Hollywood Goes to Town
9m

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Cast

Judy Garland
Self

Spencer Tracy
Self

James Stewart
Self

Barbara Stanwyck
Self

Norma Shearer
Self

Tyrone Power
Self

John Barrymore
Self

Fanny Brice
Self

Robert Young
Self

Don Wilson
Self

Freddie Bartholomew
Self

Una Merkel
Self

Fernand Gravey
Self

Elaine Barrie
Self

Florence Rice
Self

Adrian
Self

Jeanette MacDonald
Self

Helen Hayes
Self

Hedy Lamarr
Self

Reginald Gardiner
Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self

Merle Oberon
Self

Paul Muni
Self

Charles Boyer
Self

Pat Paterson
Self

Clarence Brown
Self

Jack Benny
Self

Mary Livingstone
Self

Claudette Colbert
Self

Simone Simon
Self

Virginia Bruce
Self
J. Walter Ruben
Self

Robert Montgomery
Self

Carole Lombard
Self

Robert Taylor
Self

Billy Gilbert
Self (uncredited)

Elsa Maxwell
Self (uncredited)

Ed Sullivan
Self (uncredited)
Frank Whitbeck
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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