Documentary · United States of America · 1940 · 11m

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World poster
Director
Oliver Garver
Cast
Ann Morriss as Mary Naomi Childers as Mary's Mother George Lessey as Mary's Father May McAvoy as Saleslady Adrian as Self Lew Ayres as Self
Crew
Jackson Rose — Director of Photography Jack Ruggiero — Editor
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
fashionpromotionalold hollywoodshort film
Key Collaborators
Oliver Garver Director Jackson Rose Director of Photography Jack Ruggiero Editor
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