Going Hollywood: The '30s Cast and Crew

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Plot: 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.

Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1983
41 years ago

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Cast

Robert Preston. Robert Preston was 65 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self - Host'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 08 1918 –
Died: Sat, Mar 21 1987

Gracie Allen. Gracie Allen would have been no older than 69 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 25 1895 –
Died: Thu, Aug 27 1964

George Arliss. George Arliss would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Apr 09 1868 –
Died: Tue, Feb 05 1946

Jean Arthur. Jean Arthur was 83 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 16 1900 –
Died: Wed, Jun 19 1991

Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire was 84 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, May 10 1899 –
Died: Mon, Jun 22 1987

Mischa Auer. Mischa Auer would have been no older than 61 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 17 1905 –
Died: Sun, Mar 05 1967

George Bancroft. George Bancroft would have been no older than 74 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Sep 30 1882 –
Died: Tue, Oct 02 1956

John Barrymore. John Barrymore would have been no older than 60 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Feb 15 1882 –
Died: Fri, May 29 1942

Matthew Beard. Matthew Beard would have been no older than 56 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 01 1925 –
Died: Thu, Jan 08 1981

Wallace Beery. Wallace Beery would have been no older than 64 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Mar 31 1885 –
Died: Fri, Apr 15 1949

Constance Bennett. Constance Bennett would have been no older than 60 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 22 1904 –
Died: Sat, Jul 24 1965

Joan Blondell. Joan Blondell would have been no older than 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Aug 30 1906 –
Died: Tue, Dec 25 1979

Eric Blore. Eric Blore would have been no older than 71 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Dec 22 1887 –
Died: Mon, Mar 02 1959

Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey Bogart would have been no older than 57 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 25 1899 –
Died: Mon, Jan 14 1957

William Boyd. William Boyd would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 04 1895 –
Died: Tue, Sep 12 1972

Charles Boyer. Charles Boyer would have been no older than 78 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 28 1899 –
Died: Sat, Aug 26 1978

Joe E. Brown. Joe E. Brown would have been no older than 81 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 26 1891 –
Died: Fri, Jul 06 1973

George Burns. George Burns was 87 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 20 1896 –
Died: Sat, Mar 09 1996

Spring Byington. Spring Byington would have been no older than 84 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 16 1886 –
Died: Tue, Sep 07 1971

James Cagney. James Cagney was 84 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jul 17 1899 –
Died: Sun, Mar 30 1986

John Carradine. John Carradine was 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Feb 05 1906 –
Died: Sun, Nov 27 1988

Jack Carson. Jack Carson would have been no older than 52 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 27 1910 –
Died: Wed, Jan 02 1963

Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin would have been no older than 88 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Apr 16 1889 –
Died: Sun, Dec 25 1977

Maurice Chevalier. Maurice Chevalier would have been no older than 83 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Sep 12 1888 –
Died: Sat, Jan 01 1972

Berton Churchill. Berton Churchill would have been no older than 63 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Dec 08 1876 –
Died: Thu, Oct 10 1940

Joe Cobb. Joe Cobb was 67 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Nov 07 1916 –
Died: Tue, May 21 2002

Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper would have been no older than 60 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, May 07 1901 –
Died: Sat, May 13 1961

Joan Crawford. Joan Crawford would have been no older than 71 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 23 1906 –
Died: Tue, May 10 1977

Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby would have been no older than 74 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 03 1903 –
Died: Fri, Oct 14 1977

Crown Prince Hohenzollern. Crown Prince Hohenzollern was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Bette Davis. Bette Davis was 75 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Apr 05 1908 –
Died: Fri, Oct 06 1989

Cecil B. DeMille. Cecil B. DeMille would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Aug 12 1881 –
Died: Wed, Jan 21 1959

Andy Devine. Andy Devine would have been no older than 71 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 07 1905 –
Died: Fri, Feb 18 1977

Marlene Dietrich. Marlene Dietrich was 82 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Dec 27 1901 –
Died: Wed, May 06 1992

Lee Duncan. Lee Duncan was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jimmy Durante. Jimmy Durante would have been no older than 86 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 09 1893 –
Died: Tue, Jan 29 1980

W.C. Fields. W.C. Fields would have been no older than 66 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 29 1880 –
Died: Wed, Dec 25 1946

