Hollywood The Dream Factory

Duration: 0:51:00 0:50:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: Kaleidoscope Films | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 10Jan72 · LP41190 (Jul-Dec 1972) Copyright holder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc

Description: Narrator, Dick Cavett; Combines footage from MGM features of the past forty years with contemporary scenes of the studio's demise to create a nostalgic reminder of the heyday of the Hollywood film industry, Combines brief selections from many feature films to construct a history of the industry from the early twenties through the peak of popularity in the forties to the decline and dissolution of the great studios. Examines trends in the film industry which tended to reflect societal conditions of various periods. Includes scenes from Mutiny on the Bounty, Showboat, Wizard of Oz, and Gone with the Wind , among others., Dick Cavett narrates this documentary, tracing the rise of motion pictures from the early twenties, through the peak of popularity in the forties, to the decline of the great studios in the sixties.

Complete Record: Narrator, Dick Cavett; Combines footage from MGM features of the past forty years with contemporary scenes of the studio's demise to create a nostalgic reminder of the heyday of the Hollywood film industry, , Combines footages from MGM features of the past forty years with contemporary scenes of the studio's demise to create a nostalgic reminder of the heyday of the Hollywood film industry. Examines trends in the film industry which reflected societal conditions. Includes scenes from Mutiny on the Bounty, Showboat, Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind. , Combines brief selections from many feature films to construct a history of the industry from the early twenties through the peak of popularity in the forties to the decline and dissolution of the great studios. Examines trends in the film industry which tended to reflect societal conditions of various periods. Includes scenes from Mutiny on the Bounty, Showboat, Wizard of Oz, and Gone with the Wind , among others., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.