Thomas Edison, Henry Ford demo movie camera; Ford, Edison with camera; NICE CU Edison cranks camera (repeat); F. Piotte (spelling?), actor in first film ('The Sneeze'?) CU; citrus groves of ancient Hollywood; people pick fruit; movie set; scene about to be shot; editors CU with primitive movieola; EXCELLENT CU DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, DW GRIFFITH, MARY PICKFORD, CHARLIE CHAPLIN; Griffith directs one Gish sister; Pickford fights off rapist; Chaplin shuffles cards; scene being filmed; cowboy exits building GENERAL STORE, shoots others asthey exit, director walks over, talks to him; young CB De MIlle directs scene, camera cranked by TWO men; outdoorsets, costumed extras; crowd of men; NICE CU Pickford, Fairbanks; Fairbanks speaks, no words; Pickford speaks, no words; NICE CU Pickford; studio buildings,sound stages exterior; CU Jolson, derby, monocle; premiere at Grauman's Chinese;crowds, spotlights; F. Hugh Herbert; Glenda Farrell; Humphrey Bogart; John Barrymore; Bette Davis, husband; Basil Rathbone; Marie Wilson; boy actor Freddy Bartholomew; Paul Muni; Errol Flynn, Lili Damita; high-angle of studio building.