1925 MGM METRO GOLDWYN MAYER STUDIO TOUR CULVER CITY CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MAKING 62364
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- This extraordinary silent film dates to 1925 and presents a tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California - today the Sony Pictures Studios. The film opens at 1:33 with a sweeping shot of the studio lot. At 3:30 the studio gate on Washington Blvd. is shown and at 3:55, the studio's wire to New York (a telegraph!) At 4:00 MGM's main building on Washington Blvd. is seen with Model T Fords running past. At 6:37 Stage 14 is shown under construction; it is one of many on the lot. At 7:26 story executives including Mrs. M.F. Lee are shown. Writers and directors are shown at 7:53 including Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Charley Johnston, Frederic and Fanny Hatton, Waldemar Young, Jane Murfin, Max Marcin. Directors are shown at 10:33 (see below for a list of names), stars at 11:53, and the casting office at 15:45. At 17:39 Yellow Coach buses are seen unloading at the studio entrance. At 18;30 costume department staff is shown. At 20:45 some of the MGM cameramen are seen with their hand-wound cameras. Production managers and other staff are seen at 23:00. At 24:35 some of the backlot is shown with various sets including a medieval town. The various artisans employed in building sets and props are detailed. Electricians and best boys are shown at 29:20 and location lighting shown on a movie shoot at 32:00. The studio orchestra is shown at 34:00. At 36:00 the studio motion picture film laboratory is shown. At 37:00 the projectionists are shown. At 37:36 editing facilities are shown with films being wound onto reels. At 39:00 the studio commissary is shown. The film ends with shots of the MGM executives who made the Hollywood golden era possible -- including studio head Louis B. Mayer.
Others appearing in this film include: story copyists Miss Underwood , Miss Remington (named after typewriters!), directors Victor Sjöströ, Dimitri Buchowetzki, Monta Bell, Rupert Hughes, Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, Hobart Henley, King Vidor, Fred Niblo, Reginald Barker, Alfred Raboch, Christy Cabanne, Tod Browning, Marcel De Sano, William A. Wellman and Jack Conway. Actors and actresses shown include: Ramon Novarro, Mae Murray, Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Lon Chaney, Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Norma Shearer, Carmel Myers, Gertrude Olmstead,, Zasu Pitts, Edward Connelly, Renée Adorée, Pauline Starke, Bert Roach, Frank Currier, Estelle Clark, Paulette Duval , Helena D'Algy, Joan Crawford, Sally O'Neil, George K. Arthur, Matthew Betz, Roy D'Arcy, Kathleen Key, Robert McIntyre. Some of others in the film include casting directors, costume designer Romaine de Tirtoff Erte, Art director Cedric Gibbons
The film also contains footage of MGM Vice President Louis B. Mayer and MGM Associate Executive Irving Thalberg, as well as Associate Executive Harry Rapf.
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And the backlot really meant something back in the Silent Era too - all those gigantic spectaculars one after another, Roaring 20s, money no object, the money boys in New York approving everything. Pre-Code too! What amazes me is how this was preserved, when about 90% of all films made in the 1920s are lost. How did this stick around? Whoever preserved it is an ace, btw.
This is a priceless piece of history. Thank you for sharing it.
This is a real gem and quite fascinating to see the enormous infrastructure that existed to make movies from just one big-name Hollywood studio way back in 1925. You can feel the talent of craftsmenship and immense pride of the workmanship. The actors have all faded into oblivion. The only name I recognize is Lon Chaney. It is also interesting how many people smoked.
Happy 100th Anniversary, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer!!!
This was very fun!!! Thanks!!!
I’ve been on the MGM lot many times. Once my best friend and I went to a taping of a Danny Thomas tv show and when it let out we snuck off and went through a bunch of sound stages. We had a great time!!! When we were ready we left. He and I did this on just about every studio we got in to, other places too! Never got caught or chucked out!!!👍👌✌️😁
That is a priceless bit of history! I remember getting a tour of the MGM studios back in the 1960s. It was a much different place by then, practically depopulated compared to the scenes here. But a lot of the buildings were still the same, and I recognized maybe 20-25% of the locations shown.
Wow, this was REALLY enjoyable to watch and tastefully "silent" too. Thank you.
Lucky to see all M G M thanks
Amazing bit of history. I recognize a few buildings. Wish the title cards weren’t cropped on the left and right but fantastic that this exists in any form after nearly 100 years!
love the Underwood and Remington joke
I can't find the words to express my thanks for this incredible documentary! If You have more dating back to the time of Greta Garbo movies, I'll be more than happy to watch and treasure them.! 👍👍👍👍
Nice job thanks
A real gem!
This is an awesome behind-the-scenes documentary! Part of my passion for film is archiving. I love that someone thought it would be a good idea to document this historic moment in time.
Too often we think that what we’re doing today is not necessarily something people will enjoy learning about years from now. And while some documentaries are a bit dated, I am super excited that movie studios have archives, we have behind-the-scenes documentaries of certain studios, interviews, and more.
This is wonderful!
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Joan Crawford at the 20:00 mark.
Being dressed by Erte before they changed her name from Lucille! Good eye!
so good it not being over-exaggerated in speed and actually see people moving properly rather than running when they should be walking
What a lovely time bubble to jump on board. Enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for posting.
i hate to burst your bubble but...........................................
@39:45, Rupert Hughes (uncle of Howard) and Conrad Nagel, homies. Both from the same area and spent their growing up years in Keokuk, Iowa.
Wow! What a find!
I have just told my parents one hour and a half ago about how the MGM and Mayer was working meanwhile they were watching 'The wizard of Oz', and now this appears in my youtube when
I open it. These guys work well!! (and I am not meaning the MGM, of course).
Who knows what wonders can still be found in the archives 🧚🏻♀️❗
Unpopular opinion: Movies made during The Hay Code era are some of the best films ever to make it on screen. Many films made pre & post-code are good as well. It’s not a crime to be modest.
The films of today are garbage compared to what used to be produced. It’s so sad.
I don’t think it’s an unpopular opinion LOL in fact there’s a large group of people right here in the heart of the film industry who agree with you!
Thank You so much for this.
thinking that in a few years, it would be sound proofed sets and all new sound and music departments.
and then by 1990 the physical main studios site owned by the Japanese, in Sony and of all studios the "poverty row" Columbia Pictures, the other assets in every sense sold off 25- 30 years later, and a chunk of the film library being ultimately bought by those Warner Brothers 😮
Josef von Sternberg and Erich von Stroheim side by side
Ole Jeff Popeye Bezos just bought it... Los Angeles was beautiful back then. Can almost hear the whine and sputter of thoze old automobiles!
Which part is Mae Busch at ?
Would be better if you didn't have the time counter smack dab in the middle of the screen? Like, why is it even there???
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