Best 10 Compilation Documentaries for Legend Actors/Actresses
Best 10 Compilation Documentaries for Legend Actors/Actresses acording the EMMA BBC Festival 2018
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- DirectorRichard SchickelStarsCharles ChaplinSydney PollackBill IrwinNarrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin. Hardcore Chaplin fans may not find much new material here, but more unfamiliar admirers will gain some valuable information about one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. Schickel has constructed the documentary as a chronological survey of Chaplin's work, starting with his most significant shorts and covering all of his features. Schickel supports his narration with testimony from artists familiar with Chaplin's work and family members who offer personal insights into the comedian's life. The documentary plays down but doesn't ignore the controversies that swirled around Chaplin's private life. But the main focus is on the films. They include some of the best-loved movies of all time. Clips from "Kid Auto Races at Venice," the 1914 Keystone short in which Chaplin first used his Tramp costume, reveal a startlingly modern technique and sensibility, as if the filmmakers were predicting and mocking reality TV. Subsequent shorts show Chaplin refining his 'Little Tramp' character while absorbing the essentials of filmmaking. By the time he made "Easy Street," in 1917, Chaplin had perfected a combination of knockabout farce and Victorian sentiment that still proves irresistible. Chaplin's early features, including "The Kid," "The Gold Rush" and "City Lights," were such blockbuster hits that he could essentially ignore the coming of sound for almost a decade. Those making appearances on the program include Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, Jeanine Basinger, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin. Sydney Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Milos Forman, Bill Irwin, Norman Lloyd, Marcel Marceau, David Raksin, David Robinson, Andrew Sarris, Martin Scorsese and Jeffrey Vance.
- DirectorGene FeldmanSuzette WinterStarsLauren BacallScotty BeckettEric BloreHer story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharley ChaseStan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are seen in clips from films made before they became a team, Hardy in two films starring Billy West, an imitator of Chaplin, and Laurel as a brash ladykiller in Charlie Chase's Just Rambling Along (1918). The two actors appeared together in Flying Elephants and Sugar Daddies in 1927, but it was not until they made Do Detectives Think? (1927) that their famous comedy style began to emerge. Clips from the following films are included: The Second Hundred Years (1927), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), That's My Wife (1929), Angora Love (1929), Should Married Men Go Home (1928), and Early to Bed (1928). To further illustrate the comedy technique used by the Hal Roach Studios, the compilation also includes Charlie Chase's classic The Way of All Pants (1927). Other performers seen in the excerpts include Jean Harlow, Jimmy Finlayson, Snub Pollard, Bryant Washburn, Charlie Hall, Tom Kennedy, Noah Young, Charlotte Mineau, Tom Dugan, Charles Rogers, and The Original Flappers.
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJay JacksonA compilation of primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts - From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again, Putting the Pants on Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies and short clips from others - plus Max Davidson's Call of the Cuckoo and Dumb Daddies, with some cross-over Charley Chase footage, which, along with Robert Youngson's previous "The Golden Age of Comedy", "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", led to a renewed interest in and a revival of television showings of Laurel and Hardy shorts. The cast was billed in order of their appearance: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Vivien Oakland (with a Vivian typo), Glen Tyron, Edna Murphy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sanford, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Chase, Viola Richard, Max Davidson, Del Henderson, Josephine Crowell, Anders Randolf (as Anders Randolph), Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Lillian Elliott and "Spec" O'Donnell.
- DirectorPhilippe TruffaultStarsCharles ChaplinJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneIn this episode of Philippe Truffault's series on Chaplin, award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love on the classic "Modern Times". The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin's brilliancy and they also provide interesting details about the making of Chaplin's masterpiece.
- DirectorJay WardStarsBuster KeatonRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMarion MackCompilation of scenes from Buster Keaton's films. The films are: The Butcher Boy; Fatty at Coney Island; Good Night Nurse!; One Week; The Scarecrow; Neighbors; Cops; The Playhouse; The Boat; The Paleface; My Wife's Relations; The Blacksmith; Day Dreams; Three Ages; Our Hospitality; Sherlock Jr; The Navigator; Seven Chances; Go West; Battling Butler; The General; College; and Steamboat Bill Jr.
- 2010–9.1 (14)TV Episode
- DirectorSamuel M. ShermanStarsCharles ChaplinBen TurpinEdna PurvianceA survey of Charles Chaplin's early career using re-edited footage from his classic silent shorts.
- DirectorEdgardo CozarinskyStarsJean Cocteau