Screen actors

Motion Picture actors are seen in their homes, conducting important business of their craft through Screen Actors Guild and meeting the problems of everyday living the same as other citizens. The film is concerned mainly with presenting film actors as ordinary people. Reginald Denny is an aeronautical engineer; Esther Williams a successful business woman; Clark Gable as a keen rancher; Lionel Barrymore a talented artist.

Credits

production company

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

00:08:20:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1951

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

28260

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - United States

Music & Performing Arts → Actors

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1951

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