By Steven Bingen
Going behind the curtain at one among Hollywood’s maximum motion picture studios, this outstanding historical past unearths the untold tale of the soundstages and open air units the place a few of the world’s maximum movies have been produced. that includes candid, formerly unpublished pictures from the studio’s information and particular interviews with actors and employees, this distinctive exploration of MGM’s backlotthe surroundings for greater than a 5th of the movies produced sooner than 1980takes movie buffs again to Hollywood’s golden age, offering an insider’s examine the motion picture company and celebrating lots of its top movies and the prime actors of the studio approach. at the present time, whilst a movie set will be wherever at each time, this treasure trove of knowledge finds the creativity and ingenuity of a bygone period whilst the studio method, dealing with the restrictions of area and know-how, produced display gem stones comparable to The Wizard of oz., long gone with the Wind, and the Our Gang shorts.
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B. ” The mogul had a seemingly bottomless bag of tricks to keep his stars in line. “He could foam at the mouth if he was upset with us,” recalls Esther Williams. ” “You can say what you like about the Louis B. Mayers and the heads of the studios in my day,” said contract star Allan Jones. ” “Mayer used [MGM] as a pulpit to establish values for the whole nation,” said Mickey Rooney. “He did this by telling stories, not about the way the world was, but about the way he loved running the studio—it was like an empire,” adds former MGM publicist Jim Mahoney.
The new building replacing the old was built a few feet inside the gate, creating an inadvertent and erroneous echo of the long-gone MGM backlot. Lot One: Buildings and Departments | 31 Above: The interior of the Purchasing Department, where a focused staff types up a never-ending series of purchasing forms. 2 P PURCHASING DEPARTMENT roceeding south, away from the old front gate, one passed MGM’s Purchasing Department, “where everything from a package of needles to a brace of Kismet camels may be found on 32 | M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot the auditing books,” reported the Motion Picture Herald in 1944.
When producer Mike Todd died, Hollywood acted as personal bodyguard to his bereaved wife, Elizabeth Taylor. Many famous personages became friends. Among the fringe benefits of sporting badge #1 was a cameo in Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock (1957). “On my 25th wedding anniversary, Elvis stopped in the middle of his act and told the audience it was my anniversary,” said Hollywood. “He told the people he’d known me for a hundred years. Which was very nice—to stop your act and do that. ” Surprisingly, Hollywood’s security style rarely required the use of the word “no” or calling for police backup.