Joseph McBride
Also Known As: Joe McBride, Joseph P. McBride
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Birthday: August 09, 1947
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Monument Valley: John Ford Country
Overview: Documentary about John Ford's relation to Monument Valley.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-06
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The Informer: Out of the Fog
Overview: This is a special feature included on the DVD for "The Informer"--a film John Ford made for RKO and which was released in 1935. Victor McLaglen received the Oscar for best actor for this film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-05
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
Overview: A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-13
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Frank Capra: Mr. America
Overview: Tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young and penniless immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American storytellers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Primary
Overview: Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-08
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The Other Side of the Wind
Overview: Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's lifetime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Overview: Short documentary about the making of the John Ford/John Wayne film "Stagecoach".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-06
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This Is Orson Welles
Overview: Misunderstood genius, superstar, Hollywood’s fallen angel... Orson Welles left his indelible mark on the 20th century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-21
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Hollywood So French!
Overview: When we talk about France and French people in Hollywood, it’s always the same thing: Love, seduction, arts, Parisian women, the French-lover, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe. Passion, transgression. So many words that the whole world instantly connects to France. An image shaped by American cinema since the beginning of the 20th century and which still sticks to the French today. Here is the history of French people in Hollywood and the clichés that have accompanied them.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-22
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Orson Welles: Shadows & Light
Overview: Giant of cinema, the embodiment of creation, Orson Welles is the man who reinvents the film language at 24-years old. Who is hidding behind this impressive figure? This movie is a journey towards the man behind the legend. It drags us into the labyrinth with multiple mirrors that Welles erases and recreates at the mercy of his imagination.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-05-09
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The Wild Party
Overview: An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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Cannonball
Overview: Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-06
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Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Overview: Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-05-13
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Perspectives on Othello: Joseph McBride on Orson Welles
Overview: Welles scholar Joseph McBride discusses the 1952 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. (A 32-minute edit of this documentary was presented by the Criterion Collection in their edition of Othello.)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-05
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Hollywood Boulevard
Overview: A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, which starts being plagued by strange, deadly accidents.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-25
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Overview: As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-31
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John Ford: The Man Who Invented America
Overview: Over a 50-year career and more than a hundred movies, filmmaker John Ford (1894-1973) forged the legend of the Far West. By giving a face to the underprivileged, from humble cowboys to persecuted minorities, he revealed like no one else the great social divisions that existed and still exist in the United States. More than four decades after his death, what remains of his legacy and humanistic values in the memory of those who love his work?
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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Frank Capra's American Dream
Overview: A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Overview: This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-02
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Overview: The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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The Orson Welles Show
Overview: Unsold pilot for a talk show hosted by Orson Welles.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-01
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Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
Overview: Biography on the famous writer-director, Billy Wilder.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-29
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Reflections on Titanic
Overview: An enthralling and fast-paced four-part documentary feature that covers the making of one of the last major Hollywood epics; Titanic. Cast and crew speak on setting the sinking of the ship against a classic romance. The feature also examines casting and the young couple headlining the film, DiCaprio's and Winslet's on-set friendship and their differing acting styles, the expansive sets and filming locations, the authenticity of the recreated ship, James Cameron's work and dedication, and budgeting. And many more aspects of the film are overviewed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-10
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