Who HQ rolls out the red carpet for Where Is Hollywood?--the film capital of the world. Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers from New York flocked to the area, where they could make movies without having to pay Thomas Edison's patent fee. It didn't hurt that the weather was perfect,...

Performances by R&B greats such as Cab Calloway, Martha Davis, Count Bassie, Lionel Hampton, Delta Rhythm Boys, and Herb Jeffries.

"In prohibition-era Southern California, real life detectives Charles D. Siringo and Dashiell Hammett must solve a mystery involving a ruthless politician--Joseph P. Kennedy. With sharp dialogue and rich historical background, Ragtime Cowboys is an exciting, suspenseful tale in which the Old West and Hollywood collide. Los Angeles, 1921: Ex-Pinkerton Charlie Siringo is living in quiet retirement when Wyatt Earp knocks on his door and asks him to track...

In this telling of the classic Nutcracker story, The Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre perform to the music of the Sofia National Opera Orchestra.

War casts a gloomy pall over Veronika and Boris' relationship. As Boris volunteers to fight, and Veronika serves her country as a war-time nurse, they lose touch, not even knowing if the other is alive. The film was nominated for two BAFTA Awards, and won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival.

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Many consider this to be the best of the Topper trilogy, thanks largely to the sassy presence of Joan Blondell. Hollywood's favorite wisecracker plays Gail Richards, a woman accidentally murdered while staying at the home of her friend, Ann Carrington (Carole Landis). Enlisting the help of Cosmo Topper (Roland Young), Gail's ghost sets out to find her killer. This supernatural comedy was nominated for two Academy Awards, including one for special...

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are remarkable as a married couple facing the unexpected tragedy of their adopted child's death in Penny Serenade. The 1941 film was ahead of its time, weaving elements of romantic comedy with tragedy. Director George Stevens's method of moving the story forward by using popular songs of the day was equally novel. Grant's performance received an Oscar nomination, while Dunne often cited the film as her personal favorite....

Bestselling novelist Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) hires aspiring writer Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord (Laraine Day) to be his secretary. Although initially, she is dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they soon begin falling in love. Written and directed by Charles Martin, the film features a stellar supporting cast that includes Keenan Wynn, Rudy Valle, and Irene Ryan. Look out for former model and B-movie starlet Virginia Hewitt as the...

In the 1950s, at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., comic Willie Bryant emcees a variety show comprising some of the biggest names in African-American music, comedy and dance. On hand to document the historic event is filmmaker Joseph Kohn, who points a steady lens on the lively performances of jazz legends Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Sarah Vaughan; stand-up comic Nipsey Russell; and the dynamic tap dance team of Charles "Honi" Coles...