Hollywood: Style Center of the World

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Hollywood: Style Center of the World

"Today, the girl from the country is just as modern —and dresses just as smartly— as her big city sister!"

1940

0h 11m

5.8(4 votes)

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Overview

An MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daughter are shopping and observe a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie.

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46 members

Acting

Ann Morriss

Mary

Acting

Naomi Childers

Mary's Mother

Acting

George Lessey

Mary's Father

Acting

May McAvoy

Saleslady

Costume & Make-Up

Adrian

Self

Acting

Lew Ayres

Self

Acting

Lionel Barrymore

Self

Acting

Wallace Beery

Self

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Bruce Cabot

Self

Acting

Claudette Colbert

Self

Acting

Joan Crawford

Self

Acting

Nelson Eddy

Self

Acting

Clark Gable

Self

Acting

Greta Garbo

Self

Acting

Judy Garland

Self

Acting

Fay Holden

Self

Acting

Marsha Hunt

Self

Acting

Hedy Lamarr

Self

Acting

Vivien Leigh

Self

Acting

Myrna Loy

Self

Acting

Jeanette MacDonald

Self

Acting

Fredric March

Self

Acting

Chico Marx

Self

Acting

Groucho Marx

Self

Acting

Harpo Marx

Self

Acting

Ilona Massey

Self

Acting

Frank Morgan

Self

Acting

Maureen O'Sullivan

Self

Acting

Laurence Olivier

Self

Acting

Cecilia Parker

Self

Acting

Eleanor Powell

Self

Acting

William Powell

Self

Acting

Mickey Rooney

Self

Acting

Rosalind Russell

Self

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Ann Rutherford

Self

Acting

Norma Shearer

Self

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Ann Sothern

Self

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James Stewart

Self

Acting

Lewis Stone

Self

Acting

Robert Taylor

Self

Acting

Spencer Tracy

Self

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Johnny Weissmüller

Self

Acting

Robert Young

Self

Acting

Frank Whitbeck

Narrator

No Image

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Greer Garson

Self

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Margaret Sullivan

Self (archive footage)

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