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Hollywoods Golden Era Recalled As Fortunes Once More Spiral
Hollywood recalls its MGM era 40 years ago and the rise of television shaping the film industry. The article traces MGM founders and stars, the star system, and the shift from silent giants to a TV influenced era with studios leasing space to star driven companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
MGM
Gene Handsaker
Will Rogers
Ae Chaney
Ena Ulineno
Rogers
Motion Pictures
Metro Picture’s Corp
Samuel Goldwyn
Culver City Studios
Louis B. Mayer Productions, Inc
Leo the Lion
Gretta Garbo
Gable
U.S
Greta Garbo
Sweden
America
Lucille le Sueur
Kansas City
Joan Crawford
Idaho
Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Lana Turner
Marx Brothers
Robert Weltman
Culver Lot
Louis B. Mayer
Mayer
Liz
Judy
Lana
Ka- Freddie
M-G-M
Lionel Barrymore
June Allyson
Leon Ames
Fred Astaire
Edward Arnold
Lassie
Mary Astor
Ethel Barrymore
Spring Byington
James Craig
Arlene Dahl
Gloria de Haven
Tom Drake
Jimmy Durante
Vera Ellen
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
Ava Gardner
Judy Garland
Betty Garrett
Edmund Gwenn
Katherine Grayson
van Heflin
Katherine Hepburn
John