Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...story of how a female movie quiz contest winner from the sticks lures a rebellious male star onto the lot for three harried Hollywood producers will unfold when the new Pi Eta Club musical comedy, "Give, Baby, Give!" is presented Friday and Saturday evenings, March 24, and 25, at the club-houses off Bolyston Street. A formal dance, open to those attending the show, will follow the performance Friday night...
Portraying the rustic Cinderella who comes to Hollywood via the movie quiz route is D. Gordon Halstead '40. James H. Legendre '40 plays the erring matinee idol, and Philip C. Starr '40 takes the part of his leading lady. The three producers are Richard E. Lewis '40, William, D. Collins '40 and James T. Devine '40; James G. Walsh '39 plays the manager of the box office team...
With a big plot transfusion from "The Citadel," Hollywood has tried to revive a hackneyed nurse-doctor, plot called. "Four Girls in White," the second feature. The patient died during the transfusion...
...Commissioner, who probably thinks Loretta Young is responsible for the Suez Canal, should not despair so soon. There is a great deal the police can do besides picking on children half their size, here or in Hollywood. And if their powers of observation are too dull to see what is to be done, maybe they should go to a few "Dead End" movies themselves...
...often that Hollywood can put as many as five interesting people together in a single movie. This is the accomplishment of "The Shining Hour," now at the University, and even better, these interesting characters rise above the limitations of a trite triangle plot and become real, credible characters. They are Joan Crawford, nightclub dancer, who marries Melvyn Douglas, a member of the rich, aristocratic family of Lindens. Robert Young, in the process of trying to prevent the marriage, falls in love with Miss Crawford himself, much to the distress of his wife, Margaret Sullavan, and his sister, Fay Bainter. Outstanding...