Rating: - Please release this on DVD!!!
This is a must-have for any classic movie buff. It gives inside information on the way the studio was run, some of the greatest actors and actresses of all time and gives some insight into the downfall of the studio era. I hope this is released on DVD at some time in the near future. They certainly don't make stars or movies like that anymore!
Rating: - PREVIOUS REVIEWER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT!
Sam Goldwyn left the company that beared his name LONG before the merger of MGM. The new company did move into his old studio, but he had nothing to do with this by 1924. REVIEWER: check your facts!
Rating: - Collapse
This final part of the series about MGM really leaves one with a sense of loss. It begins where the last tape left off and discusses the studio's unique approaches to musicals led by Arthur Freed, talks about the wonderful stars the studio employed like Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Judy Garland, and Elizabeth Taylor, and the new process of Cinemascope and then turns dark. Many of the stars quit or are released from their contracts, Louis B. Mayer is fired and then dies, television changes audience's attendance at theaters, and bosses allow films to be made about antiheroes featuring violence. ... Read More
Rating: - Mayer the Dictator
Patrick Stewart hosts this documentary in period garb surrounded by a set reminicient of MGM's glorious heyday.
This part of the series takes up where the last one left off. It addresses new issues like some of the technical aspects of film including costume designs by Adrian. Films that became serieses like Andy Hardy films, the Dr. Kildare series, and The Thin Man films are spoken of and shown in clips. New stars like Greer Garson, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Katharine Hepburn, and child stars get their chance in the spotlight. This also covers MGM during ... Read More
Rating: - More Stars Than There Are in the Heavens
When the Lion Roars is a tribute to MGM, perhaps the best studio of old Hollywood. It boasted wonderful stars, great films, and a sense of family between its employees. This documentary examines the early life of the studio focusing on moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg, stars like Greta Garbo, Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, Buster Keaton, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, and Jean Harlow, and explaining the transition to sound and the preview process used to perfect films.
There are interviews with many major names in Hollywood including ... Read More
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