Robert Osborne
Also Known As: Robert Jolin Osborne, Bob Osborne
Biography: Robert Osborne was longtime (and the original) primary host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable television channel. He was also an actor, film historian, author, columnist, presenter, and general TCM representative.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Colfax, Washington, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 03, 1932
Age: 93 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 06, 2017
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Curtains for Roy Earle
Overview: A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-03
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A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
Overview: Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-16
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Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Overview: A 100 year history of the development of movie marketing, reflecting technical improvements, audience taste and cultural sensibilities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Overview: One of Hollywood's brightest stars is eclipsed by drink, drugs and self-doubt.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Overview: Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Overview: Documentary looking at the film classic, They Drive By Night
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Overview: A documentary about actor Jack Lemmon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Overview: An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Overview: A Biography of George Lucas.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-27
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Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
Overview: This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-20
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Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic
Overview: A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Private Screenings: Stanley Donen
Overview: Interview with Director Stanley Donen on his career in film.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-06
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Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney
Overview: Mickey Rooney is interviewed by Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
Overview: Brief overview of the two actors at the Fox Studio.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-02
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Overview: Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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Psycho
Overview: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-22
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Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Overview: Friends and family surprise Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival with a tribute to his twenty years with the network.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-14
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Sergeant York: Of God and Country
Overview: Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Sergeant York.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Overview: A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Overview: Renowned actor Peter O’Toole joined Robert Osborne at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival to discuss his life and career. Told in his own words, O’Toole shared revealing details during the course of the in-depth interview about the films he worked on as well as his offscreen interests.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-11
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Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess
Overview: Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Hitchcock and Dial M
Overview: A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-31
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Overview: The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-14
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Overview: The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-06
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3D: A Brief History
Overview: A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'
Overview: Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Overview: A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of adrenaline.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-02
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A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
Overview: A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, literary adaptations, great epic directors and actors, the challenges of making big-budget movies, classic set-pieces and epic music scores. The special also looks at how the genre fell out of favor with audiences and filmmakers in the ‘70s and ‘80s, only to be reborn with more recent films like Gladiator, and Dances with Wolves trilogy. Throughout, the special is packed with classic scenes and behind-the-scenes images from such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), Samson & Delilah (1949), The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), El Cid (1961), King of Kings (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-20
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A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Overview: In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman writes a script, which follows the book closely. The location of the story is Cuba, but the US Government is against depicting corruption and violence on Cuba, and threatens to withdraw the film's export license. William Faulkner rewrites the script, and relocates the story to Martinique. Hawks's wife, Nancy Slim Gross, happens to see a young model at the cover of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and shows it to her husband. Hawks is a star-maker, who likes to discover and nurture new talents. After a screen test, he chooses the 19-year-old model as the lead actress opposite Humphrey Bogart. She changes her name from Betty Perske to Lauren Bacall. At the first takes she is so nervous that she shakes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-04
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Overview: A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-04
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Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide
Overview: Making of Moontide talking about the production of the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-02
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Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths
Overview: Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
Overview: Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle is a documentary focusing on the first six sound Tarzan films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Written and directed by John Rust, the documentary features interviews with film historians Rudy Behlmer and Scott Tracy Griffin, who discuss the films' literary antecedents and behind-the-scenes production details.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-03
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Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Overview: 100-year-old Oscar-winning actress Luise Rainer sits down with Robert Osborne at the 2010 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-12
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Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
Overview: Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint discusses her life and career at the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-31
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Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Overview: In a show taped before a live audience at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2012, Robert Osborne hosts an in-depth interview with actress Kim Novak concerning her life and career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-06
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Inside 'The Apartment'
Overview: A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-06
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Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli
Overview: A conversation with Liza Minnelli.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-11
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Making Montgomery Clift
Overview: Classic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-23
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Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Overview: Robert Osbourne hosts this television special, in which many trailers for Humphrey Bogart's films are presented here to show how he established himself in Hollywood. Trailers featured are for films that he had tiny roles in as well as starring roles.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-07
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Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Overview: Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin discusses his life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-24
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Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Overview: Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Lana Turner's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-22
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Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland
Overview: Rarely seen movie trailers reveal Judy Garland's rise to stardom. Hosted by Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-14
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Overview: As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and television.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-09
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Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Overview: Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convinced, but the result speaks for itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-04
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Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Overview: Shirley MacLaine discusses her life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-04
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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Overview: TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-06
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Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn
Overview: The two-time Oscar winner discusses his career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-12
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Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Overview: Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
Overview: Co-stars and lifelong friends Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell recall their careers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Private Screenings: Charlton Heston
Overview: The noted star of such epics as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur discusses his career with TCM host Robert Osborne.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury
Overview: Angela Lansbury discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-01
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Private Screenings: June Allyson
Overview: Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne interviews June Allyson on her career as MGM's resident "girl next door."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-30
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Private Screenings: Jane Fonda
Overview: Actress Jane Fonda discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-29
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Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall
Overview: Lauren Bacall discusses her life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-01
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Private Screenings: Patricia Neal
Overview: Patricia Neal discusses her career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-28
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Private Screenings: Norman Jewison
Overview: Director Norman Jewison discusses his life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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Private Screenings: Betty Hutton
Overview: Singer-comedian Betty Button shares stories from her career as one of Hollywood's top stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-27
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Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
Overview: Oscar®-winner Ernest Borgnine sits down with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to discuss his life and career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-26
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Overview: Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-16
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The Fabulous Allan Carr
Overview: Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-19
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Overview: A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-09
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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Overview: For more than 30 years, Lucille Ball was one of the most recognized and loved entertainers in the world. Known to all simply as Lucy, she portrayed a scatterbrained housewife with the ability to turn simple chores into humorous disasters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-03
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