00:28Hollywood, the city of New York.
00:30The city of Magic, where some find Aladdin's lamp and all their dreams come true, while others pursue the will
00:35-o'-the-wisp called success, all in vain, then travel their homeward paths disappointed. Many of you folks would like
00:42to take a trip to Hollywood, but just can't get away. Then allow us to bring Hollywood to you.
00:48The Fox Film Studios, built like a modern city. These studios employ thousands of workers with an annual payroll running
00:56into millions of dollars. Each studio has a police and fire department ready to cope with any emergency.
01:03RKO Studios, located in the heart of Hollywood. This studio is one of the finest and most up-to-date
01:09in the motion picture industry.
01:11Warner Brothers' first national studios. Back in the Aragain, we looked down on one of the largest studios. Located in
01:18the valley, surrounded by mountains, the scenic view from any part of this studio is magnificent to behold.
01:24The large buildings, which stand out so prominently, are the sound stages, wherein the sets are built. These sets represent
01:31everything from a log cabin in Maine to a harem in far-off Turkey.
01:35Paramount Studios. Here we see the administration buildings, housing the executives, directors, writers, and supervisors.
01:43Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. The back lot of the studio can be seen below.
01:48On the back lot, sets are built at tremendous cost, representing exact duplicates of cities and buildings from the four
01:54corners of the earth.
01:56Universal Studios. Built in 1914, this is the oldest studio in California and boasts of a ground space of 260
02:04acres.
02:06Many pictures are produced from well-known books by famous authors, while others are made from original stories written by
02:12studio staff writers.
02:16Here is a scene being written into script form.
02:37The casting office, where many are called, but few are chosen. Types from all walks of life visit the casting
02:45office daily, in hope of getting that big break in the movies.
03:04Good morning, Sheila.
03:06Good morning, Mr. Brown.
03:08How are things?
03:09Things are tough. I haven't worked in three days.
03:14Good morning, Mr. Brown.
03:15Here we see the casting director checking his call sheet for the day.
03:19Hollywood is famous for its pretty girls, who trek here from every part of the world.
03:24Most of these girls are absorbed in the chorus of musical comedy pictures.
03:28Let's look in on one of the stages and see a chorus in rehearsal.
03:32Here's Busby Berkley, famous dance director and creator of some of the screen's greatest dance spectacles.
03:38And here's Bobby Conley, another famous dance director putting his girls through their paces.
03:45Let's go.
03:47Together.
03:54Together.
03:55Together.
04:01Together.
04:03Together.
04:06Together.
04:07Together.
04:09Together.
04:13Together.
04:15Together.
04:16Together.
04:18Together.
04:19Together.
04:20Together.
04:22Together.
04:28Now that you've had a knife full of pretty girls, we'll try another stage.
04:33Ah, Hugh Herbert, just arriving for work.
04:37Morning, Huey. Morning, Henry.
04:39Snap it up, we're going to shoot in ten minutes.
04:41I'll be ready in five.
04:42Okay, you know me.
04:46Let's watch Huey make up.
04:48First, he uses a grease paint, which he smears on his face.
04:52Looks like Huey will be busy for some time,
04:54so we'll step out on the lot and glance around.
04:56See you later, Huey.
04:58Well, here's Rudy Valli.
05:00Meet the folks, Rudy.
05:02Gene Muir and Warren William with their dogs.
05:05Gene Scotty is a winner of many ribbons and is a favorite on the lot.
05:10Alice White's sheepdog is a big sissy.
05:12Unless she holds him in her arms, he cries.
05:15Well, can you blame him?
05:17Pat O'Brien and Ann Dvorak.
05:20Pat, one of the best boxers in the movie colony,
05:23takes a workout with his trainer,
05:25the former welterweight champion, Jackie Fields.
05:29On another stage,
05:30Jimmy Cagney borrows a light from one of the electricians.
05:33Jim's a regular guy.
05:36Dolores Del Rio poses for the still photographer.
05:39These photographs will graden the heart of many a Del Rio fan.
