Rick Jewell
Acting
Known For

A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood

Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street.
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the screen in recognizable form.
The Road to Casino Royale

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

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

Clip job of the numerous films John Wayne made at 20th Century Fox with commentary from those who knew him.
The Duke at Fox

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."
Jezebel: Legend of the South

Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals.
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.
Murnau, Borzage and Fox

A featurette about the distinctive film work of Busby Berkeley.
(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
Short documentary about the "woman's picture" at Warner Brothers.
Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture
As a newspaper writer in Chicago, young Ben Hecht saw it all and learned how to captivate an audience with his writing. By the 1920s, he took that talent to Hollywood as a screenwriter, where he crafted some of the classic Hollywood films.
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

A featurette about 'Footlight Parade'.
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades
Documentary short included with the DVD extras of All About Eve.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey
Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories.
Marked Woman: Ripped from the Headlines
In this documentary short, Astaire and Rogers experts and aficionados delve into the development of the legendary duo’s dancing partnership, focusing on Mark Sandrich’s “Follow the Fleet” (1936).
"Follow the Fleet": The Origins of Those Dancing Feet
Documentary on the making of the 4th Sidney Toler Charlie Chan movie.