Appreciating American Movies

The history of American cinema spans almost 125 years and involves thousands of writers, producers, directors, and performers. But within that history, certain artists stand out for their lifelong body of work. This course will focus on five directors from the period when Classic Hollywood Filmmaking was at its peak—Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra and Billy Wilder. Each session will feature clips from interviews with the directors and scenes from their films.

• Notebook
• Pen or pencil

David Inman
David was Google before there was Google. From 1981-2013 he wrote a nationally syndicated Q&A column, "The Incredible Inman," about TV and movie trivia. He is the author of seven books about movie and TV history and trivia and has written on-air material for Turner Classic Movie hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Dave Karger. He still writes about films and television at theincredibleinman.com.

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