Anthony Slide

Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cutting-edge films of the 1960s.

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.

Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".

A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.

Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.

A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.

A documentary about the Marx Brothers containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others.

Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema after directing, producing, and writing more than 700 films.

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and footage, revealing Walsh's extraordinary, adventurous life on and off the set. From his apprenticeship with D.W. Griffith to his discovery of John Wayne and Rock Hudson, from the innovative 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1924) to the widescreen 'The Big Trail' (1930), from his classic work with Cagney, Bogart and Flynn to his mastery of every genre (musicals, comedies, Westerns, gangster, war), Walsh made Hollywood history. His life is nothing less than the story of Hollywood itself. Here's a full-bodied account of one of Hollywood's greatest legends.

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

A documentary exploring the origins of the pioneers of women directors during the silent era.

Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.

Story of Annette Kellerman, the international swimming vaudeville and silent screen star whose life story inspired the MGM classic Million Dollar Mermaid starring Esther Williams, which featured lavish Busby Berkeley scenes.

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.

Short doc in which Anthony Slide (Andre De Toth on Andre De Toth) discusses the work of Andre De Toth in general and The Indian Fighter in particular.

This short documentary explores the history behind Hollywood's infamous "Production Code".

The History of Sound in Motion Pictures: The Beginning: 1876-1932