The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Broderick O'Farrell
Norman KerryCast
Jean HersholtCast
Hayden StevensonCast
Harry A. PollardCast
Reginald DennyCast
Gertrude Olmstead
Marian NixonCast
Lola ToddCastExplore the crew
- Director
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Writer
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Editor
- Byron Robinson
- Director of Photography
- William Fildew
- Producer
- Carl Laemmle