Movie Crazy
| Movie Crazy | |
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 Original Poster | |
| Directed by | Clyde Bruckman Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
| Written by | Vincent Lawrence |
| Produced by | Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Constance Cummings Kenneth Thomson |
| Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
| Edited by | Bernard W. Burton |
| Music by | Alfred Newman (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $675,353[1] |
| Box office | $1,439,000[2] |
Movie Crazy is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature.
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.
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 the Customer "Who Didn't Order Rabbit"
- Grady Sutton as the "Man Afraid of Mice"
- Noah Young as Traffic Policeman
- Edward Peil Sr. as Waiter (uncredited)
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.[2] The film also proved to be a major critical success as the vast majority of film reviewers praised the picture highly.[3]
Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
In 1962, 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.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Vance, Jeffrey and Suzanne Lloyd. "Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian" New York: Harry N Abrams. p 177
- ^ a b Box Office Gross for Movie Crazy
- ^ Los Angeles Times – April 10, 1932 – Page B15; New York Times – September 15, 1932 – Page F5; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – October 17, 1932 – Page 16 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UZEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5933,1391741&dq=1932+movie-crazy&hl=en
External links
- Movie Crazy at IMDb
- Movie Crazy at AllMovie
- Movie Crazy at the TCM Movie Database
- Movie Crazy at Rotten Tomatoes
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- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
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