Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Movie·1940·0h 11m

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Directed By

Oliver Garver

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.

Cinematography

Jackson Rose

Editor

Jack Ruggiero

Themes

fashionpromotionalold hollywoodshort film

Production House

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Audience Score

60%

3 votes

Skip14%
Timepass32%
Go for it36%
Perfection18%

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Cast

Ann Morriss

Ann Morriss

Mary

Naomi Childers

Naomi Childers

Mary's Mother

George Lessey

George Lessey

Mary's Father

May McAvoy

May McAvoy

Saleslady

Adrian

Adrian

Self

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Self

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Self

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Self

Bruce Cabot

Bruce Cabot

Self

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Self

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Self

Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy

Self

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Self

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Self

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Self

Fay Holden

Fay Holden

Self

Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt

Self

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

Self

// crew

Crew

Oliver Garver

Director

Jack Ruggiero

Editor

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

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