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Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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.

Top Cast

  • Ann Morriss

    Ann Morriss

    Mary

  • Naomi Childers

    Naomi Childers

    Mary's Mother

  • George Lessey

    George Lessey

    Mary's Father

  • May McAvoy

    May McAvoy

    Saleslady

  • Adrian

    Adrian

    Self

  • Lew Ayres

    Lew Ayres

    Self

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore

    Self

  • Wallace Beery

    Wallace Beery

    Self

  • Bruce Cabot

    Bruce Cabot

    Self

Overview

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.

Rating

6.0 / 10
3 Reviews
1 Popular

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