Kevin Brownlow Movies

  • 2000
    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

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    Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the...

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
  • 2005
    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

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    Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

    Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals
  • 1986
    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

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    55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks
  • 1975
    Winstanley

    Winstanley

    Winstanley

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    Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into...

    Winstanley
  • 2019
    Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

    Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

    Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

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    Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.

    Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
  • 1989
    Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

    Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

    Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

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    A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

    Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
  • 1968
    About

    About "The White Bus"

    About "The White Bus"

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    Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

    About
  • 1986
    A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

    A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

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    Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

    A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
  • 1964
    I Think They Call Him John

    I Think They Call Him John

    I Think They Call Him John

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    The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

    I Think They Call Him John
  • 1968
    Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

    Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

    Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

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    BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

    Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
  • 2023
    Obsessed with Light

    Obsessed with Light

    Obsessed with Light

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    Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the...

    Obsessed with Light
  • 1997
    The Race to Save 100 Years

    The Race to Save 100 Years

    The Race to Save 100 Years

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    As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

    The Race to Save 100 Years
  • 1999
    Censored!

    Censored!

    Censored!

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    A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

    Censored!
  • 2013
    Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance

    Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance

    Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance

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    Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance is an interview with Kevin Brownlow which includes occasional clips and stills from the...

    Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance
  • 1970
    Editors on Editing

    Editors on Editing

    Editors on Editing

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    Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it, "They thought that women were good at little...

    Editors on Editing
  • 1993
    D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

    D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

    D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

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    Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

    D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
  • 1963
    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962

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    A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely...

    Francis Bacon: Paintings 1941 - 1962
  • 1983
    Millay at Steepletop

    Millay at Steepletop

    Millay at Steepletop

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    A loving tribute to the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, filmed entirely at her 700-acre upstate New York farm.

    Millay at Steepletop
  • 2020
    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

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    A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
  • 1976
    It Happened Here Again

    It Happened Here Again

    It Happened Here Again

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    The making of Winstanley (1975)

    It Happened Here Again