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The Golden Age

  • Episode aired Aug 18, 2019
  • 1h 20m
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The Golden Age (2019)
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From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time. America falls in love with the movies as stars like Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando a... Read allFrom the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time. America falls in love with the movies as stars like Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe became icons.From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time. America falls in love with the movies as stars like Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe became icons.

  • Stars
    • Judith Anderson
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Jean Arthur
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    221
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    • Stars
      • Judith Anderson
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Jean Arthur
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Judith Anderson
    Judith Anderson
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Self - Director, Punch-Drunk-Love…
    Jean Arthur
    Jean Arthur
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jason Bailey
    • Self - Columnist, The New York Times
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Self - Actor
    Jeanine Basinger
    Jeanine Basinger
    • Self - Chair of Film Studies at Wesleyan University…
    Cari Beauchamp
    Cari Beauchamp
    • Self - Documentary Filmmaker and Historian
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Herbert J. Biberman
    Herbert J. Biberman
    • Self - Screenwriter, Action in Arabia
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Herbert Biberman)
    Brad Bird
    Brad Bird
    • Self - Director, The Incredibles
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Peter Bogdanovich
    Peter Bogdanovich
    • Self - Director, The Last Picture Show
    Todd Boyd
    Todd Boyd
    • Self - Professor of Cinema and Media studies, USC
    • (as Dr. Todd Boyd)
    Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    • Self - Actor
    Tim Burton
    Tim Burton
    • Self - Director, Beetlejuice
    Jess Cagle
    Jess Cagle
    • Self - Editorial Director, Entertainment Weekly
    Frank Capra
    Frank Capra
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    7tarnika_wilcher

    Enjoyable

    I felt the episodes were pretty enjoyable...I especially enjoyed the 80's, 90's and 60's...some content was informative of some movies I never knew of or the actors, directors, producers and screenwriters viewpoints or perspectives.
    6Hitchcoc

    They Just Bit Off Too Much

    To take the first fifty or so years of film in less than two hours is a hopeless task. And, unfortunately, the footage was some of the same old tired stuff that is seen over and over. Citizen Kane got a little treatment, but not much. When one looks at 1939, we see the most amazing set of films ever produced as a whole. How can you do justice to that. The decade by decade effort of the previous episodes had all they could do to do justice. This one was just too superficial. It's as if they didn't want to ignore most of the work and decided to throw this in.
    1film_poster_fan

    Amazingly Superficial

    I have seen all six episodes and, while none of the previous ones were very good, this sadly was the worst. It began poorly by dismissing the silent era of films in a one minute discussion and then moving on to the films of the 1930s through the 1950s. Two hours for three decades of countless classics? When the documentary feels the need to identify actors like Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable, you feel your intelligence being insulted. Films like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and The Searchers were discussed in a total of five minutes, perhaps. Like the the other episodes, this seems very superficial and uninformative.

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      Was originally scheduled to air on August 11, but was moved to the following week due to continuing coverage of the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
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      Features The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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      • August 18, 2019 (United States)
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      • United States
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      • English
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      • CNN
      • HBO Films
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      • 1h 20m(80 min)
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      • Stereo
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      • 16:9 HD

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