Creative Arts Television Archive is a licensing agency representing several hundred completed television documentaries not for sale elsewhere. Some of these titles concern cinema and are now available in video formats for research or classroom use. We offer VHS (home video) copies of documentary programs about cinema, film directors, scoring for film, animation, experimenters, studies of techniques, profiles and interviews, produced in the period 1950-1980. Contact [log in to unmask] for details on ordering and additional titles. All half-hour except as noted. Leni Riefenstahl (1973, color) One hour. Overview of her life and work, treating Riefenstahl as a filmmaker. Includes interview with LR in English. Clips of "Blaue Licht", "Triumph des Willens", "Olympia", "Tiefland", and a few of the films in which she performed as an actress. A great deal of biographical material, many photos from her personal archive. The Maysles Brothers (1969, color) One hour. Albert and David Maysles, pioneers in "direct cinema", in conversation with Jack Kroll (then senior editor of Newsweek) about techniques and motivations. Clips from "Salesman". Buster Keaton (1970, color) Film critic Andrew Sarris and film archivist Raymond Rohauer -- who found and rescued many old Keaton films --discuss career of Keaton. Clips from "The General", "Cops", "Sherlock Jr.", "College", "Steamboat Bill Jr.", "Frozen North", "The Boat." Francois Truffaut (1977, color) Conversation between FT (speaking in French) and Richard Roud (then director of NY Film Festival) about his life, work and the auteur theory; with clips from "400 Blows", "Jules and Jim", "Bed and Board", "The Man Who Loved Women" and many others. D. W. Griffith (1975, color) One hour. Overview of Griffith's life and work by film historian Ron Mottram, with guests silent film stars Lillian Gish and Blanche Sweet. Clips from "Crossroads of Life", "Isn't Life Wonderful", "The Country Doctor","Feud in the Kentucky Hills," "A Corner in Wheat", "The Informer", "The Painted Lady", "Way Down East," "An Unseen Enemy," "Intolerance", "Birth of a Nation," "Judith and Holofernes," "True Heart Susie." Alfred Hitchcock (1972, color) One hour. The director speaks with news commentator Pia Lindstrom (daughter of AH star Ingrid Bergman) and with film historian William Everson about his life and work. Clips from many films, including "Dial M for Murder", "The 39 Steps," "Notorious", "Frenzy", "The Lodger", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "The Birds." A special section on early influences, and on AH's humorous appearances in his own movies. Jean Gabin (1978, color) One hour. The great French actor remembered by some of the writers, directors and co-stars who worked with him through 50 years and 100 films, including Rene Clement, Jean Dellanoy, Denys de la Patelliere, Michel Audiard, Granier Deferre, Jean Desailly, Francois Arnoul, Lino Ventura, Danielle Darrieux, Madeleine Renaud. Clips from "Pepe le Moko", "Grande Illusion", "La Bete Humaine", "Le Chat", many others. Narrated by Nadia Gray, who played opposite Gabin in the 50's. Orson Welles (1967, b/w) One hour. Chronicle of the life and work of OW through film clips and photographs. Josef von Sternberg (1965, b/w) The director talks with film critic Stanley Kaufmann. Clips from "The Blue Angel". Milos Forman (1966, b/w) Discussion between a very young MF (long before "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Ragtime") and cinema critic Amos Vogel. Clips from Forman's wonderful early Czech film "Loves of a Blonde." Joseph Losey (1963, b/w) JL and A. Mekas talk with NY Film Festival organizer Richard Roud and critic Amos Vogel on occasion of the very first NY Film Festival. Discussion of film-making and festivals. Clips from Losey's "The Servant" and Mekas' "Hallelujah the Hills." Sidney Lumet (1962, b/w) One hour. SL talks with editor-professor John Gassner about plays becoming films. Clips from "A View from the Bridge" and "Long Days Journey Into Night", others. Agnes Varda (1969, b/w) AV and Susan Sontag discuss women in films with editor Jack Kroll. Film Reality and Film Fantasy (1975, color) Special effects, then and now (1975). With Linwood Dunn explaining "King Kong", "Androcles and the Lion,", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", "Citizen Kane," and others -- with illustrations of optical printing. And with Bob Abel, pioneer in computer-driven film effects. Cinema of Senegal (1978, color) Conversation with Senegalese directors Paulin Soumanou Vieyra and Ousmane Sembene with Larry Kardish (Museum of Modern Art film dept.) Clips of several films by the participants and by Samb-Makharam and Traore. Scoring Films, 2. (1976, color) Profile of Bernard Hermann (1911-1975), composer whose scores set a new standard in American cinema. Illustrations from "Citizen Kane", "Jane Eyre", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "Psycho", "North by Northwest", "Taxi Driver, others. Commentary by music professor David Raksin. Filming "Godspell" (1973, color) Taking hit off-Broadway musical to the screen. On-location scenes, rehearsals, etc., and reflections by director David Greene, composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, writer John-Michael Tebelak. Warner Brothers Cartoon Studio 1934-1964 (1975, color) "The Boys From Termite Terrace" in 2 half-hour parts, has been widely exhibited as the best overview of the golden age of Hollywood cartoons. Hosted by animation expert John Canemaker. Interviews and reminiscence with Friz Freleng, Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and clips from their works including Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, etc. Demonstrations of painting cels, drawing, voice recording. Short personal films by women (1974, color) work by Judith Wardwell, Freude, Karen Johnson, Chick Strand, Betty Chen, Sharon Hennessey, Gunvor Nelson. Comment by Freude (Bartlett) (filmmaker, distributor). Otto Messmer (1977, color) creator of "Felix the Cat" cartoon series; OM discusses his work. Clips "Felix" etc. Stan VanDerBeek, 1. (1972, color) VDB at the pioneering computer at MIT (Advanced Visual Studies dept.) talks about computers interaction with creativity and demonstrates techniques. Clips from "Symmetricks" and others. With computer expert Wade Shaw. Stan VanDerBeek, 2. (1968) VDB at home, discusses work, tours his Moviedrome. Includes clips from "Will", "See Saw Seams", "Poemfield #1". Hans Richter (1973, color) profile of his work and life: experimental film artist, graphic artist, co-founder of Dada aesthetic, Bauhaus associate, participant in Surrealist movements. HR on camera explains his role as a dissenter in the Europe between the wars. Clips from films "Ghosts Before Breakfast", "Rhythm 21", "8 X 8", others. John Whitney, Sr. (1975, color) Pioneer computer graphics/film artist explains techniques, shows his equipment. With clips from"Matrix 3", "Catalog", "Permutations", "Lapis" George Dunning (1973, color) Master animator explains work and techniques. Tours his studio, shows techniques, his own animation experiments, how cels are made. Excerpts from works in progress and clips from the famous Beatles film "Yellow Submarine", "The Flying Man", "Damon the Mower." Oskar Fischinger (1977, color) Profile of early animation artist with clips from "Liebespiel", "Komposition in Blau", "Spiritual Constructions", marching cigarettes commercial, others. With his widow Elfriede, writer/film commentator William Moritz, animator John Canemaker. Alexander Alexeieff (1966, b/w) Creator of the strangely effective yet oddly old-fashioned experimental technique for making films by shining strong light across the peaks and valleys of hundreds of pins arranged in a "pin board", and filming the their shadows. AA discusses his invention and its application. (With wife and co-worker Claire Parker). Clips from their films. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]