- Country: USA
- Genres: Documentary, Short
- Release: 1940-05-01
- Director: Oliver Garver
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: Ann Morriss , Naomi Childers , George Lessey , May McAvoy
- Runtime: 11 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Hollywood: Style Center of the World , Hollywood: Centro mundial de la moda (Venezuela) , Hollywood: Style Center of the World (United States of America)
- Plot: This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A father and his daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in Susan and God (1940). Then the scene shifts to Hollywood and MGM's chief of costume design (Adrian) to show how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
- IMDB:tt0185365
Hollywood: Style Center of the World Cast · · · ALL
Oliver Garver
Director
Ann Morriss
Mary
Naomi Childers
Mary's Mother
George Lessey
Mary's Father
May McAvoy
Saleslady
Adrian
Self
Lew Ayres
(1908–1996)
Self
Lionel Barrymore
(1878–1954)
Self
Wallace Beery
(1885–1949)
Self
Bruce Cabot
Self
Claudette Colbert
Self
Joan Crawford
(I)
(1905–1977)
Self
Nelson Eddy
Self
Clark Gable
(I)
(1901–1960)
Self
Greta Garbo
(1905–1990)
Self
Judy Garland
Self
Fay Holden
Self
Marsha Hunt
Self
Hedy Lamarr
Self
Vivien Leigh
Self
Myrna Loy
(1905–1993)
Self
Jeanette MacDonald
Self
Fredric March
Self
Chico Marx
Self
Groucho Marx
Self
Harpo Marx
Self