1925 MGM METRO GOLDWYN MAYER STUDIO TOUR CULVER CITY CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MAKING 62364

Wow! What a find!

This was very fun!!! Thanks!!!
I’ve been on the MGM lot many times. Once my best friend and I went to a taping of a Danny Thomas tv show and when it let out we snuck off and went through a bunch of sound stages. We had a great time!!! When we were ready we left. He and I did this on just about every studio we got in to, other places too! Never got caught or chucked out!!!👍👌✌️😁

Thank You so much for this.

love the Underwood and Remington joke

thinking that in a few years, it would be sound proofed sets and all new sound and music departments.

Who knows what wonders can still be found in the archives 🧚🏻‍♀️❗

Which part is Mae Busch at ?

This is an awesome behind-the-scenes documentary! Part of my passion for film is archiving. I love that someone thought it would be a good idea to document this historic moment in time.

Too often we think that what we’re doing today is not necessarily something people will enjoy learning about years from now. And while some documentaries are a bit dated, I am super excited that movie studios have archives, we have behind-the-scenes documentaries of certain studios, interviews, and more.

Ole Jeff Popeye Bezos just bought it... Los Angeles was beautiful back then. Can almost hear the whine and sputter of thoze old automobiles!

A real gem!

Unpopular opinion: Movies made during The Hay Code era are some of the best films ever to make it on screen. Many films made pre & post-code are good as well. It’s not a crime to be modest.
The films of today are garbage compared to what used to be produced. It’s so sad.

Wow, this was REALLY enjoyable to watch and tastefully "silent" too. Thank you.

This is wonderful!

And the backlot really meant something back in the Silent Era too - all those gigantic spectaculars one after another, Roaring 20s, money no object, the money boys in New York approving everything. Pre-Code too! What amazes me is how this was preserved, when about 90% of all films made in the 1920s are lost. How did this stick around? Whoever preserved it is an ace, btw.

so good it not being over-exaggerated in speed and actually see people moving properly rather than running when they should be walking

Would be better if you didn't have the time counter smack dab in the middle of the screen? Like, why is it even there???

What a lovely time bubble to jump on board. Enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for posting.

Amazing bit of history. I recognize a few buildings. Wish the title cards weren’t cropped on the left and right but fantastic that this exists in any form after nearly 100 years!

Josef von Sternberg and Erich von Stroheim side by side

This is a priceless piece of history. Thank you for sharing it.

That is a priceless bit of history! I remember getting a tour of the MGM studios back in the 1960s. It was a much different place by then, practically depopulated compared to the scenes here. But a lot of the buildings were still the same, and I recognized maybe 20-25% of the locations shown.

This is a real gem and quite fascinating to see the enormous infrastructure that existed to make movies from just one big-name Hollywood studio way back in 1925. You can feel the talent of craftsmenship and immense pride of the workmanship. The actors have all faded into oblivion. The only name I recognize is Lon Chaney. It is also interesting how many people smoked.