Hollywood: The Dream Factory

51 minutes

1/10/1972

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.

Cast List

Dick Cavett
as Narrator (voice)
Bud Abbott
as Self (archive footage)
Constance Bennett
as Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Bremer
as Self (archive footage)
Billie Burke
as Self (archive footage)
Lou Costello
as Self (archive footage)
Marion Davies
as Self (archive footage)
Nelson Eddy
as Self (archive footage)
Betty Garrett
as Self (archive footage)
Margaret Hamilton
as Self (archive footage)
Janet Leigh
as Self (archive footage)
Una Merkel
as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Moorhead
as Self (archive footage)
Mae Murray
as Self (archive footage)
Anita Page
as Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck
as Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
as Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
as Self (archive footage)
John Barrymore
as Self (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore
as Self (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
as Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Boyer
as Self (archive footage)
Nigel Bruce
as Self (archive footage)
Francis X. Bushman
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Carey
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Donat
as Self (archive footage)
Melvyn Douglas
as Self (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
as Self (archive footage)
Margaret Dumont
as Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
as Self (archive footage)
John Gilbert
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
as Self (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
Phillips Holmes
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope
as Self (archive footage)
Howard Keel
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly
as Self (archive footage)
Mario Lanza
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh
as Self (archive footage)
Phyllis Loughton
as Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
as Self (archive footage)
Chico Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Groucho Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Harpo Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Louis B. Mayer
as Self (archive footage)
Tim McCoy
as Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowall
as Self (archive footage)
Adolphe Menjou
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Montgomery
as Self (archive footage)
Chester Morris
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
as Self (archive footage)
Ramon Novarro
as Self (archive footage)
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Tyrone Power
as Self (archive footage)
Duncan Renaldo
as Self (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds
as Self (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
as Self (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
as Self (archive footage)
Sig Ruman
as Self (archive footage)
Russell Saunders
as Self (archive footage)
David O. Selznick
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
as Self (archive footage)
Don Taylor
as Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Taylor
as Self (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg
as Self (archive footage)
Franchot Tone
as Self (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
as Self (archive footage)
Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
Lester Vail
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Weissmüller
as Self (archive footage)
Esther Williams
as Self (archive footage)