Talking Pictures The Dream Factory (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary

Talking Pictures

The Dream Factory (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary

Hollywood in the 30s manufactured dreams on a conveyor belt, each studio turning out up to 50 films a year to a Depression-torn America. They manufactured the stars too: MGM could boast 'more stars than there are in heaven'. But the stars,...See moreHollywood in the 30s manufactured dreams on a conveyor belt, each studio turning out up to 50 films a year to a Depression-torn America. They manufactured the stars too: MGM could boast 'more stars than there are in heaven'. But the stars, all-powerful on screen, were in reality in thrall to the studios and the studio bosses: not for nothing was Beverly Hills known as 'the most beautiful slave quarters in the world....' Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, John Huston, Don Ameche, Virginia Mayo, Sylvia Sydney, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Garson Kanin are among those who discuss the 'golden age' of Hollywood that culminated in Gone with the Wind. Written by Radio Times See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Barry Norman Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Film '72 (1971)
Don Ameche Self Self See fewer	Cocoon (1985)
Olivia de Havilland Self Self See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Joan Fontaine Self Self See fewer	Suspicion (1941)
John Huston Self Self See fewer	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Garson Kanin Self Self See fewer	Adam's Rib (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Self Self See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Virginia Mayo Self Self See fewer	White Heat (1949)
Sylvia Sidney Self Self See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)