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The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios (1924)
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Overview
The City of Stars is structured as a “coming attractions” promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O’Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal’s advertising manager. The sceneic resources of the studio are showcased throughout, with a “See America First” wagon visible in one scene, and a scattering of panoramic shots of Universal City and the Universal zoo.
Length 22 minutes
Actors
Reginald Denny | Norman Kerry | Jean Hersholt | Gertrude Olmstead | Hayden Stevenson | Broderick O'Farrell | Marian Nixon | Harry A. Pollard | Lola Todd