Paul Muni

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his films and many clips from his best-known pictures.

Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.

A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.

The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.