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6. The Golden Age
From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time, and America falls in love with the movies as stars like Bogie, Brando and Marilyn became icons.
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S1 E6 · The Golden Age
The Movies is a documentary TV series that premiered on CNN on July 7, 2019. It has 1 season and 6 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 6 "The Golden Age", aired on August 11, 2019.
Explore American cinema through the decades and the cultural, societal and political shifts that framed its evolution.
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6 episodes · 1 season
2019 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago
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From the 1930s through the 1950s, Hollywood studios create the most iconic and beloved films of all time, and America falls in love with the movies as stars like Bogie, Brando and Marilyn became icons.
E5
The Sixties are a decade of change off-screen and on. Classic musicals and epics featuring luminaries like Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor make room for meaningful masterpieces from filmmakers like Kubrick, Hitchcock and Nichols and stars like Redford, Newman and Poitier.
E4
Directors become masters of the medium as Spielberg, Coppola, Scorsese, Lucas and other filmmakers create a New Hollywood that pushes the medium of moviemaking to its apex, just as a new generation of movie stars like Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, and Pam Grier light up the screen.
E3
As the new century begins, beloved books and comic-book crusaders become box-office gold, musicals and cartoons win audiences and Oscars, coarse comedies and epic dramas showcase Hollywood’s biggest stars, and a new generation of filmmakers from diverse backgrounds finds its voice.
E2
As America falls for stars like Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington and Will Smith, masters like Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Jane Campion and the Coen Brothers direct some of their best-loved work. A robust independent film movement introduces directors like Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Singleton and David Fincher.
E1
In the Eighties, stars like Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Eddie Murphy explode on the screen. Aliens, time travelers, ghosts and road warriors share the cineplex with troubled teens, battered boxers, classical composers and career girls.
The Movies has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on August 11, 2019.
The most recent episode of The Movies, Season 1 Episode 6 "The Golden Age", aired on August 11, 2019.
The Movies has 1 season with 6 episodes in total.
The Movies first aired on CNN on July 7, 2019.
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