Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

Today, the girl from the country is just as modern —and dresses just as smartly— as her big city sister!

An MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daughter are shopping and observe a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie.

Cast (46)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Ann Morriss

Mary

Naomi Childers

Mary's Mother

George Lessey

Mary's Father

May McAvoy

Saleslady

Adrian

Self

Lew Ayres

Self

Lionel Barrymore

Self

Wallace Beery

Self

Bruce Cabot

Self

Claudette Colbert

Self

Joan Crawford

Self

Nelson Eddy

Self

Clark Gable

Self

Greta Garbo

Self

Judy Garland

Self

Fay Holden

Self

Marsha Hunt

Self

Hedy Lamarr

Self

Vivien Leigh

Self

Myrna Loy

Self

Jeanette MacDonald

Self

Fredric March

Self

Chico Marx

Self

Groucho Marx

Self

Harpo Marx

Self

Ilona Massey

Self

Frank Morgan

Self

Maureen O'Sullivan

Self

Laurence Olivier

Self

Cecilia Parker

Self

Eleanor Powell

Self

William Powell

Self

Mickey Rooney

Self

Rosalind Russell

Self

Ann Rutherford

Self

Norma Shearer

Self

Ann Sothern

Self

James Stewart

Self

Lewis Stone

Self

Robert Taylor

Self

Spencer Tracy

Self

Johnny Weissmüller

Self

Robert Young

Self

F

Frank Whitbeck

Narrator

Greer Garson

Self

Margaret Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

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