
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Documentary
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.
Top Cast


Ann Morriss
Ann Morriss
Mary
Ann Morriss
Mary


Naomi Childers
Naomi Childers
Mary's Mother
Naomi Childers
Mary's Mother


George Lessey
George Lessey
Mary's Father
George Lessey
Mary's Father


May McAvoy
May McAvoy
Saleslady
May McAvoy
Saleslady


Adrian
Adrian
Self
Adrian
Self


Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Self
Lew Ayres
Self


Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Self
Lionel Barrymore
Self


Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
Self
Wallace Beery
Self


Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot
Self
Bruce Cabot
Self


Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Self
Claudette Colbert
Self
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