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Hollywood's Great Directors

A retrospective look at the careers of some of the greatest and most successful directors in movie history, talking about their favourite films and the stars they worked with.

A retrospective look at the careers of some of the greatest and most successful directors in movie history, talking about their favourite films, the stars they worked with and their sometimes difficult relationships with Hollywood's studio bosses. Features rarely seen interviews with a line-up of directing legends, including John Ford, Frank Capra, Sidney Lumet, George Cukor, Billy Wilder and Cecil B DeMille.

43 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Jan 2023 23:20
大象传媒 Two Wales HD & Wales only

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:09

    Claude Vasori

    Accroche Toi, Caroline (Vision On Theme)

    Performer: Paris Studio Group.
  • 00:24

    Unnamed Library Contributors

    Girl In A Sportscar

  • 00:38

    Ambrose and His Orchestra

    Blue Skies Are Round The Corner

  • 00:38

    Ambrose

    Blue Skies Are Just Around The Corner

Credits

Narrator Sylvia Syms
Assistant Producer Kate Robertson
Series Producer Simon Goretzki
Executive Producer Carla-Maria Lawson
Producer Karn Christensen

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