Hollywood (1923 film) explained

Hollywood
Director:James Cruze
Producer:Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Story:Frank Condon
Starring:Hope Drown
George K. Arthur
Ruby Lafayette
Harris Gordon
Bess Flowers
Luke Cosgrave
Eleanor Lawson
Cinematography:Karl Brown
Studio:Famous Players–Lasky
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:8 reels
(8217 feet)
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Hollywood is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a lengthier feature follow-up to Paramount's own short film exposé of itself, A Trip to Paramountown from 1922.[1]

The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than fifty famous Hollywood stars. However, the film is now considered a lost film.[2] [3] [4]

Plot

Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has found work.

Cast

Cameos

See also

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Notes and References

  1. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/9785?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993: Hollywood
  2. Book: Parish. James Robert . Pitts. Michael R. . Mank. Gregory W. . Hollywood On Hollywood. 1978. Scarecrow Press. 0-8108-1164-2. 4.
  3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6230/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Hollywood
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm Hollywood at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted