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That's Hollywood

8.3(3)
First Aired:September 23, 1977
Seasons:3 seasons
Episodes:73
Status:Returning Series

The history of Hollywood film in its various aspects.

Seasons & Episodes

Clips from the 20th-Century Fox Film Archives provide an assortment of subjects in the movies

E1Disasters: Hollywood Style

30m

Sep 23, 1977

Floods, fires. and volcanoes.

E2Hollywood Heavies

30m

Sep 30, 1977

Male and female movie villains. The screen's bad guys...from Bela and Boris to Richard Widmark.

E3Fox Tots

30m

Oct 7, 1977

Child movie stars win viewers hearts.

E4Make It Again, Sam

30m

Oct 14, 1977

This week, the episode illustrates how good properties in films are repeated over and over again. It even opens with Ida Lupino singing “Again.” Tom Bosley leads us through some of the remakes of popular movies. Some of the remakes reflected different settings and, different titles, but the stories remained the same. Movies viewed include remakes of “State Fair,” ‘Bird of Paradise," “Folies Bergere” and “Thanks a Million.” Films like ‘State Fair,” ‘A Star Is Born," “The Three Musketeers’ and many more are recycled, and some repeated properties turn up under different titles. How to make movies over and over again is what Haley is demonstrating in this entertaining outing.

E5Heroes of the West

30m

Oct 21, 1977

A behind-the-scenes look at westerns from the days of Tom Mix to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

E6Animals And Other Actors

30m

Oct 28, 1977

Tom Bosley narrates this program which takes a look at the animal stars from Tom Mix's horse, Tony, to the expressive face and heroic deeds of dog star Benji.

E7Instant Imagination

30m

Nov 4, 1977

A journey into science fiction films from “Star Wars" to “The Day The Earth Stood Still."

E8The Chase is On

30m

Nov 11, 1977

The episode covers all the memorable film chases from “French Connection II,” “Von Ryan's Express,” “Race With The Devil,” “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" and “Keystone Cops."

E9And Then I Wrote

30m

Nov 18, 1977

For more than fifty years, it has been America's talented songwriters who have not only made our movie musicals an internationally acclaimed art form, but have filled Hollywood with the most romantic, entertaining, and exciting sounds in show business. Films featured include ‘Stars and Stripes Forever," with Clifton Webb; “Irish Eyes Are Smiling," with Dick Haymes, “Music In The Air,” with Al Sheehan.

E10Great Entertainers

30m

Nov 25, 1977

Film stars who began their careers as singers, stage actors, dancers, and radio stars. Entertainers become movie stars.

E11Boy Meets Girl

30m

Dec 2, 1977

Film clips from 20th Century Fox movies including "Cinderella Liberty," "A Guide For The Married Man," and "Silent Movie."

E12Hollywood War Heroes

30m

Dec 9, 1977

Hollywood's war heroes have always looked just like the real thing. They'll fight the red-blooded, two-fisted good fight anytime, anywhere, from the hills of Montezuma to the sands of Iwo Jima. Films featured include “Tora, Tora, Tora,” “Crash Dive,” “Manilla Calling,” “The Purple Heart,” “Wing and A Prayer,” “Guadalcanal Diary,” “Yank In the RAF," and “The Longest Day."

E13Song And Dance People

30m

Dec 16, 1977

Actors who sing and dance. The stars who made music and dance on Hollywood's big screen.

E14The Funny Side Of Hollywood

30m

Dec 23, 1977

A look at some of the film comedians who have left no stone unturned in order to make us laugh.

E15Wings Over Hollywood

30m

Dec 30, 1977

The movies go to the air in planes, rocket ships, and dirigibles. The sky's the limit for hundreds of Hollywood films, as famous actors and actresses take to the air in such films as "Sky Riders" with James Coburn, "Lucky Lady" with Liza Minnelli, "Flying Down To Rio" with Ginger Rogers and "King Kong."

E16The Classics Go Hollywood

30m

Jan 6, 1978

The program looks at the movies which showcase the works of classical literature.

E17The Swashbucklers

30m

Jan 13, 1978

Hollywood's larger-than-life adventurers show their courage in scenes from classics like “The Mark of Zorro,” “Star Wars," “Anne of the Indies," “The Black Rose" and “Prince Valiant.”

