Movies: Anthony Slide

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and ...

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself....

A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies....

Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day....

A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood....

Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax"....

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety....

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos...

A documentary about the Marx Brothers containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others....

A documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era....

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema....

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era....

Story of Annette Kellerman, the international swimming vaudeville and silent screen star whose life story inspired the MGM classic Million Dollar Mermaid starring Esther Williams, which featured lavish Busby Berkeley scenes....

Short doc in which Anthony Slide (Andre De Toth on Andre De Toth) discusses the work of Andre De Toth in general and The Indian Fighter in particular....

This short documentary explores the history behind Hollywood's infamous "Production Code"....

The History of Sound in Motion Pictures: The Beginning: 1876-1932...