Larry Fine. Larry Fine would have been no older than 72 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Larry (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Oct 05 1902 –
Died: Fri, Jan 24 1975

Pat Flaherty. Pat Flaherty would have been no older than 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Mar 08 1897 –
Died: Wed, Dec 02 1970

Henry Fonda. Henry Fonda would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, May 16 1905 –
Died: Thu, Aug 12 1982

Clark Gable. Clark Gable would have been no older than 59 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Feb 01 1901 –
Died: Wed, Nov 16 1960

Charley Grapewin. Charley Grapewin would have been no older than 86 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 20 1869 –
Died: Thu, Feb 02 1956

Oliver Hardy. Oliver Hardy would have been no older than 65 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 18 1892 –
Died: Wed, Aug 07 1957

Jean Harlow. Jean Harlow would have been no older than 26 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 03 1911 –
Died: Mon, Jun 07 1937

Ted Healy. Ted Healy would have been no older than 41 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 01 1896 –
Died: Tue, Dec 21 1937

Samuel S. Hinds. Samuel S. Hinds would have been no older than 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Apr 03 1875 –
Died: Wed, Oct 13 1948

Tim Holt. Tim Holt would have been no older than 54 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Feb 05 1919 –
Died: Thu, Feb 15 1973

Darla Hood. Darla Hood would have been no older than 47 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Nov 08 1931 –
Died: Wed, Jun 13 1979

Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover would have been no older than 90 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 10 1874 –
Died: Tue, Oct 20 1964

Curly Howard. Curly Howard would have been no older than 48 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 22 1903 –
Died: Fri, Jan 18 1952

Leslie Howard. Leslie Howard would have been no older than 50 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Apr 03 1893 –
Died: Tue, Jun 01 1943

Moe Howard. Moe Howard would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 19 1897 –
Died: Sun, May 04 1975

Walter Huston. Walter Huston would have been no older than 67 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Apr 03 1883 –
Died: Fri, Apr 07 1950

Selmer Jackson. Selmer Jackson would have been no older than 82 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 06 1888 –
Died: Tue, Mar 30 1971

Chic Johnson. Chic Johnson would have been no older than 70 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 05 1891 –
Died: Sun, Feb 25 1962

Al Jolson. Al Jolson would have been no older than 64 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, May 26 1886 –
Died: Mon, Oct 23 1950

Boris Karloff. Boris Karloff would have been no older than 81 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Nov 23 1887 –
Died: Sun, Feb 02 1969

Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton would have been no older than 70 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 03 1895 –
Died: Tue, Feb 01 1966

Hedy Lamarr. Hedy Lamarr was 69 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 09 1914 –
Died: Wed, Jan 19 2000

Harry Langdon. Harry Langdon would have been no older than 60 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 14 1884 –
Died: Fri, Dec 22 1944

Stan Laurel. Stan Laurel would have been no older than 74 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jun 16 1890 –
Died: Tue, Feb 23 1965

Carole Lombard. Carole Lombard would have been no older than 33 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 06 1908 –
Died: Fri, Jan 16 1942

Walter Long. Walter Long would have been no older than 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Mar 04 1879 –
Died: Fri, Jul 04 1952

Edmund Lowe. Edmund Lowe would have been no older than 81 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 02 1890 –
Died: Wed, Apr 21 1971

Bela Lugosi. Bela Lugosi would have been no older than 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 17 1882 –
Died: Thu, Aug 16 1956

Fredric March. Fredric March would have been no older than 77 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Aug 31 1897 –
Died: Tue, Apr 15 1975

Groucho Marx. Groucho Marx would have been no older than 86 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 30 1890 –
Died: Fri, Aug 19 1977

Harpo Marx. Harpo Marx would have been no older than 75 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 23 1888 –
Died: Mon, Sep 28 1964

George McFarland. George McFarland was 55 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 02 1928 –
Died: Wed, Jun 30 1993

Donald Meek. Donald Meek would have been no older than 68 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 13 1878 –
Died: Mon, Nov 18 1946

Charles Middleton. Charles Middleton would have been no older than 74 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Oct 02 1874 –
Died: Fri, Apr 22 1949