05:43Here we are back with you, Herbert.
05:45A little powder, a little paint,
05:47makes little Huey look what he ain't.
05:52Huey.
05:53Yeah.
05:54Morning, girls.
05:55Morning.
05:56Good morning, Miss Shaw.
05:57Good morning, Mr. Herbert.
05:58We're going to start the scene up on the diver.
06:01Uh-huh.
06:02Can you come down here and lean against this pillow
06:03for that 10, 20, 30 business?
06:05Yeah.
06:05You know the sequence.
06:06Oh, sure.
06:07Should you want to raise it?
06:07No, let's shoot it.
06:08All right, let's take it.
06:09All right.
06:10Ready, girl?
06:11Back here, huh?
06:12Yeah, back on the diver.
06:13Okay.
06:14This microphone picks up the actor's voices.
06:21The sound is then transmitted through cables
06:23to the mixer's booth.
06:26Here we see the mixer controlling the volume
06:29and quality of the voices.
06:31This is known as a film recording machine.
06:34The sound is transmitted to a light valve,
06:37which in turn varies the intensity of a beam of light,
06:40which is photographed on the film.
06:42This is a disc recording machine.
06:45The recorder uses this microscope
06:47to observe the cutting of the sound waves,
06:50which are invisible to the naked eye.
06:52Before reaching the recording machines,
06:55the sound travels through this amplifying panel.
06:58Current is supplied to all sound recording units
07:01on the stages through this power plant.
07:03All right, I'm over.
07:07Let's watch them shoot this scene.
07:09In the foreground can be seen the cameraman
07:12and his blimp-enclosed camera.
07:14The blimp is entirely soundproof.
07:17During the shooting of a scene,
07:19studio workers must remain absolutely quiet.
07:21Often a worker has a hard time controlling a cough
07:24or a sneeze until the finish of the scene,
07:26as any foreign sound would spoil the scene
07:29and cost the company many dollars for a retake.
07:31This is no place for anyone with hay fever.
07:35After the day's shooting is completed,
07:37the negative film is developed.
07:39Here we see the negative traveling through a film drying machine.
07:43Coming out of this machine,
07:45it is then transferred to the negative cutting room,
07:47where girls cut and assemble various scenes
07:49and make ready for the printers.
07:52This is the printing room,
07:54where the developed negative film
07:56is matched with an unexposed positive film.
07:59As both films travel through this machine,
08:02a beam of light allows the image on the negative
08:04to be transferred to the positive film.
08:07The positive film is then developed through the same process
08:10as the negative you have just seen.
08:12The positive film is then cut and assembled by the cutter,
08:16whom you see here all wrapped up in his work.
08:20This little machine is known as a moviola
08:22and gives the cutter the same view of the picture
08:24that you folks get while sitting in the theater.
08:27Upon being completed,
08:28the picture reaches the projection room,
08:30where we see the projectionist threading up.
08:35This projection room is a miniature theater
08:38where the executives view the scenes for a final okay.
08:42We will now show you one of the completed scenes
08:45of Hugh Herbert in the Sultan's Harem.
08:48Now listen.
08:49Let's go over there and play that big game
08:50I learned in Little Rock.
08:51Come on, gather around me.
08:5710, 20, 30, uh, 25, 30, 35, 50, 55, 60, 65, 85, 95, 100.
09:05Ready or not, I'm coming.
09:07Well, Jay Hawthorne called Pepper, Jr.
09:10How many times have I told you to stay away from those girls?
09:12Well, sometime I get bored.
09:14You know you belong to me.
09:15You are my slave.
09:17I bought you for 11 rupees,
09:18one box of figs and two donkeys.
09:20Well, don't you think I'm worth it?
09:22Except, of course, the two donkeys.
09:25Oh, kiss me, my fool.
09:28No, no, no.
09:29Hawthorne, darling.
09:30Come here.
09:31Hawthorne, darling.
09:38Here, darling.
09:40Oh, Culpepper, darling.
09:41Kiss me, my fool.
09:55Life begins at 40.
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