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Hollywood: Style Center of the World

55% | May 29, 1940 | Documentary

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.

Featured Crew

Oliver Garver
Director
David Snell
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Cast

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Naomi Childers
Mary's Mother
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George Lessey
Mary's Father
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May McAvoy
Saleslady
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Adrian
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