrath of a jealous husband—and tries to pass the blame to an unsuspecting stooge.
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25:39Episode 23
Get Out and Get Under
Episode 23
Directed by Hal Roach • 1920 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPhersonA new automobile owner’s car troubles may doom his chance at romance.
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56:37Episode 24
Grandma’s Boy
Episode 24
Directed by Fred Newmeyer • 1922 • United States
Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna TownsendThis early feature-length silent comedy pushed the form forward by balancing slapstick hilarity with more serious character development. Using the extended running time to further develop his pop...