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James Wong HoweMuzyka:
William AxtObsada:
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, Charles Butterworth, Eddie Quillan, June Clyde, Lupe Velez, George Givot, Richard Carle, Larry Fine (więcej)Opisy(1)
HOLLYWOOD PARTY was planned as a lavish, star-studded MGM musical titled Hollywood Revue of 1933. Under the less-than-sterling guidance of "kicked upstairs" MGM producer Harry Rapf, production dragged on interminably, using up the talents of five directors (none of whom were credited) and seven writers. The "all star" cast lineup slowly dwindled down to comparatively inexpensive contract players Jimmy Durante and Jack Pearl (radio's Baron Munchhausen) and a passel of non-MGM personalities. The final product wove a goofy story about The Great Schnarzan (Durante), a jungle-movie star whose films are suffering at the box office because his lions are anemic. Schnarzan schemes to purchase several healthy lions from Baron Munchhausen; to get the baron into a bargaining mood, Schnarzan throws a huge Hollywood party in Munchhausen's honor. Liondora (George Givot), Schnarzan's "hated rival", hopes to purchase the Baron's lions for himself, and crashes the party disguised as a Greek Baron. Also figuring into the plot are the members of the Klemp family (Charles Butterworth, Polly Moran and June Clyde), who are filthy rich and thus quite attractive to both Schnarzan and Liondora; poor-but-honest Eddie Quillan, who romances the Klemp's daughter; and Schnarzan's ex-girlfriend Lupe Velez, who shows up at the party in an astonishingly revealing gown for the express purpose of making trouble. In an amusing animated sequence courtesy of Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse introduces the Technicolor musical exploits of "The Hot Chocolate Soldiers." Shortly before the end, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy make a welcome appearance as a pair of lion-farm owners who wish to collect a debt from Baron Munchhausen. This segues into the classic egg-breaking sequence involving Stan, Ollie, and Lupe Velez. Now we've reached the 65 minute mark, with no logical ending in sight. Director Allan Dwan, brought into the project at the last minute, took a look at the existing footage and declared "It's a nightmare!" Inspired, Dwan directed a closing sequence which suggested that the whole plot had been dreamed by Jimmy Durante; Durante is wakened from his slumbers by his wife--played by Mrs. Jimmy Durante. HOLLYWOOD PARTY makes no sense at all, but it's a must for comedy lovers and 1930s film buffs. Don't miss that opening number, written by Rodgers and Hart and performed by Frances Williams and a chorus of barely dressed telephone operators; and keep an eye peeled for a lengthy uncredited appearance by the Three Stooges. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Obsada
Stan Laurel
Wielka Brytania
Najlepsze filmy:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - m.a.
Our Relations (1936)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Oliver Hardy
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - m.a.
Our Relations (1936)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Jimmy Durante
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Ten szalony, szalony świat (1963)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
Polly Moran
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Charles Butterworth
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Second Chorus (1940)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Eddie Quillan
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Jestem niewinny (1936)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Columbo (1971) (serial)
June Clyde
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Hollywood Party (1934)
Lupe Velez
Meksyk
Najlepsze filmy:
Hollywood Party (1934)
George Givot
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Zakochany kundel (1955)
The Racers (1955)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Richard Carle
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Ninotchka (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
Larry Fine
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Ten szalony, szalony świat (1963)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Curly Howard
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Dancing Lady (1933)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Parada swingu (1946)
Moe Howard
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Ten szalony, szalony świat (1963)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Hollywood Party (1934)
Tom London
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Na Zachodzie bez zmian (1930)
Rozkosze gościnności (1923)
Dziwolągi (1932)
Robert Young
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Walt Disney
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Fantazja (1940)
Hollywood Party (1934)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Shirley Ross
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
San Francisco (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The Merry Widow (1934)
Ted Healy
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
San Francisco (1936)
Mad Love (1935)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Irene Hervey
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Cactus Flower (1969)
Destry znowu w siodle (1939)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Martha Sleeper
Stany Zjednoczone
Najlepsze filmy:
Dzwony Najświętszej Marii Panny (1945)
Hollywood Party (1934)