Talking Film
tv show

80 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired July 03, 1978
Genres:
Overview
Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and its history. The series features many famous film personalities who, along with producers, directors, designers, screenwriters, and critics, offer candid insights into the making of motion pictures.

Season 1
80 episodes
Air Date
July 03, 1978
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The Producer (1)
Episode 1 - 29m
July 03, 1978
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The Director
Episode 2 - 28m
July 10, 1978
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The Screenwriter
Episode 3 - 29m
July 17, 1978
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Acting in the Cinema
Episode 4 - ? minutes
July 24, 1978
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Cinematography
Episode 5 - 29m
July 31, 1978
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Designing Movies
Episode 6 - 57m
August 07, 1978
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The Making of a Motion Picture (1)
Episode 7 - 29m
August 14, 1978
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Sex and Violence in the Cinema
Episode 8 - ? minutes
August 21, 1978
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How Movies Are Sold
Episode 9 - 29m
August 28, 1978
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A Portrait of John Ford (1)
Episode 10 - ? minutes
September 04, 1978
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Zanuck
Episode 11 - 28m
August 02, 1979
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The Hollywood Ten: An Interview with Writer Ring Lardner Jr.
Episode 12 - 29m
August 03, 1979
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The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (1)
Episode 13 - 29m
January 28, 1980
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The Western
Episode 14 - 29m
February 04, 1980
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Hooray for Hollywood
Episode 15 - 29m
February 18, 1980
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A Portrait of George Stevens (1)
Episode 16 - ? minutes
February 25, 1980
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The Critic
Episode 17 - 29m
March 24, 1980
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More Special Effects
Episode 18 - ? minutes
April 08, 1981
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The Nightmare People: Horror in the Cinema
Episode 19 - 27m
April 15, 1981
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The Animators
Episode 20 - 29m
April 22, 1981
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The Cinema of John Huston
Episode 21 - 29m
April 28, 1981
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The Cinema of Frank Capra (1)
Episode 22 - ? minutes
May 06, 1981
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More Film Criticism
Episode 23 - 29m
May 12, 1981
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Powell and Pressburger
Episode 24 - 29m
May 13, 1981
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Thirty Years of British Cinema
Episode 25 - 28m
May 20, 1981
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David Lean and Sir Carol Reed
Episode 26 - ? minutes
May 27, 1981
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Women in the Cinema
Episode 27 - ? minutes
June 03, 1981
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The Serial
Episode 28 - ? minutes
June 10, 1981
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The Cinema of Henry Hathaway
Episode 29 - ? minutes
June 17, 1981
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The Business of Directing
Episode 30 - 29m
July 04, 1981
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The Making of a Motion Picture (2)
Episode 31 - 29m
July 11, 1981
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The Making of a Motion Picture (3)
Episode 32 - 29m
July 18, 1981
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A Conversation with Pauline Kael
Episode 33 - ? minutes
July 22, 1981
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Gods and Goddesses of the Cinema
Episode 34 - ? minutes
July 29, 1981
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The Cinema of Elia Kazan
Episode 35 - ? minutes
August 12, 1981
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Anatomy of Suspense
Episode 36 - ? minutes
August 19, 1981
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The Making of a Motion Picture (4)
Episode 37 - 29m
September 22, 1981
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The Big Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox
Episode 38 - 29m
May 08, 1982
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A Conversation with Otto Preminger
Episode 39 - ? minutes
June 05, 1982
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A Portrait of George Stevens (2)
Episode 40 - 25m
August 30, 1982
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A Portrait of John Ford (2)
Episode 41 - 29m
August 26, 1983
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A Conversation with Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Episode 42 - ? minutes
August 31, 1983
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The Producer (3)
Episode 43 - 1h 0m
September 15, 1983
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Two Film Critics
Episode 44 - 1h 0m
June 06, 1984
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An Interview with Samuel Fuller
Episode 45 - ? minutes
June 07, 1984
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Women in the Cinema: The Writer
Episode 46 - ? minutes
June 08, 1984
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Stars of the Cinema: Stewart Granger
Episode 47 - ? minutes
June 11, 1984
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The Cinema of King Vidor
Episode 48 - ? minutes
June 12, 1984
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The Making of a Musical
Episode 49 - ? minutes
June 15, 1984
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The Western Revisited
Episode 50 - ? minutes
June 25, 1984
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Music in the Cinema
Episode 51 - ? minutes
June 26, 1984
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The Screenwriter (2)
Episode 52 - ? minutes
July 06, 1984
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Cinematography (2)
Episode 53 - ? minutes
July 14, 1984
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Special Effects
Episode 54 - 29m
July 16, 1984
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The Cinema of Henry King
Episode 55 - ? minutes
July 17, 1984
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The Documentary: An Interview with Pare Lorentz (2)
Episode 56 - ? minutes
July 19, 1984
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Stars of the Cinema: Richard Widmark
Episode 57 - ? minutes
August 01, 1984
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The Cinema of Frank Capra (2)
Episode 58 - ? minutes
August 09, 1984
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The Classic Western
Episode 59 - ? minutes
October 03, 1984
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An Afternoon with Jack Lemmon
Episode 60 - 1h 0m
June 12, 1985
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Two Tragic Stars: Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift
Episode 61 - 1h 0m
June 19, 1985
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The Marx Brothers and Their Writers
Episode 62 - ? minutes
July 03, 1985
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The Cinematic Genius of Rouben Mamoulian
Episode 63 - 1h 0m
July 10, 1985
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All Singing, All Dancing
Episode 64 - 1h 0m
July 17, 1985
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The Music Men
Episode 65 - ? minutes
July 24, 1985
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The Screenwriter (3)
Episode 66 - ? minutes
July 31, 1985
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Lotusland
Episode 67 - 1h 0m
August 07, 1985
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Hollywood Portraits: David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock
Episode 68 - 1h 0m
August 14, 1985
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The Producer (2)
Episode 69 - ? minutes
August 19, 1985
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Stars on Stars
Episode 70 - ? minutes
August 21, 1985
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Mystery Film and the Detective on Screen
Episode 71 - ? minutes
August 28, 1985
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Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Episode 72 - ? minutes
September 09, 1985
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Superstars: Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
Episode 73 - ? minutes
June 30, 1986
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An Interview with Greer Garson
Episode 74 - 1h 0m
July 01, 1986
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The Preston Sturges Story (1)
Episode 75 - 1h 0m
July 02, 1986
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The Preston Sturges Story (2)
Episode 76 - 1h 0m
July 03, 1986
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Two Film Directors: Ronald Neame and Richard Fleischer
Episode 77 - 1h 0m
July 04, 1986
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A Portrait of Billy Wilder
Episode 78 - ? minutes
July 07, 1986
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Two Film Critics: Richard Schickel and David Robinson
Episode 79 - 1h 0m
July 08, 1986
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Hollywood Portraits: Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse Lasky
Episode 80 - 1h 0m
July 09, 1986