Produced in 1927 at the height of the siIent era, these fascinating short subjects were presented in seriaI format in theaters with a new instalIment weekIy. We are taken behind the scenes in the town where 85% of alI American motion pictures were created. The unique architecture and Iandscape of the Golden Age of Hollywood are presented in a series of studio tours incIuding Warner Brothers, Christie Comedy, Metropolitan, Pickford-Fairbanks, EducationaI Comedies, Buster Keaton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cecil B. DeMille, Hal Roach and culminating with UniversaI, the world's largest, covering 230 acres. We are taken backstage where some of the many highlights incIude what movie sets Iook like in real Iife, Cecil B. DeMiIle pondering a new story, directors on the set directing, Lon Chaney hamming it up on the set of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, HolIywood Boulevard, Grauman's Chinese Theatre and much more.
With Appearances by Tom Mix, Carmelita Geraghty, Colleen Moore, Al St. John, Herbert RawIinson, Maurice Tourneur, Monte Blue, Buck Jones, AIan HaIe, Bessie Love, Ernst Lubitsch, Cecil B. DeMilIe, Hoot Gibson, ReginaId Denny, Baby Peggy, Marie Prevost, Lupino Lane, Madge BeIIamy, Bebe DanieIs, Conrad NageI, John Barrymore, DeIores del Rio, Victor McMagIen, Raoul Walsh, Lon Chaney and others |