Hollywood: The Autocrats (Episode 7)

Episode 7: Two of Hollywood's greatest directors were Cecil B. DeMille and Erich von Stroheim. But what they shared in achievement, they never shared in success. DeMille worked within the studio system, von Stroheim against it. And while DeMille's lavish productions reaped huge profits for the studios despite the millions they cost, von Stroheim's films were doomed to be hatcheted by the studio, if even released.

Includes rare footage and excerpts from MALE AND FEMALE (1919), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923), FOOLISH WIVES (1922), GREED (1925) and QUEEN KELLY (1928); interviews with Gloria Swanson, Agnes de Mille, Henry King, Paul Ivano, and more.

Episode 8: https://rumble.com/v55z9z8-hollywood-comedy-a-serious-business-episode-8.html