Movie Crazy
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| Directed by | Clyde Bruckman Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
| Written by | Vincent Lawrence |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Constance Cummings Kenneth Thomson |
| Music by | Alfred Newman (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Editing by | Bernard W. Burton |
| Studio | The Harold Lloyd Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 12, 1932 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Movie Crazy is a 1932 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature.
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[edit] Plot
Harold Hall, a young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in the movies.
After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test, and goes off to Hollywood. At the studio, he does everything wrong and causes all sorts of trouble. But he catches the fancy of a beautiful actress, and eventually the studio owner recognizes him as a comic genius.
[edit] Cast
- Harold Lloyd as Harold Hall / Trouble
- Constance Cummings as Mary Sears
- Kenneth Thomson as Vance
- Louise Closser Hale as Mrs Kitterman
- Spencer Charters as J.L. O'Brien
- Robert McWade as Wesley Kitterman, Producer
- Eddie Fetherston as Bill (assistant director)
- Sydney Jarvis as The Director
- Harold Goodwin as Miller
- Mary Doran as Margie
- DeWitt Jennings as Mr Hall
- Lucy Beaumont as Mrs Hall
- Arthur Housman as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
[edit] Background
The film was a major box office success. An estimated $675,000 was spent on the production and the film grossed over $1,439,000 in the United States alone. The film also proved to be a major critical success as the vast majority of film reviewers praised the picture highly. [1]
[edit] Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
In 1962, the scenes from this film were included in a compilation film produced by Harold Lloyd himself entitled Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and created a renewal of interest in the comedian by introducing him to a whole new generation.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Los Angeles Times - Apr 10, 1932 - Page B15; New York Times - September 15, 1932 - Page F5; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 17, 1932 - Page 16 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UZEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5933,1391741&dq=1932+movie-crazy&hl=en
[edit] External links
- Movie Crazy at the Internet Movie Database
- Movie Crazy at AllRovi
- Movie Crazy at the TCM Movie Database
- Movie Crazy at Rotten Tomatoes
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