Antes de conocer a la aspirante a actriz Cathy Seldon, el ídolo del cine mudo Don Lockwood pensaba que lo tenía todo; fama, fortuna y éxito. Pero, tras conocerla, se da cuenta de que ella es lo que realmente faltaba en su vida. Con el nacimiento del cine sonoro, Don quiere filmar los musicales con Kathy, pero entre ambos se interpone la reina del cine mudo Lina Lamont.
Biografía de la famosa cantante francesa Edith Piaf (1915-1963): su infancia, su adolescencia y su ascensión a la gloria. De los barrios bajos de París al éxito de Nueva York, la vida de Edith Piaf fue una lucha por sobrevivir y amar. Creció en medio de la pobreza, pero su voz mágica y sus apasionados romances y amistades con las grandes personalidades de la época (Yves Montand, Jean Cocteau, Charles Aznavour, Marlene Dietrich, Marcel Cerdan) hicieron de ella una estrella mundial.
Documental sobre los efectos devastadores del cambio climático. El ex-vicepresidente norteamericano Al Gore muestra un contundente y preocupante retrato de la situación del planeta, amenazado por el calientamiento global provocado por las ingentes emisiones de CO2 por parte de la acción del hombre. Un documental cuya leyenda reza: "De lejos la película más aterradora que verá jamás".
Este documental muestra los mejores momentos del famoso festival californiano en 1967, incluyendo artistas como Mamas And The Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Otis Redding o Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Documental sobre el mejor cine de terror y suspense hasta 1984, incluyendo reportajes e imágenes de películas de terror varias, donde salen muchas caras conocidas.
El narrador y mago conceptual Derek DelGaudio intenta comprender la naturaleza ilusoria de la identidad y responder a la pregunta engañosamente simple "¿Quién soy yo?"
Set in the not to distant apocalyptic future. Earth is under invasion from computer/arcade aliens, tensions run high and teenagers still want to 'go out'.
Nueva York. Un camionero (James Cagney) decide hacerse boxeador para ayudar a su hermano que se dedica a la música (Arthur Kennedy), pero a un gángster sin escrúpulos no le gustará la idea.
Queen Elizabeth has worked with 14 Prime Ministers, including holding confidential weekly meetings. It is not known whether she has influenced her Prime Ministers, or what happens when they clash.
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
An adventure of the hapless Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman about town with a penchant for getting himself into personal difficulties, particularly with women. It is inevitable left to his unflappable manservant Jeeves to provide tidy and elegant rescues.
Marking 40 years in show business, legendary comedian and entertainer Ken Dodd presents this comedy extravaganza, entertaining a host of celebrities including Frank Carson, Samantha Fox and Warren Mitchell.
Alison is giving birth to a creature, who runs away when faced with the oppressing stares of huge statues surrounding them. Alison then runs after her creation, to be finally confronted with the eyes of the crowd.
The first stand-up comedy special by Paul Taylor, an Englishman who lived for several years in France as a child and therefore performs his shows 50% in the English and 50% in the French language. Here, he talks about a squirrel conspiracy, the French greeting culture and why queuing might no have been invented by the French.