Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
| Windy Riley Goes Hollywood | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Roscoe Arbuckle (as William Goodrich) |
| Produced by | Jack White |
| Written by |
Ernest Pagano Jack Townley |
| Starring |
Jack Shutta Louise Brooks |
| Distributed by | Educational Pictures |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 18 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood is a 1931 American Pre-Code short comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle using the pseudonym of William Goodrich and featuring Louise Brooks in her first talkie.
Plot
Nearing the end of a solo self-promotional cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco, Windy Riley ends up in Hollywood by mistake due to an inadvertently turned-around sign. His car is repossessed, but the repo man gets into a car accident with a movie mogul. The repo man blames Windy, and as Windy has no money, the mogul puts him to work in his studio's publicity department.
The studio's star actress, Betty Grey (Louise Brooks), has been warned that her contract will be terminated if she gets any more bad publicity. Unaware of this, Windy kidnaps Betty's director, LaRoss, and hides him in a railroad boxcar, intending to reap some publicity (as the movie Betty is currently working on is called The Boxcar Mystery). A reporter learns that LaRoss is missing and prepares to splash the news across the front page. Windy retrieves LaRoss, who then gives the reporter a different story to print - that he and Betty are getting married. Windy goes back to New York.
Cast
- Jack Shutta as Windy Riley
- Louise Brooks as Betty Grey
- William B. Davidson
- Wilbur Mack
- Dell Henderson
- Walter Merrill
- E.H. Allen
Home media
The short is included in the Kino Video Diary of a Lost Girl DVD.