E18The Fox Men

30m

Jan 20, 1978

A look at some of Twentieth-Century Fox's leading men — Tyrone Power, Rudolph Valentino, Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, and Paul Newman.

E19Hollywood's Hollywood

30m

Jan 27, 1978

Film clips from a number of movies about Hollywood and the motion picture industry.

E20Liberated Woman, Hollywood Style

30m

Feb 3, 1978

For 50 years, movies have been the forerunner in the fight for women's liberation, because producers discovered long ago that there is absolutely nothing like Hollywood's liberated ladies. Featured films include “A Woman Rebels” with Katharine Hepburn, “Shocking Miss Pilgrim" with Betty Grable, “Call Me Madam” with Ethel Merman, and “Belles on Their Toes" with Myrna Loy.

E21Detective Heroes

30m

Feb 10, 1978

Popular movie sleuths.

E22Hollywood's Teenagers

30m

Feb 17, 1978

Film clips from movies with a look at some of the teenagers from the movies and the idols they adored.

E23Funny You Should Say That

30m

Feb 24, 1978

Hollywood's best one-liners are delivered by the funniest men of the big screen.

E24Spy Game

30m

Mar 3, 1978

Popular 'good guy' spies.

E25Fox Ladies

30m

Mar 10, 1978

A spotlight on legendary actresses. Highlights of the careers of the famous and legendary ladies of the screen include never-before-seen footage of Shirley Temple in Captain January, and scenes from the movies of Jean Harlow, Ethel Merman, Clara Bow, Janet Gaynor, and many more.

More fun with movie clips from the 20th. Century Fox Film Archives.

E1The Devil Made Me Do It

30m

Oct 28, 1978

Film clips from The Omen, Bedazzled, The Legend of Hell House and others. Featuring the Devil and Satanic happenings have had a huge box office success showing that people love to be scared.

E2Funny Girls

30m

Nov 4, 1978

The funny ladies of the silver screen in some of their best roles including "The Seven Year Itch" and "Auntie Mame."

E3Marvelous Marilyn

30m

Nov 11, 1978

A profile of Marilyn Monroe.

E4The Rocky Road To Romance

30m

Nov 18, 1978

Love in the movies. This episode features some of filmdom's top teenage stars, including the rock stars who turned actors. In Hollywood movies, the young stars have usually been motivated by their struggle for identity or young love…

E5The Incredible Shirley

30m

Nov 25, 1978

Shirley Temple, the greatest child star in the history of entertainment, is seen at her best.

E6Hollywood Salutes Irving Berlin

30m

Dec 2, 1978

Among some of Irving Berlin's most memorable successes are White Christmas, Alexander's Ragtime Band, and others.

E7You've Never Seen This Before

30m

Dec 9, 1978

Outtakes. Stars reveal some of the film capital's best-kept secrets. Tinsel town secrets including private screen tests of Michael Caine, Richard Burton, Mia Farrow.

E8Hollywood's Bad Girls

30m

Dec 16, 1978

A look at some of the leading ladies who have deadly or evil parts and won their acclaim. A look at some of the favorites Rita Hayworth, Jane Fonda, and Bette Davis

E9The Great Movie Spectacles

30m

Dec 23, 1978

Some highlights from some of the grand spectacular films made in cinema’s capital. The chariot race in “Ben Hur” the troops landing at Normandy in “The Longest Day” and the exodus from Egypt ... Among the stars who shone in those sixty years are Charlton Heston as Ben Hur, Moses and El Cid; Elizabeth Taylor ...

E10Monkeys Are The Craziest People

30m

Dec 30, 1978

Famous monkeys from silent films to King Kong and The Planet of the Apes.

E11Blonde Bombshells

30m

Jan 6, 1979

Blonde actresses with sex-appeal.

E12Broadway Goes Hollywood

30m

Jan 13, 1979

Stage productions on film.

E13Monster Rally

30m

Jan 20, 1979

Popular horror-movie creatures.

E14Comic Book Heroes

30m

Jan 27, 1979

Comic strip legends hit the screen.

