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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

60 %|Jan 10, 1972|Documentary, History

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

Featured Crew

Bud Friedgen
Producer
Irwin Rosten
Producer
George Romanis
Music
Nicolas Noxon
Executive Producer
Pieter Hubbard
Editor
Irwin Rosten
Writer
Bud Friedgen
Editor

Cast

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Dick Cavett
Narrator (voice)
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Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage)
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Constance Bennett
Self (archive footage)
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Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)
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Lucille Bremer
Self (archive footage)
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Billie Burke
Self (archive footage)
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Lou Costello
Self (archive footage)
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Marion Davies
Self (archive footage)
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Nelson Eddy
Self (archive footage)
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Betty Garrett
Self (archive footage)
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Margaret Hamilton
Self (archive footage)
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Janet Leigh
Self (archive footage)
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Una Merkel
Self (archive footage)
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Natalie Moorhead
Self (archive footage)
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Mae Murray
Self (archive footage)
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Anita Page
Self (archive footage)
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Gregory Peck
Self (archive footage)
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Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage)
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Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
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John Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
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Lionel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
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Wallace Beery
Self (archive footage)
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Ingrid Bergman
Self (archive footage)
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Charles Boyer
Self (archive footage)
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Nigel Bruce
Self (archive footage)
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Francis X. Bushman
Self (archive footage)
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Harry Carey
Self (archive footage)
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Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
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Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)
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Melvyn Douglas
Self (archive footage)
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Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage)
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Margaret Dumont
Self (archive footage)
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Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
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Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
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Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
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John Gilbert
Self (archive footage)
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Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
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Kathryn Grayson
Self (archive footage)
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Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
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Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
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Phillips Holmes
Self (archive footage)
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Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
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Howard Keel
Self (archive footage)
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Gene Kelly
Self (archive footage)
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Mario Lanza
Self (archive footage)
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Charles Laughton
Self (archive footage)
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Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage)
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Phyllis Loughton
Self (archive footage)
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Myrna Loy
Self (archive footage)
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Chico Marx
Self (archive footage)
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Groucho Marx
Self (archive footage)
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Harpo Marx
Self (archive footage)
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Louis B. Mayer
Self (archive footage)
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Tim McCoy
Self (archive footage)
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Roddy McDowall
Self (archive footage)
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Adolphe Menjou
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
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Chester Morris
Self (archive footage)
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Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
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Ramon Novarro
Self (archive footage)
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Maureen O'Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
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Tyrone Power
Self (archive footage)
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Duncan Renaldo
Self (archive footage)
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Debbie Reynolds
Self (archive footage)
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Edward G. Robinson
Self (archive footage)
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Ginger Rogers
Self (archive footage)
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Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
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Sig Ruman
Self (archive footage)
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Russell Saunders
Self (archive footage)
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David O. Selznick
Self (archive footage)
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James Stewart
Self (archive footage)
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Don Taylor
Self (archive footage)
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Elizabeth Taylor
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Taylor
Self (archive footage)
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Irving Thalberg
Self (archive footage)
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Franchot Tone
Self (archive footage)
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Spencer Tracy
Self (archive footage)
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Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
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Lester Vail
Self (archive footage)
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Johnny Weissmüller
Self (archive footage)
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Esther Williams
Self (archive footage)