- Title: VM-380
- Summary: 1925 STUDIO TOUR: MGM STUDIO TOUR
- Description:00:53:16 - VARIOUS AERIALS & ANGLES MGM STUDIOS & SURROUNDING AREAS OF CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA 00:54:46 - GRAND ENTRANCE TO STUDIO. HUGE COLUMNS FLANK ENTRANCE 00:54:55 - MGM STUDIO RECEPTION CLERKS CIRCA 1925 00:55:04 - TELEGRAPH OPERATOR IN OFFICE OF MGM STUDIOS 00:55:15 - FACADE OF BUILDING. 1920s CARS DRIVING DOWN BOULEVARD. POV DRIVING PAST STUDIO. HUGE COLUMNS LENGTH OF BUILDING. 00:55:35 - POV DRIVING INTO GATED ENTRANCE & THROUGH STUDIO PAST SOUNDSTAGES 00:57:08 - STAGE# 14 BEING BUILT 00:57:48 - MRS. M.F. LEE & STAFF, SCRIPT READERS EMPLOYEES OF MGM 00:57:58 - SCRIPT WRITERS AT MGM STUDIOS 00:58:05 - CAREY WILSON 00:58:11 - HOWARD HAWKS 00:58:17 - AGNES CHRISTINE JOHNSTON 00:58:23 - FREDERIC HATTON & FANNY HATTON 00:58:28 - WALDEMAR YOUNG 00:58:33 - JANE MURFIN 00:58:38 - MAX MARCIN 00:58:48 - SCENARIO WRITERS 00:59:03 - EMPLOYEES IN RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF MGM STUDIOS, MISS UNDERWOOD & MISS REMINGTON 00:59:14 - RESEARCH DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES 00:59:22 - CU SIGN TELLING WHERE COMPANIES ARE WORKING WITH DIRECTOR & STAGE NUMBER 00:59:48 - DIRECTORS WORKING FOR MGM 01:00:13 - PAN DIRECTORS INCLUDING: VICTOR SEASTROM, DIMITRI BUCHOWETSKI, BELL, RUPERT HUGHES, JOSEF VON STERNBERG, ERICH VON STROHEIM, HENLEY, KING VIDOR, FRED NIBLO, BARKER, RABOCH, CHRISTY CABANNE, BENTLEY, TOD BROWNING, MARCEL DE SANO, WILLIAM WELLMAN 01:00:55 - MGM MOVIE STARS OF THE 1920s. 01:01:31 - PAN MGM STARS INCLUDING: RAMON NOVARRO, MAE MURRAY, CLAIRE WINDSOR, CONRAD NAGEL, JOHN GILBERT, ELEANOR BOARDMAN, MAC BUSCH, LON CHANEY, COLETTE DUVAL, LUCILLE LE SUEUR, FRANK CURRIER, GEORGE K. ARTHUR, LEW CODY, AILEEN PRINGLE, NORMA SHEARER, CARMEL MEYERS, GERTRUDE OLMSTED, ZASU PITTS, HOWARD CONELLY, RENEE ADOREE, MADELINE STARKE, BERT ROACH, ESTELLE CLARK, HELENA D'ALGY, SALLY O'NEAL, MATTHEW BETZ, ROY D'ARCY 01:02:17 - PAULETTE DUVAL & KATHLEEN KEY MEET ON LOT. KISS ON LIPS, CHUMMY. 01:02:37 - LEW CODY LOOKING FOR MATCH IN POCKETS. PUTS IT AWAY 01:02:48 - CARMEL MEYERS MODELING CLOTHES ENSEMBLE, LIFTS HEAD & WINKS 01:03:06 - ZASU PITTS & JOHN JACK GILBERT 01:03:18 - NORMA SHEARER HIDDEN BEHIND HUGE PILE OF FAN MAIL. 01:03:30 - CLAIRE WINDSOR & GERMAN SHEPHERD 01:03:50 - CASTING OFFICE 01:03:58 - STAR WANNABES CROWD AROUND CASTING OFFICE WINDOW 01:04:08 - ROBERT MCINTYRE, CASTING DIRECTOR 01:04:18 - PAN DRESSING ROOM BUILDINGS 01:04:54 - "UPPER DECK" WHERE WOMEN DRESS. "MATRON" SIGN OVER DOOR 01:05:01 - PAN MOVIE EXTRAS WAITING AT ENTRANCE GATE FOR WORK. SOME ALREADY IN COSTUME. 