Movies: James Stewart

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the prod...

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II....

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars....

The making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'....

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947....

Harry Gribbon and Shemp Howard enter the world of fine art in Paris....

A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles w...

Exploring the life of Grace Kelly, the Hollywood star who became Princess Grace of Monaco. The film covers Kelly's life from her time as a star to her marriage and ascension to princess....

This making-of/interview segment is featured on the Republic Pictures DVD release for It's a Wonderful Life (1946)....

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey ...

Recap of The Duke's career from its beginning in the silent era up to his final film "The Shootist"....

John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart discuss working with John Ford...

A visit to Buck Jones's new ranch and his horse, Silver, to James Gleason and his dog, to Charles Ruggles and his kennels; on the set of 'You Can't Take it With You', director Frank Capra and stars James Stewart and Jean Arthur celebrate Lionel Barry...

With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legendary nonchalance, Robert Mitchum is the figure of the bad boy, the kind-hearted hooligan who anyone w...

The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1938 hit comedy, "You Can't Take It With You."...

After Pearl Harbor Lt. James Stewart narrated this film to rouse American support for the war....

Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies....

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Mike, Bill, and Kevin riff on the classic Christmas film, but with the Pottersville part cut out....

Structured as a complementary social and historical companion piece to John Ford's final western Cheyenne Autumn (1964), this documentary short intersperses clips from the big-screen epic with background information about the Northern Cheyenne Exodu...