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.

Documentary History

Dick Cavett

(Narrator (voice))

Bud Abbott

(Self (archive footage))

Constance Bennett

(Self (archive footage))

Humphrey Bogart

(Self (archive footage))

Lucille Bremer

(Self (archive footage))

Billie Burke

(Self (archive footage))

Lou Costello

(Self (archive footage))

Marion Davies

(Self (archive footage))

Nelson Eddy

(Self (archive footage))

Betty Garrett

(Self (archive footage))

Margaret Hamilton

(Self (archive footage))

Janet Leigh

(Self (archive footage))

Una Merkel

(Self (archive footage))

Natalie Moorhead

(Self (archive footage))

Mae Murray

(Self (archive footage))

Anita Page

(Self (archive footage))

Gregory Peck

(Self (archive footage))

Norma Shearer

(Self (archive footage))

Fred Astaire

(Self (archive footage))

John Barrymore

(Self (archive footage))

Lionel Barrymore

(Self (archive footage))

Wallace Beery

(Self (archive footage))

Ingrid Bergman

(Self (archive footage))

Charles Boyer

(Self (archive footage))

Nigel Bruce

(Self (archive footage))

Francis X. Bushman

(Self (archive footage))

Harry Carey

(Self (archive footage))

Joan Crawford

(Self (archive footage))

Bing Crosby

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Donat

(Self (archive footage))

Melvyn Douglas

(Self (archive footage))

Marie Dressler

(Self (archive footage))

Margaret Dumont

(Self (archive footage))

Clark Gable

(Self (archive footage))

Greta Garbo

(Self (archive footage))

Judy Garland

(Self (archive footage))

John Gilbert

(Self (archive footage))

Cary Grant

(Self (archive footage))

Kathryn Grayson

(Self (archive footage))

Jean Harlow

(Self (archive footage))

Katharine Hepburn

(Self (archive footage))

Phillips Holmes

(Self (archive footage))

Bob Hope

(Self (archive footage))

Howard Keel

(Self (archive footage))

Gene Kelly

(Self (archive footage))

Mario Lanza

(Self (archive footage))

Charles Laughton

(Self (archive footage))

Vivien Leigh

(Self (archive footage))

Phyllis Loughton

(Self (archive footage))

Myrna Loy

(Self (archive footage))

Chico Marx

(Self (archive footage))

Groucho Marx

(Self (archive footage))

Harpo Marx

(Self (archive footage))

Louis B. Mayer

(Self (archive footage))

Tim McCoy

(Self (archive footage))

Roddy McDowall

(Self (archive footage))

Adolphe Menjou

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Montgomery

(Self (archive footage))

Chester Morris

(Self (archive footage))

Paul Newman

(Self (archive footage))

Ramon Novarro

(Self (archive footage))

Maureen O'Sullivan

(Self (archive footage))

Tyrone Power

(Self (archive footage))

Duncan Renaldo

(Self (archive footage))

Debbie Reynolds

(Self (archive footage))

Edward G. Robinson

(Self (archive footage))

Ginger Rogers

(Self (archive footage))

Mickey Rooney

(Self (archive footage))

Sig Ruman

(Self (archive footage))

Russell Saunders

(Self (archive footage))

David O. Selznick

(Self (archive footage))

James Stewart

(Self (archive footage))

Don Taylor

(Self (archive footage))

Elizabeth Taylor

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Taylor

(Self (archive footage))

Irving Thalberg

(Self (archive footage))

Franchot Tone

(Self (archive footage))

Spencer Tracy

(Self (archive footage))

Lana Turner

(Self (archive footage))

Lester Vail

(Self (archive footage))

Johnny Weissmüller

(Self (archive footage))

Esther Williams

(Self (archive footage))