This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.
Cinematography
Berkeley's geometric choreography captured in raw rehearsal
Production
Rare glimpse of film processing: negative to release print
Director
Ralph Staub
Arthur Aylesworth
Himself, the Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Busby Berkeley
Himself (uncredited)
Hugh Herbert
Himself (uncredited)
Rudy Vallee
Himself (uncredited)
Jean Muir
Herself (uncredited)
Warren William
Himself (uncredited)
Alice White
Herself (uncredited)
Pat O'Brien
Himself (uncredited)
Ann Dvorak
Herself (uncredited)
James Cagney
Himself (uncredited)
Dolores del Río
Herself (uncredited)
Wini Shaw
Herself (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Warner's 'Vitaphone Varieties' short subjects, this was essentially a commercial for the studio itself—movie theaters as corporate marketing funnel.
Rudy Vallee appears but doesn't perform; his presence alone was star power enough for 1935 audiences who'd pay to see him exist on screen.
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