Movie: Going Hollywood: The '30s

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Robert Preston
Robert Preston

Self - Host

Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

(archive footage)

George Arliss
George Arliss

Self (archive footage)

Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur

(archive footage)

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

(archive footage)

Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer

(archive footage)

George Bancroft
George Bancroft

(archive footage)

John Barrymore
John Barrymore

(archive footage)

Matthew Beard
Matthew Beard

(archive footage)

Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery

(archive footage)

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    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

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    1984-01-01

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