Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

5.8/10 • 11 min • Documentary

Overview

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

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

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Extremis
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