Mord in Hollywood

Originaltitel: Hollywood Story

1951
Approved
1 Std. 17 Min.

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Jim Backus, Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Fred Clark, and Henry Hull in Mord in Hollywood (1951)

Film Noir Whodunnit Crime Drama Mystery Romance Thriller

Ein unabhängiger Produzent öffnet unklugerweise ein Wespennest, als er beschließt, einen Film über den ungeklärten Mord an einem berühmten Stummfilmregisseur im Jahr 1929 zu drehen.Ein unabhängiger Produzent öffnet unklugerweise ein Wespennest, als er beschließt, einen Film über den ungeklärten Mord an einem berühmten Stummfilmregisseur im Jahr 1929 zu drehen.Ein unabhängiger Produzent öffnet unklugerweise ein Wespennest, als er beschließt, einen Film über den ungeklärten Mord an einem berühmten Stummfilmregisseur im Jahr 1929 zu drehen.

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6,7/10

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Larry and Sally screen Das Phantom der Oper (1925), which he cites as one of the films directed by the long-ago murder victim, Franklin Ferrara. Of course, the film was directed by Rupert Julian, but the writers obviously felt (no doubt correctly) that audiences in 1951 would not know or remember this, plus it allowed them to re-use footage of a silent classic.

Patzer
When Richard Conte sees on sidewalk the director's signature, it can see easily that a newest cement on that spot, all around is aged.

Zitate
Larry O'Brien: They only made silent pictures here?
John Miller: The first ones and the best ones. Ever since 1915, Mr O'Brien. Why, this street has been everything from Klondike Gulch to a canal in Venice. It's been Chinatown, Park Avenue and the Barbary Coast. You see that corner there? Well, that's where Lee surrendered to Grant. Custer made his last stand right in the middle of that square.

Verbindungen
Features Das Phantom der Oper (1925)

Soundtracks
Song of India
(uncredited)
Written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Arranged by Ferde Grofé Sr.
Played by the player piano in Franklin Ferrara's office

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7/10

"Don't tell me with arrows. Tell me with words."

Richard Conte plays Larry O'Brien, a New York-based film producer who moves to California to make his first L. A. picture. There, he becomes obsessed with the legend of an unsolved murder. Silent film director Franklin Ferrara was killed in his studio bungalow, and over 20 years later, the culprit remains unrevealed. Larry hopes that by producing a film on the subject, he can bring this cold case back into the light.

With a top supporting cast including the lovely Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark, Jim Backus (whose agent character also narrates the story), Houseley Stevenson, Paul Cavanagh, Peter Brocco, and Katherine Meskill, this Tinseltown mystery is no great shakes, but it entertains quite well for a decently paced 77 minutes. It offers no major surprises, up to and including the identity of the killer, but it keeps the viewer engrossed, and director William Castle does a fine job of creating that classic Hollywood feel. That's complete with brief cameo appearances by Francis X. Bushman, Betty Blythe, William Farnum, Helen Gibson, and Joel McCrea, who all play themselves.

Overall, the movie is a nice, atmospheric mix of nostalgia & suspense, and is sure to entertain audiences who favor this "Old Hollywood" era. Conte makes for a personable lead, playing a savvy, stubborn (he's not to be deterred from his mission) man with deductive abilities to rival that of the actual detective on the case (Egan). Good fun.

Seven out of 10.