Movies: George Lucas
- 2008
Irving Thalberg: Hollywood's Boy Wonder (2008)
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In the early 1920s, Louis B. Mayer brought a young Irving Thalberg to Hollywood to trouble-shoot some problems at the film studio. Soon, this Boy Wonder proved to be a visionary of gigantic stature who left an indelible mark on Hollywood....
- 2007
Ireland: Power of the Poets (2007)
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Irish poetry evokes power, change, life, death, sorrow and joy. Made by JAK Documentary for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD, 2007....
- 2007
Powder Keg: Europe 1900-1914 (2007)
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A complex system of alliances and diplomatic tensions helped end peace in Europe....
- 2005
Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (2005)
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Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha....
- 2008
The Rise of the Moguls: The Men Who Built Hollywood (2008)
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Shortly after the turn of the 20th Century, a small group of entrepreneurs began making motion pictures, and went west to a small suburb of Los Angeles. They became movie moguls, tasting success beyond their wildest American Dreams....
- 2007
The Best Intentions: The Paris Peace Conference (2007)
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The 1919 Paris Peace Conference ended a war and set many courses for the future....
- 2007
Fighting for the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in America (2007)
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The American suffrage movement began when two women were barred from an anti-slavery meeting....
- 2008
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood (2008)
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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....
- 2007
Hellfighters: Harlem’s Heroes of World War One (2007)
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African American soldiers in World War One had more than one enemy to overcome....