
Hosted by Robert Preston, the documentary surveys the movies and screen entertainment that captured 1930s audiences as they endured the Depression and prepared for an approaching world conflict, featuring clips of the era’s popular feature films, newsreels and other cinema fare.
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Explore the complete cast of Going Hollywood: The ’30s, including both lead and supporting actors. Learn who plays each character, discover their past roles and achievements, and find out what makes this ensemble cast stand out in the world of film and television.

John Wayne
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Andy Devine
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Berton Churchill
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Claire Trevor
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Donald Meek
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George Bancroft
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John Carradine
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Louise Platt
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Thomas Mitchell
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Tim Holt
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Humphrey Bogart
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Bette Davis
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Buster Keaton
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Jack Carson
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Robert Preston
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Leslie Howard
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Fred Astaire
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Clark Gable
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Gary Cooper
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Boris Karloff
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William Powell
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Sylvia Sidney
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Jimmy Durante
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Henry Fonda
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Carole Lombard
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Fredric March
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Wallace Beery
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Eric Blore
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Ginger Rogers
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Charles Boyer
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Bing Crosby
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Spring Byington
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Joan Crawford
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Rudy Vallee
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Shirley Temple
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Bela Lugosi
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Alan Mowbray
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Marlene Dietrich
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Charles Middleton
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Matthew Beard
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James Cagney
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Maurice Chevalier
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Cecil B. DeMille
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Joe E. Brown
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Will Rogers
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Joan Blondell
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George Burns
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Franklin Pangborn
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Al Jolson
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Dick Powell
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Walter Huston
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Groucho Marx
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Harpo Marx
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Jean Arthur
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Eugene Pallette
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Charley Grapewin
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John Barrymore
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Jean Harlow
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Hedy Lamarr
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Ted Healy
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Lynne Overman
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W.C. Fields
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Walter Long
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Oliver Hardy
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Harry Langdon
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Stan Laurel
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Charlie Chaplin
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Babe Ruth
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George Arliss
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Tom Tyler
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Mae West
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Constance Bennett
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Gracie Allen
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Julian Schlossberg

Johnny Weissmüller
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Larry Fine
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Moe Howard
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Curly Howard
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Rin-Tin-Tin
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Herbert Hoover
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George McFarland
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Carl Switzer
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Mischa Auer
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Joe Cobb
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Crown Prince Hohenzollern
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Lee Duncan
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Pat Flaherty
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Samuel S. Hinds
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Darla Hood
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Selmer Jackson
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Chic Johnson
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Edmund Lowe
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Grace Moore
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Ole Olsen
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