01:05:19 - MOTOR BUSES PICKING UP THE COMPANIES & TAKING THEM TO WORK 01:05:33 - HIGH POWERED TRUCKS READY TO TAKE EQUIPMENT ON LOCATION 01:05:51 - WARDROBE MISTRESS, MRS. E.F. CHAFFIN 01:06:04 - MGM STUDIOS WARDROBE STAFF 01:06:17 - WARDROBE WORKSHOP. WORKERS MAKING COSTUMES, FITTING ACTRESSES. 01:06:39 - ROMAINE DE TIRTOFF ERTE, FAMOUS PARISIAN DESIGNER, FITTING STARLET LUCILLE LE SUEUR IN COSTUME. 01:06:57 - ERTE & LE SUEUR (JOAN CRAWFORD) 01:07:22 - MEN'S WARDROBE DEPARTMENT 01:07:37 - GROUP SHOT CAMERAMEN WAVING AT VIEWER ON MGM STUDIOS LAWN 01:07:47 - PAN MGM CAMERAMEN TURNING CRANKS ON CAMERAS ON TRIPODS. MGM CAMERAMEN FILMING. 01:08:40 - PAN CAMERAMEN WITH STILL CAMERAS ON TRIPODS. 01:09:25 - J.J. COHN, PRODUCTION MANAGER 01:09:34 - MGM PRODUCTION STAFF 01:09:44 - CEDRIC GIBBONS, ART DIRECTOR 01:09:54 - MGM STUDIOS ART DEPARTMENT STAFF 01:10:05 - DRAFTSMEN DRAWING PLANS IN DRAFTING ROOM OF MGM 01:10:16 - OLD WORLD STREETS & ARCHITECTURE RE-CREATED ON MGM STUDIO GROUNDS. MONTAGE SETS FOR FILMS. POV WALKING THROUGH SETS 01:10:53 - C.F. WILHELM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, MGM STUDIOS, 1925 01:11:03 - INTERIOR CARPENTRY SHOP MGM STUDIOS. CARPENTERS BUILDING SETS, PROPS. SAWING, HAMMERING, SANDING 01:11:21 - CARPENTERS WITH TOOLS GOING OFF TO BUILD SET 01:11:34 - INTERIOR BIG STAGE, CARPENTERS BUILDING SET FOR FILM 01:11:42 - FINISHED SET, DRESS REHEARSAL. WOMAN DANCING AROUND WITH HUGE BUTTERFLY WINGS ON HER BACK. ORCHESTRA & LEADER. 01:11:58 - PLASTER SHOP 01:12:13 - CARL BOLZIC, HEAD PLASTERER 01:12:24 - SET PAINTERS WALKING TO SET 01:12:34 - E.T. TATE, HEAD PAINTER & DECORATOR 01:12:42 - INTERIOR ART STUDIO. PAINTERS PAINTING CANVASES. ARTISTS OF MGM STUDIO 01:12:49 - CU FERDINAND PINNEY EARLE, ARTIST. PAINTING WITH PAINT BRUSH, PALETTE. 01:13:00 - EXTERIOR PROPERTY BUILDING 01:13:10 - INTERIOR PROPERTY BUILDING STUFFED WITH MODERN & ANTIQUE FURNISHINGS: DRESSING SETS, FURNITURE, COUCHES, DESKS 01:13:24 - LOOKS LIKE FURNITURE STORE WITH ROWS & ROWS OF TABLES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 01:13:42 - INTERIOR CAMERA REPAIR SHOP. FIXING CAMERAS. 01:13:59 - LOUIS KOLB, ELECTRICIAN 01:14:15 - MGM STUDIO ELECTRICIANS GOING OFF TO WORK 01:14:28 - ELECTRICIAN IN MGM STUDIOS "POWER HOUSE". MASSIVE GENERATORS. ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION 01:14:46 - ELECTRICIAN WALKING AROUND ROOM FULL OF MOVEABLE GENERATORS 01:15:00 - TRUCKS USED TO MOVE EQUIPMENT, GENERATORS 01:15:14 - GENERATOR ON LOCATION LIGHTING UP SET. ACTORS SITTING IN BARROOM SET BEING FILMED 01:15:40 - DIRECTOR TOD BROWNING & ASSISTANTS ON SET. FILMING NIGHT SCENES FOR "THE MYSTIC" 01:16:15 - EDMUND GOULDING DIRECTING SCENE WITH CONRAD NAGEL & LUCILLE LA VERNE FROM "SUN UP" 01:16:41 - PORTABLE CAMERA USED TO FILM SCENE. PULLING CAMERA AROUND MOVIE SET 01:17:09 - FINISHED SCENE OF FILM. POV WATCHING ROOM FULL OF WOMEN APPLYING MAKE UP AT VANITY TABLE MIRRORS 01:17:39 - MEMBERS OF MGM STUDIOS ORCHESTRA PLAYING OUTDOORS. PAN MUSICIANS 01:18:00 - MGM DANCING SCHOOL. CHOREOGRAPHER ARRANGING DANCE MOVEMENTS. 01:18:24 - FANCHON, DANSEUSE. BALLET DANCER 01:18:37 - CHORUS LINE DANCERS REHEARSING FOR FILM. 01:18:59 - MGM STUDIOS FIREPROOF VAULTS. STORAGE LABORATORY. DEVELOPING & PRINTING FILM. 01:19:15 - WORKER GOES TO WALL OF BOXES STORING FILM. PULLS OUT ROLL OF FILM, LOOKS AT FILM 01:19:25 - JOHN NICKOLAUS, HEAD OF LABORATORY 01:19:34 - FILM DEVELOPERS & PRINTERS 01:19:47 - "CUTTERS", FILM EDITORS FOR MGM STUDIO 01:20:01 - MGM FILM PROJECTOR OPERATORS 01:20:16 - INTERIOR MGM STUDIOS RELEASE ROOM. WORKERS ASSEMBLING PRINTS FOR SHIPMENT. SUPERVISOR WALKING AROUND CHECKING WORKERS 01:20:39 - PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT OF MGM STUDIOS STANDING ON OUTSIDE STAIRCASE 01:20:55 - STUDIO EMERGENCY HOSPITAL. EMMA PETERSON, HEAD NURSE 01:21:08 - MGM STUDIO BARBER SHOP CREW 01:21:27 - MGM STUDIO RESTAURANT. ACTORS & ACTRESSES EATING 01:21:44 - MADAME GLYN & DIRECTOR JACK CONWAY DISCUSSING BUSINESS OVER LUNCH 01:21:53 - CU ELEANOR BOARDMAN BLOWING KISSES 01:22:00 - CONRAD NAGEL ENJOYING RUPERT HUGHES' AFTER DINNER STORIES 01:22:10 - MGM RESTAURANT BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY 01:22:31 - MGM PAYROLL DEPARTMENT 01:22:50 - LOUIS B. MAYER, VICE PRESIDENT OF MGM STUDIOS 01:23:03 - IRVING G. THALBERG, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE 01:23:13 - HARRY RAPF, ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE 01:23:37 - INTERIOR SHIPPING DEPARTMENT. WORKER PUTTING CANS OF FILM INTO WOODEN BOX. NAILS BOX SHUT. CU ADDRESS ON BOX 01:23:53 - TRANSPORTER PUTS BOXES ON BACK OF TRUCK. DRIVES OFF TO DELIVER FILM, OUT MGM GATES
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1925
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: VM-380