Hollywood (1923 film)

Hollywood

Theatrical release poster
Directed by James Cruze
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Written by Thomas J. Geraghty (scenario)
Story by Frank Condon
Starring Hope Drown
George K. Arthur
Ruby Lafayette
Harris Gordon
Bess Flowers
Luke Cosgrave
Eleanor Lawson
Cinematography Karl Brown
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • August 19, 1923 (1923-08-19) (United States)
Running time
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.

The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than thirty famous Hollywood stars. However, the film is now considered a lost film.[1][2]

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.

Cast

Six-sheet poster for Hollywood

List of cameos

See also

References

  1. Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R.; Mank, Gregory W. (1978). Hollywood On Hollywood. Scarecrow Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-8108-1164-2.
  2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Hollywood
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