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Poster Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Original title

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Status: Released

Runtime:

11 minutes

Release date

1940-05-29

IMDB ID tt0185365

TMDB ID 342221

Original language en

Production Countries

Description

The movie Hollywood: Style Center of the World (Original title Hollywood: Style Center of the World) has in the main roles on Ann Morriss (Mary), Naomi Childers (Mary's Mother), George Lessey (Mary's Father), May McAvoy (Saleslady), Adrian (Self) The release date of the movie is 29.05.1940. This movie it is produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Production countries: United States of America

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.

Actors and actresses from the movie

Ann Morriss

Ann Morriss

Ann Morriss

  • 1919-08-05

Naomi Childers

Naomi Childers

Naomi Childers

  • 1892-11-14

From WikipediaNaomi Childers (November 15, 1892 – May 9, 1964) was an American silent film actress whose career lasted until the mid-20th century.She was born of English parentage in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Later in life she took pride in being descended from a long line of British ancestors. Her

George Lessey

George Lessey

George Lessey

  • 1875-06-08

May McAvoy

May McAvoy

May McAvoy

  • 1899-09-06

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMay McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in The Enchanted Cottage, Esther in Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ, and Mary Dale in The Jazz Singer

Adrian

Adrian

Adrian

  • 1903-03-03

Adrian Adolph Greenberg, most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other MGM films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he designed costumes for over 250 films, and his screen credits usually read as Gowns by Adrian. O

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

  • 1908-12-28

Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul B

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

  • 1885-03-31

From WikipediaWallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, his titular role in a series of films featuring the character Sweedie, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

  • 1903-09-13

Claudette Colbert was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France on September 13, 1903 and was brought to the United States as a child three years later. Born Emilie Lily Claudette Chauchoin, she went to high school in New York. She was studying at the Art Students League when, in 1923, she took the

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated b

Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy

  • 1901-06-29

Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the ei

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

  • 1901-02-01

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the greatest male stars of all time.Gables most famous role was Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

  • 1922-06-10

Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville with her sisters, Garland was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney and The Wizard of Oz. After fifteen years, Garland

Fay Holden

Fay Holden

Fay Holden

  • 1893-09-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Fay Holden (September 26, 1893 – June 23, 1973), was an British-born American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career.Born as Dorothy Fay Hammerton in Birmingham, England, she appeared in 46 films between 1935 and 1958, but is best-known f

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

  • 1913-11-05

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Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

  • 1905-08-02

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMyrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian desc

Fredric March

Fredric March

Fredric March

  • 1897-08-31

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywoods most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our

Chico Marx

Chico Marx

Chico Marx

  • 1887-03-21

Leonard Chico Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian and film star as part of the Marx Brothers. His persona in the act was that of a dim-witted con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes, and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat.Descri

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

  • 1890-09-30

Julius Henry Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers.He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He a

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

  • 1888-11-23

Arthur Adolph Harpo Marx (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances (he blew a hor

Ilona Massey

Ilona Massey

Ilona Massey

  • 1910-06-16

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ilona Massey (born Ilona Hajmássy; June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974 ) was a film, stage and radio performer.Description above from the Wikipedia article Ilona Massey, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

  • 1890-06-01

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Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

  • 1911-05-17

Maureen Paula OSullivan was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, on May 17, 1911. The future mother of Mia Farrow was a schooldays classmate of Vivien Leigh at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton in London. Even as a schoolgirl, Maureen desired an acting career; she studied hard and read wid

William Powell

William Powell

William Powell

  • 1892-07-28

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Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

  • 1920-09-23

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Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford

  • 1917-11-02

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Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

  • 1902-08-10

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Her early films cast her as the girl next door, but for most of the Pre-

James Stewart

James Stewart

James Stewart

  • 1908-05-20

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Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

  • 1879-11-14

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American actor known for his role as Judge James Hardy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers Andy Hardy film series and as an MGM contract player.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Bertrand Stone and Philen

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

  • 1911-08-05

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Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

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  • 1900-04-02

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Robert Young

Robert Young

Robert Young

  • 1907-02-22

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