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Personalities

Jan 1, 1942

0h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. The narrator says that moviegoers will have to decide whether these fledgling actors and actresses have that certain quality that made superstars out of MGM players Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Personalities Trailers

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Cast

(uncredited)

Patricia Dane

Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)

Carole Gallagher

(uncredited)

Van Johnson

(uncredited)

Richard Ney

(uncredited)

Lucille Norman

(uncredited)

Susan Peters

Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)

Frances Rafferty

(uncredited)

Donna Reed

(uncredited)

Jean Rogers

Andy Hardy (screen test footage) (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney

(uncredited)

Robert Sterling

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Whitbeck

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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