Hoop-La
Appearance
Hoop-La | |
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Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
Screenplay by | Bradley King J.M. March |
Starring | Clara Bow Preston Foster Richard Cromwell Minna Gombell |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Music by | Louis De Francesco (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hoop-La is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film starring Clara Bow in what was her final film role. It was directed by Frank Lloyd and released by Fox Film Corporation, with Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell, and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play.
A version restored by the Museum of Modern Art was shown at the 2011 Classic Film Festival in Hollywood during the spring.[1]
Synopsis
Bow plays a carnival performer who sets out to seduce the boss' son in order to win a bet.
Cast
- Clara Bow - Lou
- Preston Foster - Nifty Miller
- Richard Cromwell - Chris Miller
- Herbert Mundin - Hap Spissel
- James Gleason - Jerry
- Minna Gombell - Carrie
- Roger Imhof - Colonel Gowdy
- Florence Roberts - Ma Benson
unbilled
- Damores - Colonel Gowdy (French version)
- Erville Alderson - The Sheriff
- Bob Burns - Barker
- Dick Dickinson - Carnival Spectator
- Ethel Loreen Greer - Fat Lady
- Chuck Hamilton - Side-Show Troublemaker
- Otis Harlan - Town Councilman, Side Show Customer
- John Irwin - Roustabout
- William Le Maire - Tall Gum-chewing spectator
- Frank Mills - Barker
- Frank Moran - Side Show Craps Player
- George Offerman Jr. - Billy
- Harvey Parry - Roustabout
- Charles Sellon - The Colonel, Billy's Father
- Harry Wilson - Roustabout
- Harry Woods - Side Show Troublemaker
Remake
The same story was remade in 1945 as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe starring Betty Grable.
References
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Categories:
- 1933 films
- 1930s drama films
- 20th Century Fox films
- American drama films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Circus films
- English-language films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Frank Lloyd
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- American film remakes
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- 1930s drama film stubs