Season 1
1977
Clips from the 20th-Century Fox Film Archives provide an assortment of subjects in the movies
01. Disasters: Hollywood Style
1977-09-23
Floods, fires. and volcanoes.
02. Hollywood Heavies
1977-09-30
Male and female movie villains. The screen's bad guys...from Bela and Boris to Richard Widmark.
03. Fox Tots
1977-10-07
Child movie stars win viewers hearts.
04. Make It Again, Sam
1977-10-14
This week, the episode illustrates how good properties in films are repeated over and over again. It even opens with Ida Lupino singing “Again.” Tom Bosley leads us through some of the remakes of popular movies. Some of the remakes reflected different settings and, different titles, but the stories remained the same. Movies viewed include remakes of “State Fair,” ‘Bird of Paradise," “Folies Bergere” and “Thanks a Million.” Films like ‘State Fair,” ‘A Star Is Born," “The Three Musketeers’ and many more are recycled, and some repeated properties turn up under different titles. How to make movies over and over again is what Haley is demonstrating in this entertaining outing.
05. Heroes of the West
1977-10-21
A behind-the-scenes look at westerns from the days of Tom Mix to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
06. Animals And Other Actors
1977-10-28
Tom Bosley narrates this program which takes a look at the animal stars from Tom Mix's horse, Tony, to the expressive face and heroic deeds of dog star Benji.
07. Instant Imagination
1977-11-04
A journey into science fiction films from “Star Wars" to “The Day The Earth Stood Still."
08. The Chase is On
1977-11-11
The episode covers all the memorable film chases from “French Connection II,” “Von Ryan's Express,” “Race With The Devil,” “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" and “Keystone Cops."
09. And Then I Wrote
1977-11-18
For more than fifty years, it has been America's talented songwriters who have not only made our movie musicals an internationally acclaimed art form, but have filled Hollywood with the most romantic, entertaining, and exciting sounds in show business. Films featured include ‘Stars and Stripes Forever," with Clifton Webb; “Irish Eyes Are Smiling," with Dick Haymes, “Music In The Air,” with Al Sheehan.
10. Great Entertainers
1977-11-25
Film stars who began their careers as singers, stage actors, dancers, and radio stars. Entertainers become movie stars.
11. Boy Meets Girl
1977-12-02
Film clips from 20th Century Fox movies including "Cinderella Liberty," "A Guide For The Married Man," and "Silent Movie."
12. Hollywood War Heroes
1977-12-09
Hollywood's war heroes have always looked just like the real thing. They'll fight the red-blooded, two-fisted good fight anytime, anywhere, from the hills of Montezuma to the sands of Iwo Jima. Films featured include “Tora, Tora, Tora,” “Crash Dive,” “Manilla Calling,” “The Purple Heart,” “Wing and A Prayer,” “Guadalcanal Diary,” “Yank In the RAF," and “The Longest Day."
13. Song And Dance People
1977-12-16
Actors who sing and dance. The stars who made music and dance on Hollywood's big screen.
14. The Funny Side Of Hollywood
1977-12-23
A look at some of the film comedians who have left no stone unturned in order to make us laugh.
15. Wings Over Hollywood
1977-12-30
The movies go to the air in planes, rocket ships, and dirigibles. The sky's the limit for hundreds of Hollywood films, as famous actors and actresses take to the air in such films as "Sky Riders" with James Coburn, "Lucky Lady" with Liza Minnelli, "Flying Down To Rio" with Ginger Rogers and "King Kong."
16. The Classics Go Hollywood
1978-01-06
The program looks at the movies which showcase the works of classical literature.
17. The Swashbucklers
1978-01-13
Hollywood's larger-than-life adventurers show their courage in scenes from classics like “The Mark of Zorro,” “Star Wars," “Anne of the Indies," “The Black Rose" and “Prince Valiant.”
18. The Fox Men
1978-01-20
A look at some of Twentieth-Century Fox's leading men — Tyrone Power, Rudolph Valentino, Clark Gable, Ronald Colman, and Paul Newman.
19. Hollywood's Hollywood
1978-01-27
Film clips from a number of movies about Hollywood and the motion picture industry.
20. Liberated Woman, Hollywood Style
1978-02-03
For 50 years, movies have been the forerunner in the fight for women's liberation, because producers discovered long ago that there is absolutely nothing like Hollywood's liberated ladies. Featured films include “A Woman Rebels” with Katharine Hepburn, “Shocking Miss Pilgrim" with Betty Grable, “Call Me Madam” with Ethel Merman, and “Belles on Their Toes" with Myrna Loy.
21. Detective Heroes
1978-02-10
Popular movie sleuths.
22. Hollywood's Teenagers
1978-02-17
Film clips from movies with a look at some of the teenagers from the movies and the idols they adored.
23. Funny You Should Say That
1978-02-24
Hollywood's best one-liners are delivered by the funniest men of the big screen.
24. Spy Game
1978-03-03
Popular 'good guy' spies.
25. Fox Ladies
1978-03-10
A spotlight on legendary actresses. Highlights of the careers of the famous and legendary ladies of the screen include never-before-seen footage of Shirley Temple in Captain January, and scenes from the movies of Jean Harlow, Ethel Merman, Clara Bow, Janet Gaynor, and many more.