Pick a Star
| Pick a Star | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Written by | Richard Flournoy Arthur V. Jones Thomas J. Dugan |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Rosina Lawrence Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Mischa Auer Lyda Roberti |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine Art Lloyd |
| Music by | Marvin Hatley |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pick a Star is a 1937 American musical comedy film starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, produced by Hal Roach, and cinematography by Norbert Brodine. The film, released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is mostly remembered today for two short scenes featuring Laurel and Hardy.
The film was reissued as Movie Struck by Astor Pictures in 1954.
Premise
A girl comes to Hollywood and becomes a big star thanks to a publicity agent.(Jack Haley);who in reality is a nightclub waiter with very little future.But he IS tuned in to Hollywood gossip.
Haley is fired for not paying attention to his work.But on leaving the club he gets into a fender-bender with the head of a movie studio.The man agrees to give Haley's client(Lawrence) a screen test to avoid a possible damage suit.
At the studio,Lawrence wanders onto Laurel&Hardy's movie set(directed by Finlayson!?!?).Laurel says to Fin--"Let me
know when it's time for me to look dumb".
After a Western saloon brawl is filmed,she asks the team if they're afraid of hurting themselves.Ollie says the bottles they attack each other with are lightweight phonies and offer their heads in demonstration.Lawrence grabs an ACTUAL
liquor bottle by mistake and knocks the team out cold.
When a temperamental leading lady(Roberti) storms off the set,a fed-up studio shoehorns Lawrence in her place and
she makes good.
Cast[1]
- Patsy Kelly as Nellie Moore
- Jack Haley as Joe Jenkins
- Rosina Lawrence as Cecilia Moore
- Mischa Auer as Rinaldo Lopez
- Lyda Roberti as Dagmar
- Charles Halton as Mr. Klawheimer
- Tom Dugan as Dimitri Hogan
- Russell Hicks as Mr. Stone
- Cully Richards as Night club M.C.
- Spencer Charters as Judge
- Sam Adams as Sheriff
- Robert Gleckler as Head waiter
- Joyce Compton and Johnny Arthur as Newlyweds
- James Finlayson as Director
- Walter Long as Bandit--(last appearance with Laurel&Hardy)
- Wesley Barry as Assistant director
- Johnny Hyams as Mr. McGregor
- Leila McIntyre as Mrs. McGregor
- Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as Movie stars
- Felix Knight as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
See also
References
- ^ "Casts of Current Pictures". Picture Play. XLVI (6). Street & Smith Publications, Inc.: 60 August 1937. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
External links
- Pick a Star at IMDb
- Pick a Star at AllMovie
- Pick a Star at the TCM Movie Database
- Pick a Star at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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