John Nesbitt narrates this MGM short about the actors who appear on the screen, portraying them as ordinary folks who have a wide variety of occupations when they're not pretending to be some one else in the movies. It's a treat for fans who like to play "spot the star", since it not only shows leading players like Clark Gable, but bit players and stunt men.
Although it is directed without credit by John Elias -- whose only directorial effort was this; his regular job was as a production manager for MGM's cartoon division -- the principal focus should be on editor Frank Hull, whose last, uncredited work is this. Hull was born in 1882 in Kansas, and he edited his first picture, for Goldwyn, in 1920. He was employed mostly by MGM, with a three-year sojourn at Fox in the early 1930s. He died in 1968.
Although it is directed without credit by John Elias -- whose only directorial effort was this; his regular job was as a production manager for MGM's cartoon division -- the principal focus should be on editor Frank Hull, whose last, uncredited work is this. Hull was born in 1882 in Kansas, and he edited his first picture, for Goldwyn, in 1920. He was employed mostly by MGM, with a three-year sojourn at Fox in the early 1930s. He died in 1968.
