Hollywood Speaks
{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hollywood Speaks
| image = File:Hollywood Speaks.jpg
| caption =
| director = Edward Buzzell
| producer =
| writer = Norman Krasna
Jo Swerling
|based_on = story by Norman Krasna
|cinematography = Ted Tetzlaff
| starring = Genevieve Tobin
Pat O'Brien
Leni Stengel
| editing = Gene Havlick
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1932|06|25}}
| runtime = 71 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Hollywood Speaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Genevieve Tobin, Pat O'Brien and Leni Stengel. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
A despairing young actress is stopped from committing suicide by a gossip columnist who decides to fashion her into a major star.
Cast
- Genevieve Tobin as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan
- Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed
- Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau
- Ralf Harolde as Carp
- Rita La Roy as Millie Coreen
- Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau
- Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond
- Jack Holt as himself
Production
Columbia announced the film in August 1931.PRODUCERS TO WHACK ENEMIES Los Angeles Times August 6, 1931: A9.
It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932.MANY WRITERS ADDED TO COLUMBIA'S STAFF
Los Angeles Times April 17, 1932: B11. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star.FINEST DRAMA DUE ON SCREEN: Los Angeles Times April 25, 1932: A7.
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17.
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023018/ Hollywood Speaks] at IMDb
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78227/hollywood-speaks Hollywood Speaks] at TCMDB
- [https://archive.org/details/variety107-1932-08/page/n120 Review of film] at Variety
{{Norman Krasna}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:Films set in Los Angeles
Category:Films about filmmaking
Category:1930s English-language films
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