Essais d'acteurs : Ève Francis

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1(en)

Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.

Screen Test: Jackie(en)

Andy Warhol directs The Factory regular Louisa "Jackie" Foster for a screen test.

Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick(en)

Andy directs Edie for a screen test.

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind(en)

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke)(en)

Andy directs Lou Reed drinking a Coke.

My Geisha(en)

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

Next Stop, Greenwich Village(en)

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Soar(en)

Everyone's worst travel nightmare - being stuck next to an obnoxious dork on a flight where there are no spare seats.

Movie Crazy(en)

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

Centerfold Screen Test 2(en)

Penthouse Pet Michelle Bauer jumped from the pages of early-'80s men's mags to the wild celluloid of mid-'80s horror flicks. This gal works all the time and has played everything from hookers to holy women.

Star Dust(en)

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

The Star(en)

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.

Starlet Screen Test(en)

12 beautiful women audition for film roles.

Miss Cinema(en)

In a series of vintage screentests, we see young, anonymous girls posing and hoping for a role in a film. A couple of typical poses, a battle with the strangeness of the situation, the clumsiness of the cameraman - the compilers from the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia preserved all imperfections with love.

Jonny Quest Screen Test 09/95(en)

This is the screen test video trailer version of Fred Dekker 1995 script for the live action version of Jonny Quest. The script takes place in Hong Kong 1964 where a top commander Race gets recruited to Dr Quest as his bodyguard. He also befriends the doctor's son Jonny who is more adventurous than some might know but also distanced from his father. Together they are headed for the lost city in the jungle where they will prevent a Chinese doctor from taking the magic power of the gods.

Screen Test: Amy Taubin(en)

Andy Warhol Screen Test No. 335: Screen test of influential art critic Amy Taubin

Smoky Mountain Explorer - An Island in the Sky(en)

Take a video journey to the Top of Old Smoky, Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains. View astonishing footage of rivers of clouds, sunrises, wildlife, wildflowers, and the turn of the seasons atop this island in the sky.

The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life(en)

Behind the scenes of The Brothers Grimm

The White Nigger(no)

A documentary about renowned Norwegian author Ingvar Ambjørnsen. Being one of Norways most-read modern authors, and having written over 30 books of which seven have been made into movies, he visits old places that mean something to him. From his childhood to his older life, many stations in his life are called to and he shares some of his thoughts about them with the audience.

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