The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios (1924)

8.0/10 22 min History Documentary

Overview

The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal's advertising manager. The sceneic resources of the studio are showcased throughout, with a "See America First" wagon visible in one scene, and a scattering of panoramic shots of Universal City and the Universal zoo.

Cast

Broderick O'Farrell

Norman Kerry

Jean Hersholt

Hayden Stevenson

Harry A. Pollard

Reginald Denny

Gertrude Olmstead

Marian Nixon

Lola Todd

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