First broadcast in 1969. In his 70th year, Alfred Hitchcock came to the National Film Theatre in London to talk to fellow director Bryan Forbes and to answer questions from an audience of film enthusiasts. With scenes from Blackmail (1929), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Torn Curtain (1966).
Actor Rex Harrison talks entertainingly about his long stage and screen career with David Lewin and members of the audience of the National Film Theatre. Featuring extracts from some of his most famous films.
American actress Bette Davis talks to Joan Bakewell and to the audience at the National Film Theatre. She recalls her career as a star, her resistance to the studio's attempts to change her name, the problems she has had to face and the Hollywood image. Featuring extracts from some of Davis's most famous films, including Jezebel (1938), Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), All About Eve (1950) and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
American actor Paul Newman talks to Joan Bakewell and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London. Featuring extracts from some of his most famous films, including The Silver Chalice, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Hustler, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Angela Lansbury talks to American columnist Rex Reed and answers questions from members of the audience at London's National Film Theatre. Featuring extracts from her films, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Harvey Girls, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Manchurian Candidate and Black Flowers for the Bride.