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Hollywood Goes to Town

7.0 9 mins 1938
Director(s): Herman Hoffman

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.

Casts of Hollywood Goes to Town

Judy Garland

as Self

Spencer Tracy

as Self

James Stewart

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

Una Merkel

as Self

Fernand Gravey

as Self

Elaine Barrie

as Self

Florence Rice

as Self

Adrian

as Self

Helen Hayes

as Self

Hedy Lamarr

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

Simone Simon

as Self

Virginia Bruce

as Self

J. Walter Ruben

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)

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