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  • 1950
  • Approved
  • 9m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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DocumentaryShort

This short tries to show that in some ways, the actors we see in the movies are just like us. They have mortgages to pay and families to raise. They also have interests and businesses not re... Read allThis short tries to show that in some ways, the actors we see in the movies are just like us. They have mortgages to pay and families to raise. They also have interests and businesses not related to acting. Performers' faces are shown on the screen as the narrator tells of their ... Read allThis short tries to show that in some ways, the actors we see in the movies are just like us. They have mortgages to pay and families to raise. They also have interests and businesses not related to acting. Performers' faces are shown on the screen as the narrator tells of their non-show-business activities. Most of them are shown in quick excerpts from unidentified f... Read all

  • Director
    • Hal Elias
  • Writers
    • Arthur V. Jones
    • Grant Leenhouts
  • Stars
    • John Nesbitt
    • Leon Ames
    • Edward Arnold
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    220
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hal Elias
    • Writers
      • Arthur V. Jones
      • Grant Leenhouts
    • Stars
      • John Nesbitt
      • Leon Ames
      • Edward Arnold
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast26

    John Nesbitt
    John Nesbitt
    • Self - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Leon Ames
    Leon Ames
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Autry
    Gene Autry
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Linda Darnell
    Linda Darnell
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Dan Duryea
    Dan Duryea
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Greer Garson
    Greer Garson
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Kelly
    Gene Kelly
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Hal Elias
    • Writers
      • Arthur V. Jones
      • Grant Leenhouts
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    • Trivia
      The only known M.G.M. movie that Linda Darnell was in. Metro Goldwyn Mayer had to get written permission from Twentieth Century-Fox to use Linda Darnell's image. Though Louis B. Mayer and M.G.M. tried to borrow Linda Darnell and Carole Landis, who were both under contract to Fox at the time, to be in an M.G.M. short to be filmed on the Metro lot Darryl F. Zanuck refused to loan the two actresses to M.G.M. for the short.
    • Connections
      Edited from Hollywood Hobbies (1939)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • May 13, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
      • Industry Film Project
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      • 9m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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