Series from 2011
Hollywood Idols presents riveting portraits of classic movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood that will delight movie fans of all ages. Each progr…
Philadelphia high society beauty, Grace Kelly, headed to New York City to be a model and actress. Within four years, she was an Academy Award winner. The program features clips from High Noon, Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief and High Society, plus rare footage of both her royal, fairytale wedding and her funeral. Interviewees include actors James Stewart, Louis Jourdan, and Katy Jurado.
With a winning combination of comic style and leading-man charisma, Cary Grant was the essence of a star. This profile includes clips of Grant's first starring role in She Done Him Wrong. Other film clips include North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief and others. Interviewees include Leslie Caron, Deborah Kerr, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Stanley Donen, Richard Brooks and Stanley Kramer.
Talented and enduring award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when the studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to become a famous leading man. Featuring clips from The Keys of the Kingdom, To Kill a Mockingbird, Spellbound, MacArthur, and others. Interviews with Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Anthony Quinn, Jack Lemmon, Robert Mulligan, and Peck's son.
Michael Caine was known as one of filmdom's most versatile stars. See clips from his most famous films as Educating Rita, The Man Who Would Be King, Alfie, California Suite, Mona Lisa, and Zulu. Also included in this program are the recollections of actors Julie Walters, Bob Hoskins, Dyan Cannon, Ben Kingsley, Roger Moore, directors Lewis Gilbert and Sidney J. Furie, and Caine's wife, Shakira.
Audrey Hepburn was one of movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, elegant sophistication, and an aura of youthful innocence. This program features interviews from Billy Wilder, Blake Edwards, Stanley Donen, Henry Mancini, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Hubert de Givenchy and others. Also with scenes from Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, My Fair Lady and more.
Hosted by Broadway star Tommy Tune, this program is a retrospective of Shirley Temple's life. Clips from Little Miss Marker, Bright Eyes, The Little Colonel, Poor Little Rich Girl, Stowaway and The Little Princess reveal the precocious Temple at her heart-stirring best. Interviews with Caesar Romero, Alice Faye and Gloria Stuart, Jane Withers, Darryl Hickman, Dick Moore, and Marcia Jones.