Hollywood: The Dream Factory

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.

Cast

Dick Cavett

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Bud Abbott

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Constance Bennett

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Humphrey Bogart

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Lucille Bremer

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Billie Burke

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Lou Costello

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Marion Davies

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Nelson Eddy

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Betty Garrett

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Margaret Hamilton

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Janet Leigh

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Una Merkel

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Natalie Moorhead

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Mae Murray

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Anita Page

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Gregory Peck

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Norma Shearer

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Fred Astaire

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John Barrymore

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Lionel Barrymore

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Wallace Beery

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Ingrid Bergman

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Charles Boyer

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Nigel Bruce

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Francis X. Bushman

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Harry Carey

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Joan Crawford

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Bing Crosby

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Robert Donat

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Melvyn Douglas

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Marie Dressler

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Margaret Dumont

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Clark Gable

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Greta Garbo

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Judy Garland

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John Gilbert

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Cary Grant

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Kathryn Grayson

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Jean Harlow

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Katharine Hepburn

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Phillips Holmes

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Bob Hope

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Howard Keel

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Gene Kelly

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Mario Lanza

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Charles Laughton

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Vivien Leigh

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Phyllis Loughton

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Myrna Loy

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Chico Marx

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Groucho Marx

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Harpo Marx

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Louis B. Mayer

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Tim McCoy

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Roddy McDowall

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Adolphe Menjou

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Robert Montgomery

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Chester Morris

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Paul Newman

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Ramon Novarro

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Maureen O'Sullivan

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Tyrone Power

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Duncan Renaldo

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Debbie Reynolds

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Edward G. Robinson

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Ginger Rogers

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Mickey Rooney

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Sig Ruman

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Russell Saunders

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David O. Selznick

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James Stewart

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Don Taylor

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Elizabeth Taylor

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Robert Taylor

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Irving Thalberg

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Franchot Tone

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Spencer Tracy

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Lana Turner

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Lester Vail

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Johnny Weissmüller

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Esther Williams

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