Hollywood Hotel (film)
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Produced by | Samuel Bischoff Bryan Foy Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
| Written by | Jerry Wald Maurice Leo Richard Macaulay |
| Starring | Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Ted Healy Ronald Reagan Benny Goodman |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | George Barnes Charles Rosher |
| Editing by | George Amy |
| Studio | First National Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1937 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American film, directed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, and Ted Healy. Ronald Reagan, Benny Goodman and Harry James (a member of Goodman's band) also appear.
It is best remembered for the featured song "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often satirical, to the movie industry and the path to film stardom.
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Louella Parsons, a famous gossip columnist, created the concept of Hollywood Hotel. Ronald Reagan began to know Parsons on the set.[1]
[edit] Summary
It is the story of a young musician Dick Powell, sent to Hollywood, to become a star. It doesn't work out at first but he triumphs in the end. Great musical numbers and light comedy. In his second (but uncredited) film appearance, a youthful Ronald Reagan appears briefly as the announcer during a scene at a Hollywood film premiere. The film also co-stars comedian Ted Healy, as a wise-cracking Hollywood photographer. Healy is perhaps best known for creating the Vaudeville act which later evolved into The Three Stooges. Ironically, "Hollywood Hotel" was released in January 1938, less than a month after Healy's untimely death.
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- ^ Helfer, Andrew (author), Steve Buccatello (artist), and Joe Station (artist). Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography. Hill and Wang. 22.
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