Hollywood Goes to Town
7
9 minutes
7/7/1938
Overview
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Cast List
Judy Garland
as Self
Spencer Tracy
as Self
James Stewart
as Self
Barbara Stanwyck
as Self
Norma Shearer
as Self
Tyrone Power
as Self
John Barrymore
as Self
Fanny Brice
as Self
Robert Young
as Self
Don Wilson
as Self
Freddie Bartholomew
as Self
Una Merkel
as Self
Fernand Gravey
as Self
Elaine Barrie
as Self
Florence Rice
as Self
Adrian
as Self
Jeanette MacDonald
as Self
Helen Hayes
as Self
Hedy Lamarr
as Self
Reginald Gardiner
as Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self
Merle Oberon
as Self
Paul Muni
as Self
Charles Boyer
as Self
Pat Paterson
as Self
Clarence Brown
as Self
Jack Benny
as Self
Mary Livingstone
as Self
Claudette Colbert
as Self
Simone Simon
as Self
Virginia Bruce
as Self
J. Walter Ruben
as Self
Robert Montgomery
as Self
Carole Lombard
as Self
Robert Taylor
as Self
Billy Gilbert
as Self (uncredited)
Elsa Maxwell
as Self (uncredited)
Ed Sullivan
as Self (uncredited)
Frank Whitbeck
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)