The Megaphone Men

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

A distinguished company of Hollywood's greatest directors recollected by their disciples and their actors who dissect their varied ways of working. Chester Morris is host to directors George Seaton, Otto Preminger, King Vidor, Rouben Mamoulian and Edward Dymtryk. Janet Gaynor recalls Murnau, Dana Andrews talks about Wyler, Theresa Wright speaks of Hitchcock, Jack Lemmon talks about John Ford and Samson Raphaelson recalls the great Ernst Lubitsch.

Episode also known by variant title "Svengali."

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