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Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Alan Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy.
The film was based on the popular Hollywood Hotel radio show created by gossip columnist Louella Parsons, where Hollywood stars recreated scenes from their latest movies. It was broadcast weekly from the hotel of that name, The film's recreation of the program features Louella Parsons, Frances Langford, Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, Jerry Cooper, the announcer Ken Niles, Duane Thompson and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.
Hollywood Hotel, the film, is now best remembered for the featured song and opening number "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Davis and Langford, accompanied by Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often satirical, to the movie industry and the path to film stardom.
Original Release
12/20/1937
US Release
12/20/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Ronnie Bowers |
Rosemary Lane | Virginia |
Lola Lane | Mona Marshall |
Hugh Herbert | Chester Marshall |
Ted Healy | Fuzzy / Fuzzy Boyle |
Glenda Farrell | Jonesy / Miss Jones, 'Jonesy' |
Johnnie Davis | Georgia |
Louella Parsons | Louella Parsons |
Alan Mowbray | Alexander Dupre / Alexander Duprey |
Mabel Todd | Dot Marshall |
Directors
Writers
Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo, Richard Macaulay
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dick Powell | Ronnie Bowers |
Rosemary Lane | Virginia |
Lola Lane | Mona Marshall |
Hugh Herbert | Chester Marshall |
Ted Healy | Fuzzy / Fuzzy Boyle |
Glenda Farrell | Jonesy / Miss Jones, 'Jonesy' |
Johnnie Davis | Georgia |
Louella Parsons | Louella Parsons |
Alan Mowbray | Alexander Dupre / Alexander Duprey |
Mabel Todd | Dot Marshall |
Frances Langford | Alice |
Jerry Cooper | Jerry Cooper |
Ken Niles | Ken Niles |
Duane Thompson | Announcer Duane Thompson |
Allyn Joslyn | Bernie Walton |
Grant Mitchell | B.L. Faulkin |
Edgar Kennedy | Callaghan |
Fritz Feld | The Russian |
Curt Bois | Dress Designer |
Perc Westmore | Perc Westmore |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Samuel Bischoff | Producer |
Bryan Foy | Producer |