Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...huff. Said he: "If the American people will express the wish to have me here again, I'll gladly return and sing with all my soul." For five years Sparrow Gigli warbled in Continental concerts, grew a paunch in Munich beer halls, dabbled in German cinemas. Then Hollywood finally called him again to the U. S. Last week, much fatter than in his Metropolitan heyday and resembling both New York's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and Chicago's Scarface Al Capone, he made his U. S. cinema debut in Forever Yours, by all odds the best operatic...
This unoriginal story has the triple virtues of constant great singing, excellent performance by a cast of comparative unknowns and superb photography by Hans Schneeberger (White Hell of Pitz Palu). Tenor Gigli's complete lack of the customary brand of Hollywood pulchritude is no loss. The compassionate dignity of his acting plus the honey of his voice should restore him to his oldtime U. S. popularity...
...Star is Born have encouraged producers, never inclined to be pennywise, to spend stockholders' funds more freely than ever. Minor trends will be toward even more musicals, most of them frivolous rather than operatic; fewer child stars. Color will continue to progress slowly. In the next year, Hollywood will produce a total of 700 feature pictures...
Most successful Hollywood producer, as usual, last year was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This year, also as usual, MGM convened before its rivals. Pictures about which MGM salesmen heard most in Hollywood last fortnight were Kim, co-starring Freddie Bartholomew and Robert Taylor, and Idiot's Delight starring Clark Gable. Other major MGM ventures will be Girl of the Golden West (Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy) ; The Return of the Thin Man (William Powell and Myrna Loy). Total MGM product will be 52 pictures at the most. On MGM's list but not yet assigned are Silas Marner, As Thousands...
Most omnivorous producers in Hollywood are Warner Brothers, who get a fat share of their material by backing or buying more Manhattan plays than any of their rivals. At last week's convention in Manhattan, Warner executives boasted about $5,000,000 worth of stories already on their shelves to choose from. This year's 60 Warner productions will include eleven Manhattan plays, among them Tovarich, Yes, My Darling Daughter, Boy Meets Girl, White Horse Inn, On Your Toes. Also scheduled are two Technicolor pictures ; The Story of Emile Zola, to go with last year's Louis...