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6.5

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

1965

Promotional short for the film "The Sandpiper".

6.3

The Song of Styrene

1957

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics.

7.3

A Trip to Paramountown

1922

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

2.0

The Great Learning

2021

At Tsinghua University's campus, four people are standing at the intersection of their lives. Among them, there are those who just passed the college entrance examination, the first-generation of post-00 college students who entered their favorite universities with twists and turns , some are leaving their ivory towers, PhD graduates facing difficult choices and some have returned from the United States to enter Tsinghua University. Young teachers are full of "viewing the sky" ideal but face challenges, there are old academicians who still stand behind lectern after their retirement. The film tells the life ideals of the four Tsinghua people and the eternal youth that belongs to this university behind them.

6.0

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

2007

A look at the horror movies of the 1980's.

0.0

Personalities

1942

In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. The narrator says that moviegoers will have to decide whether these fledgling actors and actresses have that certain quality that made superstars out of MGM players Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner.

8.3

Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions)

2023

Miley Cyrus takes the stage in this must-see, Disney+ music event featuring debut performances of her highly anticipated eighth studio album, "Endless Summer Vacation." The global superstar’s cinematic, one-of-a-kind performances are threaded together with exclusive interviews where she provides insight to her new album and the person she is today.

5.0

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.

5.0

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

1936

Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.

0.0

The Hollywood You Never See

1934

The making of Cleopatra (1934), showing pre-production, DeMille directing a scene, and the addition of music to the soundtrack.

6.0

The Red, White and Blue Line

1955

A promotional film for United States Savings Bonds

5.5

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

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.

0.0

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.

6.0

Operation Dirty Dozen

2006

A short film looking behind the scenes at the making of The Dirty Dozen. Showing many scenes being filmed just north of London, the short focuses mostly on star Lee Marvin enjoying his pursuits on his one day off a week.

2.3

Fashion Horizons

1940

Combines airplane trips and fashion. Heavy on the fashion.

0.0

New York to Berlin in Twenty-Six Hours

1933

Promotional film about Lockheed aircraft using test pilots and speed records to show how Lockheed was at the forefront of aviation technology during the 1930's and 1940's. Famous pilots including the Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes are shown along with the latest aircraft designs such as the P-38 fighter.

6.7

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.

0.0

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

1966

A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix

5.5

A Dream Comes True

1935

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

4.5

Lionpower from MGM

1967

"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five seasons" theme--fall, winter, spring, summer--plus a "fabulous fifth season". The main music is set to the rousing theme from "The Magnificent Yankee" composed by David Raksin in 1950. The promo is narrated by some of the best voice-over actors of the time, and is an excellent time capsule of a by-gone era.

Genre	Documentary
Production Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Ccountries	United States of America

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

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