Discovering Film

Season 1

TV-PG
Discovering Film celebrates the lives of some of the most prolific and iconic Hollywood stars.
Where to Watch Season 1
13 Episodes
  • Discovering Marlene Dietrich
    E1
    Discovering Marlene DietrichDiscovering Marlene Dietrich
  • Discovering Grace Kelly
    E2
    Discovering Grace KellyA look at the life and career of Grace Kelly, the Hollywood star who became a princess when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco
  • Discovering Lauren Bacall
    E3
    Discovering Lauren BacallA look back at the glittering career of Lauren Bacall, who found fame alongside Humphrey Bogart in films To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo.
  • Discovering Deborah Kerr
    E4
    Discovering Deborah KerrAlthough nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress without winning, Deborah Kerr will always be remembered as one of Hollywood's truly great leading ladies.
  • Discovering Ingrid Bergman
    E5
    Discovering Ingrid BergmanAn intimate portrait of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, who shone in her roles as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca and as Alicia Huberman in Hitchcock thriller Notorious.
  • Discovering Ginger Rogers
    E6
    Discovering Ginger RogersGlittering profile of the Academy Award-winning actress and famed dancing partner of Fred Astaire. Her long career included 73 films, such as Top Hat, Swing Time and Kitty Foyle.
  • Discovering Ava Gardner
    E7
    Discovering Ava GardnerA look at the films and personal life of The Killers and On the Beach actress Ava Gardner. Gardner hit headlines in 1951 when crooner Frank Sinatra left his wife Nancy to marry her.
  • Discovering Cary Grant
    E8
    Discovering Cary GrantProfile of dashing Hollywood superstar Cary Grant whose films included His Girl Friday and Charade and whose five wives included actress Betsy Drake and socialite Barbara Hutton.
  • Discovering Robert Mitchum
    E9
    Discovering Robert MitchumA look at the life and films of screen legend Robert Mitchum, who spent his youth as a vagrant and professional boxer before going on to star in Cape Fear and The Night of the Hunter.
  • Discovering Fred Astaire
    E10
    Discovering Fred AstaireA portrait of the legendary dancer of Hollywood's golden era. A self-punishing perfectionist, Astaire achieved worldwide fame with partner Ginger Rogers.
  • Discovering Humphrey Bogart
    E11
    Discovering Humphrey BogartA look back at the glamorous life and hugely-successful career of Academy Award-winning actor and cultural icon Humphrey Bogart.
  • Discovering Burt Lancaster
    E12
    Discovering Burt LancasterA portrait of blue-eyed Hollywood superstar Burt Lancaster. A self-taught actor, he shot to fame in The Killers before starring in From Here to Eternity and Atlantic City
  • Discovering Henry Fonda
    E13
    Discovering Henry FondaProfile of Academy Award-winning actor Henry Fonda, whose long and glittering film career included roles in The Grapes of Wrath, On Golden Pond and Once Upon a Time in the West
 
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