Lets Go to the Movies (1949)

What goes in to the phrase Lets go to the movies An offscreen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film clips remind us of early stars and blockbusters He explains how sound came to motion pictures we see Jolson singing Mammy and John Barrymore playing Richard III Next is a salute to the 30000 people working in Hollywood at 272 different crafts A montage shows us some of those jobs It ends with a look at the physical production of celluloid cotton and silver and the many aspects of movie making The narrator promises more short films about each step in production