"WELL NOW, AREN'T we wonderful" could be a title of this 3 reeler silent short subject. It surely must be a most early example of shameless self promotion in the history of Tinsel Town.
IN WHAT MUST have looked like Picture Day at the local Elementery School, everybody (and we do mean EVERYBODY) showed up in their Sunday best to be photographed. Shot in almost exclusively static poses, it has the appearance of what the MGM 1925 Yearbook would look like. Actors, Stars, Caneramen, Writers, Producers, Service Employees and Tradesmen were all included.*
IN ALL FAIRNESS to Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg and the 'Suits' at Lowe's Inc. in New York, this wasn't all self-congratulatory fluff, for the motion picture business had grown considerably from the humble origins less than 4 decades prior. By this time Hollywood was the proud home of what was the 5th largest industry in America; falling in behind STEEL, PETROLEUM, RAILROADS and AUTOMOBILE.
WITH SUCH PROMINENCE, the public would surely want to get a look behind the scenes. It was 'Leo the Lion' who gave it to them. And don't you forget that! You got it, Schultz?
NOTE: * We cannot close our somewhat caustic review without making an inclusion about the mention of what the film title card refers to as "the greatest MGM discovery of 1925." It was young Starlett, Lucille LeSuerr; who we all know better as Joan Crawford.