Movie Crazy

1932
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1h 24m

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Constance Cummings and Harold Lloyd in Movie Crazy (1932)

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.

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7.1/10

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- 1 nomination

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Harold Lloyd

Harold Hall aka Trouble

Constance Cummings

Mary Sears

Kenneth Thomson

Vance

Louise Closser Hale

Mrs. Kitterman

Spencer Charters

J.L. O'Brien

Robert McWade

Wesley Kitterman - Producer

Eddie Fetherston

Bill - Assistant Director
(as Eddie Fetherstone)

Sydney Jarvis

The Director

Harold Goodwin

Miller

Mary Doran

Margie

DeWitt Jennings

Mr. Hall
(as De Witt Jennings)

Lucy Beaumont

Mrs. Hall

Arthur Housman

Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit

Bruce Bennett

Dinner Guest
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Harold's Classmate Bill
(uncredited)

James Ford

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Wally Howe

Minor Role
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Clyde Bruckman is the credited director, but most of the film was actually directed by Harold Lloyd due to Bruckman's often being incapacitated due to his alcoholism.

Goofs
During flood/fight scene, "Vance" has a noose wrapped around his ankle. As the scene progresses, Vance is seen kneeling with no rope attached. In the next scene, the rope is again around his ankle as the fight continues.

Quotes
Radio Broadcaster: [First lines] You have been listening to the Voice of Hollywood. That enchanted town. Here is the place where adventure came riding in on the magic rug and spilled its magic on those below. Where else can fame spread her wings so fast? The youth today is a star tomorrow. All is gay!

Alternate versions
1953 re-release version through Monarch Films is edited to 79 minutes. This was the only version shown on television for years. In April 2003 Turner Classic Movies channel premiered the newly restored version, mastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the original film elements. This version is fully restored and runs 98 minutes.

Connections
Featured in World of Comedy (1962)

Soundtracks
Indiana
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by James F. Hanley
Whistled by Harold

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Featured review

7/10

Harold Lloyd continues

In Littleton, Kansas, accident prone Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd) is desperate to be in the movies but is lacking in acting skills. He sends in a photo but accidentally sends in the picture of a heartthrob. The movie studio offers him a screen test. He arrives and causes havoc on set. He befriends actress Margie after a bumbling attempt at fixing her convertible in the rain. He stumbles his way through his screen test. Studio head O'Brien is angered at getting fooled with the wrong photo but Harold mistakenly thinks the screen test went well. He gets involved in the life of movie star Mary Sears.

This is Harold Lloyd in one of his early talkies. He made the transition well and continued his stardom. He has his physical comedy. He makes a sympathetic leading man. I think it could have done better to spend time with Harold and Margie together. There's a bit of romance but I would like more. I love the whole slapstick in the rain and I want more with the pairing. Overall, this has plenty of good physical comedy from Harold Lloyd and his appealing manner makes him a great leading man.