Hollywood Cavalcade

1939
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1h 37min

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Buster Keaton, Don Ameche, Hank Mann, Eddie Collins, Heinie Conklin, Alan Curtis, Stuart Erwin, Alice Faye, and James Finlayson in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many s... Leggi tuttoStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

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Quiz
The scene in which Michael Connors steals the partially completed negative of Molly Adair's latest movie to prevent the studio from finishing it without her is based on a real-life incident involving Mickey (1918), Mack Sennett's 1918 feature-length production starring Mabel Normand. The director of the film, F. Richard Jones, was having a pay dispute with Sennett and stole the negative, refusing to give it back until he got the extra money he wanted. Sennett paid him, Jones finished the film, and it was one of the silent era's biggest hits.

Blooper
This is another film that perpetuates the myth that studios abandoned silents almost immediately after "The Jazz Singer" opened. In fact, it WAS regarded as a fluke. It would be many months before studios realized that talkies weren't going away, and it wasn't until 1930 that production of silents finally ceased, save an occasional outlier like "City Lights" and "Tabu.

Citazioni
Dave Spingold: [to Molly] It'll be chiseled on my tombstone - Dave Spingold - Schlemiel.

Connessioni
Featured in Take It or Leave It (1944)

Colonne sonore
My Pony Boy
(1909)
Music by Charley O'Donnell
Lyrics by Bobby Heath
Played during the opening credits

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Okay Fox film

"Hollywood Cavalcade" is a mildly entertaining 1939 film starring two staples of the 20th Century Fox roster, Don Ameche and Alice Faye, and containing a couple of in jokes.

The film concerns a Max Sennett type, Michael Connors (Ameche) who brings an actress to Hollywood, Molly Adair (Faye) and makes her a big silent comedienne, eventually moving her into more dramatic roles. He becomes extremely successful with her as his star. Obsessed with his work, he's absolutely shocked when she and her leading man (Alan Curtis) run off and get married. He's so shocked, he dumps her. She and her husband go off and continue to be more and more popular while Connors' studio starts losing money at an alarming rate. Before you know it, he's through. Molly wants to help and asks that Connors direct her next film.

There's lots of Keystone Kop type footage, which is quite funny, and some fantastic slapstick by Buster Keaton, who is wonderful. The film also has a scene from "The Jazz Singer" when the talkies take over. The in-joke, of course, has to do with Rin Tin-Tin, for whom Zanuck used to write. In one scene, Rinny's trainer brings him in as a potential contract player for Connors' studio. Connors throws both of them out of his office. A few scenes later, Rin-Tin-Tin is shown to be #1 box office. The role of the famous German shepherd in this film is played by Rin Tin-Tin, Jr., daddy having passed away in Jean Harlow's arms in 1932, one month shy of his 14th birthday. Fortune smiled on him even at the end.

Alice Faye is very pretty and does a fine job, as does Ameche, who turns in an energetic performance. J. Edward Bromberg and Stuart Erwin provide very good support.

Unfortunately, this film isn't quite sure what it is - history, comedy, romance, or drama. However, "Hollywood Cavalcade" is still quite watchable.