Eric Lax Movies

Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first...

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.

An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.

In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he...

The Making of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Donald Spoto and Drew Casper.

Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.

An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."

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...

A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941).

The making of the film with Drew Casper.

Documentary looking at the film classic, They Drive By Night