Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

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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Dick Cavett

Narrator (voice)

Bud Abbott

Self (archive footage)

Constance Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Bremer

Self (archive footage)

Billie Burke

Self (archive footage)

Lou Costello

Self (archive footage)

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage)

Nelson Eddy

Self (archive footage)

Betty Garrett

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Hamilton

Self (archive footage)

Janet Leigh

Self (archive footage)

Una Merkel

Self (archive footage)

Natalie Moorhead

Self (archive footage)

Mae Murray

Self (archive footage)

Anita Page

Self (archive footage)

Gregory Peck

Self (archive footage)

Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

John Barrymore

Self (archive footage)

Lionel Barrymore

Self (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Self (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman

Self (archive footage)

Charles Boyer

Self (archive footage)

Nigel Bruce

Self (archive footage)

Francis X. Bushman

Self (archive footage)

Harry Carey

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Robert Donat

Self (archive footage)

Melvyn Douglas

Self (archive footage)

Marie Dressler

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Dumont

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland

Self (archive footage)

John Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant

Self (archive footage)

Kathryn Grayson

Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Katharine Hepburn

Self (archive footage)

Phillips Holmes

Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Howard Keel

Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly

Self (archive footage)

Mario Lanza

Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh

Self (archive footage)

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Phyllis Loughton

Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy

Self (archive footage)

Chico Marx

Self (archive footage)

Groucho Marx

Self (archive footage)

Harpo Marx

Self (archive footage)

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Louis B. Mayer

Self (archive footage)

Tim McCoy

Self (archive footage)

Roddy McDowall

Self (archive footage)

Adolphe Menjou

Self (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Chester Morris

Self (archive footage)

Paul Newman

Self (archive footage)

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