Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hollywood, Calif...
Sitting Pretty (Paramount) concerns two songwriters, one serious (Jack Haley) and one deluded by conceit (Jack Oakie), who hitchhike from Manhattan to Hollywood, there indulge in romance, alcohol and creative work. Haley becomes attached to a blonde waif (Ginger Rogers) who meets the pair on their way West, follows them to Hollywood. Oakie grows fond of an erratic actress (Thelma Todd), who abandons him when he loses...
...Bombshell" is a movie you should see if you appreciate Miss Harlow in an amusing role, and if you have no illusions about the way in which movie stars get their publicity. Throughout the film each character seems determined to prove to you that Hollywood is cheerfully mad in every respect, and they succeed admirably...
...buys three tremendous sheep dogs to keep her happy; she wants a baby; she decides she does not want a baby. Her life has many complications; the most serious of all is her press agent who goads men to fight for her. And the morning papers reveal that the "Hollywood Bombshell" was entertaining one gentleman in her home when another gentleman dropped in, and then neither was a gentleman. Lola is humiliated at the cheap, untrue advertisement which she receives. Before the end of the film she fires and rehires press agent Space many times, but she finally yields...
...movies are too artificial and mechanical. Of course, Hollywood has many great artists, but the greater part of the success of motion picture shows depends on the work of directors and producers rather than the actors and actresses. The trend of pictures today is toward artificiality, while plays are turning more and more in the direction of naturaliness. I do not mean that one trend is any more desirable than the other. For example, I think Mac West is a marvelous actress, and yet there is certainly nothing very natural or genuine in the acting of screenland...