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Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent That's Entertainment!This documentary highlights the historical contexts that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals have occupied in cinema history, and shows the evolution of the entertainment industry's rol...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Celluloid ClosetThis essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmm...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Casting ByThough legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent HowardBy the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish contr...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Waking Sleeping BeautyA celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created hi...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Great Buster: A CelebrationA documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Drew: The Man Behind the PosterThrough a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was o...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent TrumboGene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent That's Entertainment, Part IIUsing the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each o...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Love, Marilyn