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Legendary and iconic figures of the twentieth century, the famous and the infamous, come to life on film in this fascinating collection of short subjects. A few of the many highlights include animal idol of America, Rin Tin Tin, entertaining ailing tots in 1918. Gloria Swanson returns to America in 1925 after marrying a Count. A visit to the first-ever fan dancers convention in 1934 proves quite revealing. Newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan crowns Tyrone Power and Jeanette MacDonald, King and Queen of Hollywood in 1939. John L. Lewis rises to national prominence in 1926 after mitigating a settlement to a bitter coal mine strike. Famed composer of "Finlandia" Jean Sibelius is seen on a transatlantic cruise. George Bernard Shaw visits the League Of Nations in Geneva in the early 1920s. Rita Hayworth marries Prince Aly Khan in 1949.
Movie Details
- Format
- DVD
- Encoding
- Region 1 (US & Canada)
- Rating
- NR
- Runtime
- 1 hours, 2 minutes
- Label
- Alpha Video
- Starring
- Rin Tin Tin; David Belasco; Gloria Swanson
Manufactured on Demand
This film was released by studios as part of their MOD (Manufactured-On-Demand) line of releases. This is not a bootleg. In order to make the release of films with low sales demand possible, major studios like Universal, Sony, Warner, Paramount, Hallmark and 20th Century Fox have contracted with a distributor to provide manufactured-on-demand releases to consumers.