Hollywood Hotel (1937)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Busby Berkeley

Escritores:

Jerry Wald (screenplay) &
Maurice Leo (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 enero 1938 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Musical | Romance

Plot:

Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio...

Plot Keywords:

Double | Actor | Hotel | Drive In | Movie Premiere

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

So-so movie helped by appealing leads and good songs

Reparto

Dick Powell	...	Ronnie Bowers
Rosemary Lane	...	Virginia
Lola Lane	...	Mona Marshall
Hugh Herbert	...	Chester Marshall
Ted Healy	...	Fuzzy
Glenda Farrell	...	Jonesy
Johnnie Davis	...	Georgia
Louella Parsons	...	Louella Parsons
Alan Mowbray	...	Alexander Dupre
Mabel Todd	...	Dot Marshall
Frances Langford	...	Alice
Jerry Cooper	...	Jerry Cooper
Ken Niles	...	Ken Niles
Duane Thompson	...	Duane Thompson
Allyn Joslyn	...	Bernie Walton

También conocida como:

Hotel Hollywood (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #3718) | Finland:S

Locaciones de Filmación:

Glendale Grand Central Air Terminal - Grandview Avenue, Glendale, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

In some sources, Duane Thompson, a silent screen comedy actress, is erroneously credited with the role of a switchboard operator. The 'Duane Thompson' who appears in this film is a male radio announcer and actor of the 1930's who plays himself, i.e. a radio announcer.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the "Hooray for Hollywood" portion of the finale, Scat Davis is shown playing the trumpet on the back row of 'Benny Goodman''s band while at the same time he's in the audience singing.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)

Banda de Sonido:

Sing, You Son of a Gun

So-so movie helped by appealing leads and good songs

Saxophonist Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell) wins a studio contract and goes to Hollywood. He stays at Hollywwod Hotel (of course). At the same time big egotistical star Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) has a tantrum and refuses to attend the premiere of her new picture. In a panic the studio hires lookalike Virginia (Rosemary Lane) to impersonate her and have Bowers take her to the premiere NOT telling him it's not Marshall. Naturally they fall in love. You can pretty much figure out the rest of the plot yourself.

The plot is old (to put it nicely) but Powell and Rosemary Lane make a very likable pair and have beautiful singing voices. The score is good (highlighted by "Hooray for Hollywood") and director Busby Berkeley shows off his unique visuals in a really fun drive-in musical sequence (with Edgar Kennedy doing his patented slow burn). Also Glenda Farrell has a few funny bits as Monas sister Jonesie.

Still the movie isn't that good. The rest of the cast mugs ferociously and most of the humor is just not funny. Lola Lane especially is just lousy trying to play Mona for comedy. Also there is racism--a stereotypical black maid is played for laughs and there's some truly appalling racist "humor" at one point. That's probably what keeps this off TV most of the time. I realize it was accepted at the time but it comes across as revolting today.

All in all a so-so movie with some serious problems helped by a good cast and some great songs. I give it a 7.