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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
The East Gate entrance in 1939.
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Late one night I delivered some heavy 35mm film cans to the MGM gate after we had a movie preview at the Pasadena theater where I worked. This was 1962 and it was a long drive home after that trip.
That was in my first car and being a teenager, I felt like an adult. I was amazed they trusted me with the cans of raw film.
The name of the movie was never announced before the Previews. It was all a surprise for the audience. The studio chiefs and a few ''stars'' would attend
the previews to gauge public reaction. Many months later the edited film would be released.
A few times the ''preview'' film was never seen again.....ever. But the public was always hoping to sneak-preview the next "Gone With The Wind".