TV series
The Hollywood Greats
1977–2006 · 7 seasons
A calm, affectionate stroll through film history, full of fond anecdotes and archival clips that rewards a curious, attentive viewer.
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Jonathan Ross, Shelley Winters, Gene Hackman
- Overview
- Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.
- How it feels
- Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Art, celebrity, memory, ambition
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Jonathan Ross, Shelley Winters, Gene Hackman
