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1942

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. The narrator says that moviegoers will have to decide whether these fledgling actors and actresses have that certain quality that made superstars out of MGM players Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner.

7.3

A Trip to Paramountown

1922

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

8.5

ABBA-dabba-doo

1976

This first documentary about the pop group ABBA was made around the time of the release of their fourth album 'Arrival'. It contains unique archive footage filmed at the secret location where they made the record, concert footage, specially made promotional videos, photos from the group members' private collection and interviews in Swedish with each of them: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Stig was also interviewed briefly and was shown playing and singing part of Tivedshambo on acoustic guitar.

6.3

The Song of Styrene

1957

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics.

1.0

American Thrift: An Expansive Tribute to the "Woman American"

1962

Chevrolet presents this tribute to the American woman and her thrifty ways with money. The film also salutes the individuality of the Amerian citizen and the variety of choices we have in the marketplace.

0.0

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

1966

A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix

8.0

Heartbreakers Beach Party

2024

Documentary that captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album (their final with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine). It aired only once on MTV in 1983. After the long lost 16mm reels were finally found, a restored version with 19 minutes of extra footage was released in 2024.

0.0

Superette Story

1962

A look at the sales practices employed at the LPE Superette run by John Beasley on Berwick Street market.

7.0

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

2001

Marilyn Monroe's final project, "Something's Got to Give", has become one of the most talked about unfinished films in history. The story of the film and Marilyn's last days were seemingly lost… until now. Through interviews, never-before-seen footage and an edited reconstruction of "Something's Got to Give", Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days provides a definitive and fascinating look at the last act in the life of the world's most famous and tragic superstar.

2.7

Horse Shoeing

1893

One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to drive the nail into the shoe of the horse's hoof, to change his position and every movement needed in the work was clearly shown as if the object was in real (life). In fact, the whole routine of the two men's labor and their movements for the day was presented to the view of the observer.

0.0

Der neue Expressdampfer Saint Louis

1899

Short film about an express steamer

3.0

Fashion Horizons

1940

Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.

6.0

The Red, White and Blue Line

1955

A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds

5.0

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1936

Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.

0.0

The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

1912

Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of Alaska and Siberia to study the natives and the animal life.

5.9

Death Day

1934

During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film project. When the 200,000-plus feet of film he eventually exposed in Mexico was first attempted to be made into a feature film, "Thunder Over Mexico", the producers excluded the Death Day material for subsequent compilation as an independent short subject. Silent with music track and explanatory English intertitles.

0.0

Sex Stars

1976

Sex star gives an explosive behind the scenes view of the people who make sexual fantasies come true on the silver screen. Sex Stars is the first feature documentary made by Lech Kowalski.

0.0

The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'

1977

Documentary of the making of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1977)

2.0

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

1951

Dore Schary presents clips from upcoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films.

0.0

The Great Universal Mystery

1914

A promotional one-reel film promoting the stars of Universal Pictures.

Genre	Documentary
Production Companies	Solax Film Company
Production Ccountries	United States of America

A Solax Celebration

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