Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Jan 10, 1972

0h 51m

★ 6.0

Overview

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

MGM Television

Ronox Productions

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Constance Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Bremer

Self (archive footage)

Billie Burke

Self (archive footage)

Lou Costello

Self (archive footage)

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Eddy

Self (archive footage)

Betty Garrett

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Hamilton

Self (archive footage)

Janet Leigh

Richard Dreyfuss hosts a celebration of the 80 year history of Universal Studios. Founded as IMP by Carl Leammle to oppose Edison's Motion Picture Tust, it soon grew under the leadership of 21 year old production head Irving Thalberg with classic silents from artists like John Ford, Erich Von Stroheim, and Lon Chaney and prospered further in the Sound Era under the leadership of Carl Leammle Jr. with such classics as "All Quiet on The Western Front," "Showboat," and the studio's signature monster franchises, "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."

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