Robert Gitt, UCLA Film Archives' Director of Preservation, will provide narration to this compilation film. He notes, “The UCLA Film Archives is particularly rich in fascinating, behind-the-scenes footage, which might well have been lost were it not for our acquisition and preservation efforts. This program spans the late 'teens through the late forties, from a promotional film for Ruth Roland's 1918 cliff-hanging serial, Hands Up!, to a 1949 tour of the Paramount lot with Alan Ladd. Shown will be screen tests and other rare material never intended for viewing by the public. You will see Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Shaw's original Eliza Doolittle, recreating highlights of her stage successes (c. 1930); Nigel Bruce's screen test, with Leslie Banks (c. 1932); Katharine Hepburn, in what may be her first test, performing a scene from Philip Barry's play, The Animal Kingdom (1932); Vittorio deSica attempting to sing ‘Blue Moon' in English in an early thirties test; and Mary Livingstone's screen test for Paramount, with Jack Benny (1937). From the private collection of Universal's founder, Carl Laemmle, we will show footage of ‘Uncle Carl' giving a fatherly talk to his Depression-plagued sales staff and chatting with Albert Einstein on a soundstage. Also featured on the program will be rare promotional reels for personal appearances by Louella Parsons and Irene Dunne; a 1939 tour, in color, of the Max Fleischer studios in Florida, demonstrating how Popeye animated cartoons are made; and many other unusual and fascinating items.”