A Dream Comes True - Star of the month... Olivia de Havilland

"A Dream Comes True: The Making of an Unusual Motion Picture" is a 8 minute short film documenting the making of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

Narrated by Addison Richards, the short begins with footage from the premiere of  A Midsummer Night's Dream', before going into the making of the film. 

A highlight of the film is the footage of Erich Wolfgang Korngold playing the piano, as it is the only known footage of Korngold playing the piano. 

There is also some interesting footage of a giant fan cooling the set after filming - the studio lights made the studio very hot and uncomfortable for cast and crew.

All the great stars from the film appear in the short: Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Dick Powell, Joe E. Brown, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Ross Alexander, Grant Mitchell, Frank McHugh, Victor Jory and Mickey Rooney. 

We are also treated to some other stars attending the premiere: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Paul Muni, Cesar Romero, George Brent, Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien, Marion Davies, Freddie Bartholomew, Warren William, Lyle Talbot and Delores del Rio, just to name a few.

Behind the scenes footage of movies in the 1930's was not a regular activity, as it is today, which is what makes this short film so important and interesting to watch,

Watch the film on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B-YLW1pOuA 

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

"All right, I'll give you radio. Why, I'll produce the gosh damnedest blowouts for 1938."


Breakdowns of 1938 is a short Warner Bros. studio blooper reel featuring popular stars forgetting lines, muddling lines and having difficulties with props.


Blooper highlights include:

• Basil Rathbone trying on 17 different helmets (until he finds one which fits) during the filming of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938)
• Bette Davis struggling to get her bracelet off during 'That Certain Woman' (1938) - "Son of a bitch, it won't come off!"
• Bette Davis forgetting her line to Henry Fonda in 'Jezebel' (1938) - "Well, I'm a son of a bitch"
• Claude Rains forgetting his lines from 'White Banners' (1938)
• Claudette Colbert muddling up her lines from 'Tovarich' (1938)
• Errol Flynn and Eugene Pallette in 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938)
• Humphrey Bogart forgetting his lines from 'Kid Galahad' (1938) - "I can't remember the line! God damn it!"
• Humphrey Bogart and Frank McHugh muddling lines from 'Swing Your Girl' (1938)
• Paul Muni forgetting his lines from 'The Life of Emile Zola' (1938)
• Ronald Reagan having trouble with a faulty prop gun in 'Love is on the Air' (1938) - "Well that goddamn thing locked up again!"

Other stars featured in this short film include Eddie Acuff, Katharine Alexander, Fay Bainter, Robert Barrat, Ralph Bellamy, George Brent, Sheila Bromley, Walter Connolly, Richard Cromwell, Glenda Farrell, Louise Fazenda, Dick Foran, Kay Francis, Margorie Gateson, Gregory Gaye, Edmund Goulding, Eddie Graham, Bonita Granville, Fernand Gravey, William Haade, Raymond Hatton, Hugh Herbert, Ian Hunter, Isabel Jeans, Allen Jenkins, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy, Anita Kerry, Patric Knowles, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Al Lloyd, Carole Lombard, Anita Louise, Wilfred Lucas, Mary Maguire, Michael Mark, Robert J. Mauch, Pat O'Brien, Hugh O'Connell, Nat Pendleton, Mary Philips, Dick Powell, Dick Purcell, Marcia Ralston, Marjorie Rambeau, Addison Richards, Rosalind Russell, Daniel Boone Savage, Ann Sheridan, Penny Singleton, Verree Teasdale, Rudy Vallee, Emmett Vogan, Patricia Walthall, Ben Welden, Sammy White and Walter Young.