Hugh Hefner
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Filmography
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Sunset Strip
(2012)As iconic as the celebrities who have partied there, Los Angeles' most infamous street has a fascinating history in popular culture.
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
[Select Subtitles available in May] A fascinating docuseries chronicling Playboy magazine’s charismatic founder, Hugh Hefner, and his impact on global culture. Told from his unique perspective with never-before-seen footage from his private archive, discover the captivating story about the man behind the bunny.

One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll
(2006)Catch a glimpse of Rock N’ Roll’s exciting beginnings, with rare footage of musical pioneers as they prepared to take the world by storm.

The Playboy Murders
These stories investigate murders that intersect with Playboy, exposing the pitfalls of fame for those appearing on their pages and forcing audiences to question everything they thought they knew about one of America's most recognizable publications.

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
(2007)In 1941, revolutionary black-and-white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz, and Swing era, who were about to make entertainment history.

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
(2012)Trapeze, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success, The Boston Strangler, Some Like It Hot. Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean, was one of the very first teen idols and one of the last real movie stars. From his difficult upbringing in the Bronx, where he was born Bernie Schwartz, to his unprecedented fame and infamous way with women, Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom presents Mr. Curtis's life in all its rags to riches glory. Interviews with Tony's family, friends and co-stars (Hugh Hefner, Harry Belafonte, Debbie Reynolds, Mamie Van Doren, Piper Laurie, Theresa Russell, Jill Curtis among others!) along with exclusive footage and film clips are given deeper meaning and clarity by the most honest and intimate interview the actor may have ever given. Here, in the definitive film about Tony Curtis, filmmaker Ian Ayres forms this incredible material into a revealing portrait of one of the greatest Hollywood celebrities of all time. Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom explores the man's rebellious demeanor, his struggle as a Jew in Hollywood, his difficult childhood, the brief love affair with Marilyn Monroe and his failed marriages to actresses Janet Leigh and Christine Kaufmann, his courageous stance to break the color barrier with The Defiant Ones (the film that earned him an Oscar Nomination), and his entire six-decade career. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a powerful and magnetic actor, Tony Curtis was the original movie star.

Marilyn Monroe: Still Life
(2006)There are thousands of photographs of Marilyn Monroe in existence, from Hollywood stills to candid pictures snapped on the streets of New York. Many of the best-known were taken by the definitive photographers of our time. Their work is brought to life in Marilyn Monroe: Still Life.

The House Bunny
(2008)When Shelley (Anna Faris) gets kicked out of the mansion, she's a lost little Bunny in the wilds of Beverly Hills until she stumbles upon the sorriest sorority on campus. Now it's up to her to spruce up the girls and heat up the Zeta house before the University shuts them down.

A Century of Science Fiction
(1996)Join host Christopher Lee as he explores a century of the most notable science fiction and fantasy films.

Miss March
(2009)A guy just out of a coma treks to the Playboy Mansion with his screwball pal to win back his centerfold ex in this comedy.