Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio, A (1935)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining short from Vitaphone that shows us areal shots of various famous studios including Fox, RKO, Paramount, MGM, Warner and Universal. After these shots from above, we go to the Warner lot where we get to see some behind the scenes stuff including Busby Berkeley directing a scene and Hugh Herbert getting ready to shoot a scene. We also get to see a few stars on the sets just doing everyday things and the stars include James Cagney, Warren William, Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak and Dolores del Rio. This is a pretty entertaining little film that's best parts are the shots of the studios high up in the air. Seeing how large these things were and how different they are from one another was pretty interesting. Some of the on the lot footage was pretty good as well and that includes a sequence with O'Brien boxing and Cagney asking a stage hand for a light. There's also a segment talking about how sound is recorded and then put onto film. Fans of early Hollywood will certainly want to check this out for the sights.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining short from Vitaphone that shows us areal shots of various famous studios including Fox, RKO, Paramount, MGM, Warner and Universal. After these shots from above, we go to the Warner lot where we get to see some behind the scenes stuff including Busby Berkeley directing a scene and Hugh Herbert getting ready to shoot a scene. We also get to see a few stars on the sets just doing everyday things and the stars include James Cagney, Warren William, Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak and Dolores del Rio. This is a pretty entertaining little film that's best parts are the shots of the studios high up in the air. Seeing how large these things were and how different they are from one another was pretty interesting. Some of the on the lot footage was pretty good as well and that includes a sequence with O'Brien boxing and Cagney asking a stage hand for a light. There's also a segment talking about how sound is recorded and then put onto film. Fans of early Hollywood will certainly want to check this out for the sights.