Enregistrement du tournage d'une phonoscène par Alice Guy et ses assistants.
Il ne s'agit pas du tournage de l'opéra Mignon, comme l'a souvent affirmé Alice Guy, mais du ballet Le Bal des Capulets au début de l'opéra Roméo et Juliette de Charles Gounod. On peut y voir l'assistant d'Alice Guy, Etienne Arnaud, faisant répéter les acteurs pour la mise en place d'une phonoscène. Alice Guy apparait au centre de l'équipe de tournage : elle se tourne vers le deuxième opérateur et manipule l'elgéphone
Dans un studio de cinéma, sur deux plateaux différents, sont jouées une pièce de théâtre dramatique et une comédie. Bientôt, les deux histoires, bien distinctes au départ, s'entremêlent en une série de quiproquos...
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the job if he can find a way to make the director leave the picture.
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
Pompeyo and Rodolfo work in a newspaper, but they dream of becoming film actors, so they go to a casting for an American film that will be shot in Madrid for a few days; but things will not turn out as they expect…
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
Lors d'un tournage en Bavière, tous les membres de l'équipe sont amoureux de la téléphoniste. L'acteur principal n'ayant aucun talent, l'équipe décide de faire de l'opératrice la vedette du film.
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Figurante sans travail, la blonde Ann Darrow est engagée par le réalisateur Carl Denham pour être la vedette de son prochain film. Le Venture, le navire commandé par le capitaine Englehorn et qui comprend toute l'équipe, atteint Skull Island, une île mystérieuse où vivrait une créature légendaire vénérée par les indigènes et appelée King Kong.Durant le voyage, Ann tombe amoureuse de John Driscoll, le second du bateau. Une fois débarqués, les explorateurs sont aussitôt repérés par les indigènes et font marche arrière. Mais ces derniers enlèvent Ann, la "femme aux cheveux d'or", et l'attachent pour l'offrir en sacrifice à King Kong.Au moment où ses compagnons arrivent pour la délivrer, un singe gigantesque saisit la jeune fille et disparaît dans la forêt. Denham et ses hommes se lancent alors à la poursuite de King Kong.
Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.
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.
W.C.Fields enters the Warmer Bros. Studio. Beans tries to drive in, but the guard throws him and his car against a tree. Charlie Chaplin drives in, followed by Oliver Hardy on foot - but we see that it's really Beans in disguise. Oliver Owl is directing a picture; Beans sneaks onto the stage. He's watching from a catwalk when someone knocks him off, into the middle of the scene. Beans is thrown off the set, right into the set of a Frankenstein movie. He accidentally brings the robotic monster to life, and it crashes into the original studio, eating the camera. Beans tries to stop the monster, but is sent flying. He lands against a wind machine. which chops up the monster.
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major backer is threatening to stop financing his pictures. He finds a group of six wealthy individuals who may want to become investors in the studio if his disgruntled backer pulls out. Unfortunately, his bumbling runner Albert picks that day to invite six of his street musician friends to be in the film that is currently shooting at the studio, and Hyman mistakes them for the potential investors. Complications ensue.
Elevée à la campagne, Esther Blodgett rêve de percer à Hollywood. Alors qu'elle est serveuse dans un réception elle croise le regard de l'acteur Norman Maine, qui l'introduit dans le monde du septième art.
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
Lassé des frasques d'Hollywood, John L. Sullivan, jusque-là réalisateur de comédies, décide de tourner un film qu'il veut plus dramatique et ancré dans la réalité. Vêtu tel un vagabond, il commence ses "voyages" pour mieux comprendre les aspirations des milieux défavorisés.
The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.