Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time I made some comment regarding Miss Bankhead's amazing denial of the interview she gave me for Motion Picture Magazine, Sept. 5 issue. I repudiate, word for word, Miss Bankhead's denial. And there are, at the very least, six other writers here in Hollywood who would testify to having had the same interview given to them by Miss Bankhead. Word for word the story was authentic and veracious save for the necessary deletion of certain unprintable words and expressions which Miss Bankhead used and I omitted. Otherwise, the content of the story was exact...
...story is not apocryphal, one might assume that the filming of "Once in A Lifetime" was a crusading venture on Mr. Laemmle's part, aimed at the assorted bilge which has been pouring out of Hollywood studies--including Universal--for so many years. If anything could puncture the movies, "Once In A Lifetime" might be calculated to do it. But the assumption is probably naive, for in filming this uproarious burlesque, the movie magnates have not failed to soften the more biting scenes, and rub the edges smooth. "Once in A Lifetime" is still well-worth seeing, however...
...Keith's, has the advantage of an excellent cast, which is of more value to the picture than the superfluous padding imparted by the camera. Jack Oakie reveals himself as a fine comedian in the part of George Lewis, the stupid vaudeville trooper who becomes the idel of Hollywood, and Miss Aline MacMahon in the part of May Daniels shows a dramatic talent which is seldom found in the movies, and seldom left unspoiled when found. The other roles, particularly that of Laurence Vail, the playwright marooned in a movie studio, are well cast...
...with the stage version. They will probably agree with the Playgoer that the additions which the camera makes too often seem like a stupid man's laborious explanation of the point of a joke. They will also find that the humor, though still present, has been effectively softened. Hollywood is willing to laugh at itself--but not too loudly...
Paramount--"Movie Crazy." Harold Lloyd awkardly trips around Hollywood, and is very funny...