Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ka tiimata te kiriata me te whakahoutanga poto o te kiriata o mua, i mua i te tapahi ki te Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios i Culver City, California kei reira te kaimau awhina a Bill Reilly e mau ana i te kiriata mai i te taiwhanga mo "Marie Antoinette" (1938) ka tukuna atu e ia ki te kaimau a William H. Daniels. I muri i te whakaaturanga ka whakaatuhia a WS Van Dyke e whakahaere ana i tetahi waahanga i waenga i a Norma Shearer me Robert Morley i mua i te tango i te kino ki te taiwhanga kia whakawhanakehia, kia maroke, kia powhirihia e te tohunga hangarau taiwhanga a John M. Nickolaus. Kātahi ka pānuihia ngā tira whakamātautau, ka tukuna ki te rūma tā hei tā. Ka tere haere te kaimātakitaki ki te whare whakaari me te taha o muri o te whakaaturanga o George B. Seitz e whakahaere ana i nga "Tangata a Judge Hardy" (1938), Freddie Bartholomew e whakangungu ana me nga elephant mo te "Kim" kaore ano kia whakaputaina, Luise Rainer e mahi ana i te whakamatautau kakahu mo "Te Wahine Toy" (1938), me nga whakaahua tuuturu a Clark Gable, Myrna Loy me Spencer Tracy. Ka mutu te kiriata me te kohinga mai i nga tiriti mo nga pikitia MGM e haere ake nei me nga whakaahua o Louis B. Mayer, Frank Capra, Luise Rainer me Louise Tracy i te 10th Academy Awards
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