Discovering Film

I love this series.....really enjoying it. I love many of the films of the 30s and 40, 50s and 60s and the quality of the actors and actresses of that time, The Golden age of Hollywood.

Some of the films i want to watch again but they don't show them on TV as much as they used to-in fact they used to repeat show them when i was growing up such as Gone with the Wind

These films are not relying on special effects instead it is the dialogue, the story line and the high standard of acting . -they had to act. They have a story that stands on its own. Some are in black and white some were in colour.

Great series apart for Ian Nathan say you know all the time. 27 times when spwaking of Ian Hendry and arms all over th place making the same meaningless gestures.

Although generally speaking this is an interesting series about the actors in question it is the barrage of so called experts who can't possibly know the biographical stuff,that spoil it.In particular the Eli Wallach episode has Bonny Greer ,better known as an author and political pundit who appears to know all about Wallach.Who could've guessed? .She's not alone.Various individuals some about 20 years old,seem to know stuff too.Amazing! It's almost as if they'd been fed the stuff. This habit is not confined to this series.If you ever watch rock star biogs on BBC4, it is amazing how much these people know who weren't born until after the subjects career had finished. Could it possibly be a way to get the yoof to watch?

Think maybe Derek Malcolm should check his facts before commenting. Two glaring errors in this episode was him saying Gummo appeared in the Marx Brothers films when it was Zeppo and again saying A Girl in Every Port was a Marx Brothers film when it was only Groucho!

I like this show but this is not the first time I've noted the insistence that all positive characteristics or talents are "the best of British", any fool would know Oscar Wilde was Irish. That was not an oversight just another f up unfortunately. Tiring also is the highs and how wonderful every actor is, then there's a hiccup then a graceful retirement. Why not call some actors out for what they were. Some were on hard drugs,ditched their families,promiscuous,jail time its rarely discussed etc Everything is narratee as pompously as possible and every narrator agrees with each other, its beyond scripted.