Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940•11m•5.8•Released
Documentary
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Director
Oliver Garver
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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
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