Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984/01/01 • Released

Documentary
10.0
1h 16m

Overview

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

Director : Julian Schlossberg

Casts
Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Self - Host

Gracie Allen

Gracie Allen

(archive footage)

George Arliss

George Arliss

Self (archive footage)

Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

(archive footage)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

(archive footage)

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

(archive footage)

George Bancroft

George Bancroft

(archive footage)

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

(archive footage)

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

(archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

(archive footage)

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett

(archive footage)

Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

(archive footage)

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

(archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

(archive footage)

William Boyd

William Boyd

(archive footage)

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

(archive footage)

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Self (archive footage)

George Burns

George Burns

(archive footage)

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

(archive footage)

James Cagney

James Cagney

(archive footage)

John Carradine

John Carradine

(archive footage)

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

(archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

(archive footage)

Berton Churchill

Berton Churchill

(archive footage)

Joe Cobb

Joe Cobb

(archive footage)

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

(archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

(archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

(archive footage)

Crown Prince Hohenzollern

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

(archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Self (archive footage)

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

(archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Self (archive footage)

Lee Duncan

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

(archive footage)

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

(archive footage)

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Larry (archive footage)

Pat Flaherty

Pat Flaherty

(archive footage)

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

(archive footage)

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

(archive footage)

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

(archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

(archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

(archive footage)

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

(archive footage)

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

(archive footage)

Tim Holt

Tim Holt

(archive footage)

Darla Hood

Darla Hood

(archive footage)

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

(archive footage)

Curly Howard

Curly Howard

(archive footage)

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

(archive footage)

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

(archive footage)

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

(archive footage)

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

(archive footage)

Chic Johnson

Chic Johnson

(archive footage)

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

(archive footage)

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

(archive footage)

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

(archive footage)

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

(archive footage)

Harry Langdon

Harry Langdon

(archive footage)

Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

(archive footage)

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

(archive footage)

Walter Long

Walter Long

(archive footage)

Edmund Lowe

Edmund Lowe

(archive footage)

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

(archive footage)

Fredric March

Fredric March

Self (archive footage)

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

(archive footage)

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

(archive footage)

George McFarland

George McFarland

(archive footage)

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

(archive footage)

Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton

(archive footage)

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

(archive footage)

Grace Moore

Grace Moore

Self (archive footage)

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

(archive footage)

Ole Olsen

Ole Olsen

(archive footage)

Lynne Overman

Lynne Overman

Self (archive footage)

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

(archive footage)

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

(archive footage)

Louise Platt

Louise Platt

(archive footage)

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

(archive footage)

William Powell

William Powell

(archive footage)

Rin-Tin-Tin

Self (archive footage)

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

(archive footage)

Will Rogers

Will Rogers

(archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

(archive footage)

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

(archive footage)

Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

(archive footage)

Carl Switzer

Carl Switzer

(archive footage)

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

(archive footage)

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

(archive footage)

Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler

(archive footage)

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee

(archive footage)

John Wayne

John Wayne

(archive footage)

Johnny Weissmüller

Johnny Weissmüller

Self (archive footage)

Mae West

Mae West

Self (archive footage)

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