E15Stars Are Born

30m

Feb 3, 1979

Bogart, Monroe, Newman, Dean, Brando, Garland, and Tracy . . . How did they start? Is it luck that makes a star? Screen tests and scenes from the movies will answer all these questions.

E16Strange Encounters

30m

Feb 10, 1979

The cinema’s sci-fi films, with scenes from films including Omen, and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

E17Famous Faces: Hollywood Style

30m

Feb 17, 1979

A look at Patton, The Great White Hope, and The World's Greatest Lover.

E18Pin Ups

30m

Feb 24, 1979

A look at the beauties: Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, whose movies boosted the GI’s during World War Two.

E19Hollywood At Sea

30m

Mar 3, 1979

With excerpts from Moby Dick, The Poseidon Adventure, The Sea Hawk, and Captain Kidd.

E20Black Magic

30m

Mar 10, 1979

A look at some excerpts from early films including "St Louise Woman," "Hearts In Dixie," "Rufus Jones For President." Black performers have contributed to musicals since the start of the talkies.

E21This Is Raquel

30m

Mar 17, 1979

A profile of one of the world's most beautiful actresses, Raquel Welch.

E22Hollywood Hit Parade

30m

Mar 24, 1979

A selection of clips from all-time favorites. A look at the classic songs and the magic they give to the film.

E23A Tribute To Gregory Peck

30m

Mar 31, 1979

Profile of a great actor, Gregory Peck.

E24Fonda And Family

30m

Apr 7, 1979

This enormously successful and talented family is featured in excerpts from some of their films. (Season Finale)

E1The Zanucks: Hollywood's Royal Family

30m

Sep 20, 1981

Darryl and Richard Zanuck.

E2Special Effects: Hollywood's Dreammakers

30m

Sep 27, 1981

See how wizards dream up those spectacular scenes from “Towering Inferno,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” and more.

E3Gene Wilder - An Actor For All Comedy

30m

Oct 4, 1981

Clips include “Stir Crazy," “Young Frankenstein,” and “Start the Revolution Without Me."

E4On the Edge of Your Seat

30m

Oct 11, 1981

Film clips from some of Hollywood's scariest horror films.

E5Midnight Movies

30m

Oct 18, 1981

Those fabulous cult ropes that have audiences lining here as the clock strikes midnight —The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," “Phantom of the Paradise” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Also, a sneak preview of the upcoming cult hit, “Shock Treatment."

E6Ghosts & Ghoulies

30m

Oct 25, 1981

Movies that frighten viewers.

E7Son of Sci-Fi

30m

Nov 1, 1981

Science fiction and special effects.

E8Hollywood Goes Ape

30m

Nov 8, 1981

Making the 'Planet of the Apes' films.

E9Hollywood's Soaps And Sobs

30m

Nov 15, 1981

Tragic movie women.

E10Hollywood's Daredevils

30m

Nov 22, 1981

Stuntmen and women risk their lives.

E11Hollywood's Happy Holidays

30m

Nov 29, 1981

Christmas movies.

E12Hollywood's Hottest Stars

30m

Dec 6, 1981

Sizzling sex symbols.

E13Oscar's Best Picture

30m

Dec 13, 1981

Award-winning films.

E14Hollywood's Best Actors

30m

Dec 20, 1981

Award-winning screen stars.

E15Stars Oscar Forgot

30m

Dec 27, 1981

Movie stars snubbed by the Academy.

E16Gorgeous Grable

30m

Jan 3, 1982

A profile of Betty Grable.

E17Salute to Rodgers & Hammerstein

30m

Jan 10, 1982

The duo's legacy.

E18Everybody Loves a Winner

30m

Jan 17, 1982

Movie sports and contests.

E19That's Tyrone Power

30m

Jan 24, 1982

A profile of the actor.

E20Oscar's Unsung Heroes (Part 1)

30m

Jan 31, 1982

Behind-the-scenes workers.

E21Oscar's Unseen Stars (Part 2)

30m

Feb 7, 1982

Behind-the-scenes filmmakers.

E22Oscar's Best Actress

30m

Feb 14, 1982

Award-winning actresses.

E23Cops & Robbers

30m

Feb 21, 1982

Movie outlaws and crimes.

E24Oscar's Best Supporting Players

30m

Feb 28, 1982

Award-winning supporting actors. (Final episode)

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