Most Popular Leonard Maltin Trailers
Total trailers found: 158
08 October 1999
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and personality to the world's most beloved icon.
27 April 2018
This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen.
01 January 1997
From all the cartoons Walt Disney and his team create a full length feature film fun and fancy free .
31 August 2007
Two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screenwriter who once mistreated them on the set of an early film.
16 June 2008
A documentary about the Fleischer brothers and how they revolutionized animation.
30 January 2019
Fifty years after its release, the special effects makeup team behind Planet of the Apes reflect on making the iconic film.
17 August 2005
A featurette that can be found on the Shall We Dance (1937) DVD.
30 October 2010
The story of the unlikely alliance between two of the most renowned innovators of the twentieth century: brilliantly eccentric Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí and American entertainment innovator Walt Disney.
30 August 2002
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
01 January 2009
A 100 year history of the development of movie marketing, reflecting technical improvements, audience taste and cultural sensibilities.
01 March 1999
An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States.
01 April 2024
For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators.
09 November 2017
With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like.
03 October 2006
Find out how the spectacular music inspired the animation, and learn more about the development of the characters—such as how Ursula ended up being a big octopus—and how the memorable song "Part of Your World" almost got cut from the film.
13 September 2015
In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM.
01 January 1984
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
01 January 2000
Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew attention from the public, and, more importantly, from those in the entertainment industry.
03 August 2000
From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she wrote more than 200 movies and was the world's highest paid screenwriter - man or woman.
04 November 2007
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more.
15 November 2003
Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream factories.
02 January 2021
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.
16 September 1997
Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.
18 September 2015
Fanarchy explores the rise of fan culture and ways in which fans are threatening the Hollywood system by becoming a creative force in their own right.
01 January 1985
Stan Brakhage is a film maker whose work is shown mainly at film festivals. His work has been likened to poetry.
12 September 2000
Arguably the quintessential film siren of the silent era, Mary Pickford was known as "America's Sweetheart.
15 June 1990
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo.
01 October 2013
Actor Martin Sheen narrates this newly produced, feature-length high definition documentary, touching on the film's timelessness and legacy before diving into the story of its development, production and release.
16 October 2021
Art and science have worked together to allow cinema to switch to color. Numerous processes have succeeded one another to try to solve this difficulty.
01 October 2024
Pioneer animator Paul Terry launched his film career in 1915, and in less than a decade built a studio around his first star character, a cranky old farmer constantly at war with crazy animals and sneaky city slickers.
02 July 2009
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
25 October 2019
Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them.
05 February 2002
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
11 November 2003
The documentary Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter contains numerous clips from the film and television work of the beloved entertainer.
28 August 2007
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits.
22 September 2009
A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
09 November 2023
Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson and other film luminaries look back at LA's historic Egyptian Theatre as it returns to its former movie palace glory.
11 June 2015
Hollywood stars, historical footage and stylized reenactments tell the story of costume designer Orry-Kelly, who ruled Tinseltown fashion for decades.
29 December 2017
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment.
22 November 2011
This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.
06 December 2005
This featurette is available on the 'Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities' DVD.
19 July 2013
A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.
17 May 2004
Leonard Maltin talks about the history of Mickey Mouse's voice.
20 November 2011
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
17 May 2004
A documentary short on Disney's 'Tomorrow Land' DVD.
14 October 1997
Documentary about the making of Disney's animated musical adaptation of Kipling's classic.
24 November 2022
A 'cine-ramic' roller-coaster ride through the rise, fall and re-birth of projected film.
16 August 2005
A cherished remembrance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers reunited for the film, "The Barkleys of Broadway.
18 November 2022
ONLY IN THEATERS, a film by actor/director Raphael Sbarge, is an intimate and moving journey taken with the Laemmle family, spanning nearly three years of challenges, losses, and personal triumphs.
17 October 2012
Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana, during the pre-Cuban revolution to his current home, in the garage behind his son's house.
27 April 2006
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination.
30 October 2001
The true stories that spawned the serie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan.
11 October 2022
A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.
18 October 2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.
04 November 2003
Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convinced, but the result speaks for itself.
05 January 2001
Leonard Maltin talks with song writer Richard M. Sherman about Disney music.
06 December 2005
This featurette is available on the 'Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities' DVD.
14 November 2000
Documentary on the making of Walt Disney’s Fantasia.
01 April 2025
Chronicles Michael, an acclaimed actor blacklisted by Hollywood for most of his career, exploring his life and struggles within the industry's system.
26 October 2007
The sound of flapping bat wings, an empty coffin, glistening fangs, tiny punctures on the neck, the sensual taste of blood, a blank reflection, fear of the cross, and death from daylight.
12 December 2006
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships.