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	Famous Players-Lasky
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

Hope Drown as Angela Whitaker
Luke Cosgrave as Joel Whitaker
George K. Arthur as Lem Lefferts
Ruby Lafayette as Grandmother Whitaker
Harris Gordon as Dr. Luke Morrison
Bess Flowers as Hortense Towers
Eleanor Lawson as Margaret Whitaker
King Zany as Horace Pringle

List of cameos

References

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

External links

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Films directed by James Cruze

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1930s	Once a Gentleman (1930) She Got What She Wanted (1930) Salvation Nell (1931) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) If I Had a Million (1932) Racetrack (1933) Sailor Be Good (1933) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) Mr. Skitch (1933) David Harum (1934) Their Big Moment (1934) Helldorado (1935) Two-Fisted (1935) Sutter's Gold (1936) The Wrong Road (1937) Prison Nurse (1938) Gangs of New York (1938) Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)

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