Hollywood: The Dream Factory

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

0h 51m

6.0(2 votes)

Documentary

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Overview

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.

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82 members

Acting

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)

Crew

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)

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