Thomas Mitchell. Thomas Mitchell would have been no older than 70 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 10 1892 –
Died: Mon, Dec 17 1962

Grace Moore. Grace Moore would have been no older than 48 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Dec 04 1898 –
Died: Sun, Jan 26 1947

Alan Mowbray. Alan Mowbray would have been no older than 72 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 17 1896 –
Died: Tue, Mar 25 1969

Ole Olsen. Ole Olsen would have been no older than 70 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Nov 06 1892 –
Died: Sat, Jan 26 1963

Lynne Overman. Lynne Overman would have been no older than 55 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Sep 18 1887 –
Died: Fri, Feb 19 1943

Eugene Pallette. Eugene Pallette would have been no older than 65 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 07 1889 –
Died: Fri, Sep 03 1954

Franklin Pangborn. Franklin Pangborn would have been no older than 69 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 23 1889 –
Died: Sun, Jul 20 1958

Louise Platt. Louise Platt was 68 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Aug 03 1915 –
Died: Sat, Sep 06 2003

Dick Powell. Dick Powell would have been no older than 58 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 14 1904 –
Died: Wed, Jan 02 1963

William Powell. William Powell was 91 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 28 1892 –
Died: Mon, Mar 05 1984

Rin-Tin-Tin. Rin-Tin-Tin would have been no older than 13 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Sep 01 1918 –
Died: Wed, Aug 10 1932

Ginger Rogers. Ginger Rogers was 72 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 16 1911 –
Died: Tue, Apr 25 1995

Will Rogers. Will Rogers would have been no older than 55 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 03 1879 –
Died: Thu, Aug 15 1935

Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been no older than 63 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 30 1882 –
Died: Thu, Apr 12 1945

Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth would have been no older than 53 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Feb 05 1895 –
Died: Mon, Aug 16 1948

Sylvia Sidney. Sylvia Sidney was 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Aug 09 1910 –
Died: Thu, Jul 01 1999

Carl Switzer. Carl Switzer would have been no older than 31 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 07 1927 –
Died: Wed, Jan 21 1959

Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was 55 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Apr 23 1928 –
Died: Mon, Feb 10 2014

Claire Trevor. Claire Trevor was 73 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Mar 08 1910 –
Died: Sat, Apr 08 2000

Tom Tyler. Tom Tyler would have been no older than 50 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 09 1903 –
Died: Mon, May 03 1954

Rudy Vallee. Rudy Vallee was 82 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 28 1901 –
Died: Sun, Jul 06 1986

John Wayne. John Wayne would have been no older than 72 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 26 1907 –
Died: Mon, Jun 11 1979

Johnny Weissmüller. Johnny Weissmüller was 79 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 02 1904 –
Died: Fri, Jan 20 1984

Mae West. Mae West would have been no older than 87 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Aug 16 1893 –
Died: Sat, Nov 22 1980

Crew

Julian Schlossberg. Julian Schlossberg was 41 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Producer, Director'

Birthday: Mon, Jan 26 1942

Richard Pearce. Richard Pearce was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Christine Burrill. Christine Burrill was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Charles Badaracco. Charles Badaracco was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Writer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Beverly Irby. Beverly Irby was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Herb Graff. Herb Graff was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Associate Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin was 33 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Associate Producer'

Birthday: Mon, Dec 18 1950

Gene Stavis. Gene Stavis was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Associate Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Anthony Potenza. Anthony Potenza was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Victoria Peterson. Victoria Peterson was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Assistant Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jeannie Berlin. Jeannie Berlin was 34 in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Creative Consultant'

Birthday: Tue, Nov 01 1949

Cheryl Waters. Cheryl Waters was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Set Decoration'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Sam Manners. Sam Manners was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Production Manager'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Michael Katz. Michael Katz was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Gaffer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Laurie Jones. Laurie Jones was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Production Assistant'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Tom Feldman. Tom Feldman was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Assistant Camera'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Brian Ackerman. Brian Ackerman was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Production Assistant'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Cathy Hain. Cathy Hain was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Assistant Camera'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

James Kimura. James Kimura was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Best Boy Electrician'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ellen Grant. Ellen Grant was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Controller'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Barbara Karmel. Barbara Karmel was >> in Going Hollywood: The '30s as 'Production Assistant'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday