Uses clips from MGM feature films made during the 1930’s-1950’s to exemplify what the Hollywood movie industry was like before its major studios suffered financial breakdown and the star system fell apart. Narrated by Dick Cavett. Suitable for upper secondary level
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ACMI Identifier
503689
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - United States
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture studios
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Appreciation
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - United States - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)