Hollywood Boulevard (1936 film)
| Hollywood Boulevard | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Florey |
| Written by | Faith Thomas Max Marcin Marguerite Roberts |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) is a comedy film directed by Robert Florey and released by Paramount Pictures.[1]
Plot
The film portrays, in a comic expose of gossip magazines of the time, has-been actor John Blakeford (Halliday) agreeing to write his memoirs for magazine publisher Jordan Winston (Gordon).
When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia (Hunt), asks him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford (Marsh), he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| John Halliday | John Blakeford |
| Marsha Hunt | Patricia Blakeford |
| Robert Cummings | Jay Wallace |
| C. Henry Gordon | Jordan Winslow |
| Esther Ralston | Flora Moore |
| Esther Dale | Martha |
| Frieda Inescort | Alice Winslow |
| Albert Conti | Sanford - Trocadero Manager |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Detective |
| Oscar Apfel | Dr. Inslow |
| Purnell Pratt | Mr. Steinman |
| Irving Bacon | Gus - Trocadero Bartender |
| Richard Powell | Pete Moran |
| Rita La Roy | Nella |
| Francis X. Bushman | Director, Desert Scene |
| Maurice Costello | Director |
| Betty Compson | Betty |
| Mae Marsh | Carlotta Blakeford |
| Charles Ray | Charlie Smith, Assistant Director |
| Herbert Rawlinson | Manager of Grauman's |
| Jane Novak | Mrs. Steinman |
| Bryant Washburn | Robert Martin |
| Jack Mulhall | Actor at Trocadero Bar |
| Creighton Hale | Actor at Trocadero Bar |
| Roy D'Arcy | The Sheik |
| Jack Mower | Frank Stucky - Director |
| Frank Mayo | Actor at Trocadero Bar |
| Harry Myers | Actor at Trocadero Bar |
| Mabel Forrest | Mother at Chinese Theatre |
| Tom Kennedy | Bouncer at Pago Pago |
| Pat O'Malley | Pago Pago Patron |
| Lois Kent | Little Girl at Grauman's Chinese Theatre |
| Eleanore Whitney | patron at Grauman's Chinese Theatre |
| Evelyn Brent | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| Louise Brooks | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| William Farnum | (scenes deleted) |
| Alice Lake | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| Florence Lawrence | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| Harold Lloyd | Harold Lloyd - Cameo Appearance (scenes deleted) |
| Rosemary Theby | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| Dorothy Wilson | Undetermined Role (scenes deleted) |
| William Bailey | Trocadero Patron (uncredited) |
| Bobby Barber | Man with Gong (uncredited) |
| Edmund Burns | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| Edward Cecil | Butler (uncredited) |
| Ethel Clayton | Minor role (uncredited) |
| Ruth Clifford | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Gary Cooper | Gary Cooper- Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited) |
| Edgar Dearing | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| William Desmond | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| Ellen Drew | Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited) |
| Lowell Drew | Doorman at Trocadero (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Grip (uncredited) |
| Ann Evers | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Hyman Fink | Snapshot Hymie (uncredited) |
| Jerry Fletcher | Vendor (uncredited) |
| James Ford | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| Margaret Harrison | Pago Pago Patron (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Gray (uncredited) |
| Margaret Mann | Woman in Casting Office (uncredited) |
Production
The casting was announced in June 1936.[2] Many former silent era actors had small roles.[3]
Reception
Frank Nugent of The New York Times was critical of the film: "It is, as you may judge, a pretty hoary melodrama and [a] slight enough excuse for a whole series of homilies upon the uncertainty of fame and fortune in the glamour city."[4]
References
- ^ Hollywood Boulevard Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 152.
- ^ Scenes from Newsreel Used as Film 'Sets' Chicago Daily Tribune 3 June 1936: 23.
- ^ A Town Called Hollywood Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 28 June 1936: C1.
- ^ Frank S. Nugent. "Minor Notes on 'Hollywood Boulevard,' Now at the Rialto, and 'Trouble Ahead,' at the Globe." New York Times. 1923.
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