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.
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Collection
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009513
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)