Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- FOREWORD BY DEBBIE REYNOLDS -- INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- PART ONE: LANDS OF MAKE-BELIEVE -- Mister Culver and the Movies -- Lot One: " Kings and Queens and Beggars in Rags" -- Buildings and Departments -- Map of Buildings and Departments -- Lion Building -- Purchasing Department -- General Wardrobe Building -- Accounting, Payroll, and Insurance Departments -- East Gate -- Thalberg Building -- Writers Building -- Film Editing Rooms, Film Storage, and Ladies Wardrobe -- Music Department (A) -- New Film Lab Building -- Property Department -- Camera Department -- Music Department (B) -- Portrait Studio -- Old Film Lab Building -- MGM Special Trolley -- Fire Department -- Research Department -- Commissary -- Barbershop and Newsstand -- Art Department -- Scoring Stage (Stage One) -- Screening Room (Stage Two) -- Production Department -- Sound Department -- Makeup Department -- Dressing Rooms -- Marion Davies Bungalow -- Little Red Schoolhouse -- First-Aid Department -- Short Subject Department -- Rehearsal Halls A, B, and C -- Water Tower -- Power Plant -- Special Effects Department -- Scene Docks (A, B, C, D, and E) -- Scenic Arts Department -- Saucer Tank -- Mill Complex -- Transportation Department -- Film Vaults -- The Soundstages -- Map of the Soundstages -- The Lost Lot One Backlot Sets -- Map of the Lost Lot One Backlot Sets -- Lot One Lake -- Castle -- Cabbage Patch -- Lot One New York Streets -- Warehouse Section -- Church Alley -- French District -- Escarpment Rocks -- Leper Rocks -- Waterfront Street -- Irish Street -- Small Town -- Spanish Hacienda -- Ben-Hur Set -- PART TWO: POTEMKIN'S VILLAGES -- "False Fronts" -- Lot Two: "An Illusion on an Illusion" -- Map of Lot Two -- Lot Two Entrance Gate -- Warehouse District -- Lot Two Scene Docks -- New York Dock and Ocean Liner.

Andy Hardy/New England Street -- Small Town Railroad Depot -- Small Town Square -- Cemetery -- Lot Two (Tarzan) Lake and Lot Two Jungle -- Waterloo Bridge -- French Courtyard -- Three Musketeers Court -- Copperfield Street -- Quality Street -- Railroad Terminal #2 -- Grand Central Station -- Chinese Street -- Joppa Square and Castle Finckenstein -- Verona Square -- Spanish Street -- English Home -- Eucy Grove -- Camille Cottage -- Formal Garden and Cohn Park -- Esther Williams Pool -- Southern Mansion -- Vinegar Tree House -- Stable -- Girl's School -- Old Mill House -- Lord Home -- Prison -- Copperfield Court -- Wimpole Street -- Waterfront Street -- Cartoon Department -- New York Streets -- Brownstone Street Eastside Street Warehouse Alley Church Street Fifth Avenue Cullem Street Park Avenue -- PART THREE: MYTHIC LANDSCAPES -- "That Roaring Lion" -- Lot Three: "Ghosts of a Thousand Bountys" -- Map of Lot Three -- Lot Three Entrance Gate -- Monterey Street -- Western Street -- Cloudy Street -- Fort Canby -- Fort Scott -- Billy the Kid Street -- Ghost Town Street -- St. Louis Street -- Rock Formations -- Lot Three Jungle and Lake -- Eucy Road -- Salem Waterfront -- Process Tank -- Farmhouse -- Kismet Staircase -- Easter Parade Street -- Circus Grounds -- Army Base -- Dutch Street -- Melbury Street -- Brooklyn Street -- PART FOUR: BACKLOT BABYLON -- "Insubstantial Pageants" -- FILMS Shot on the Backlot -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.