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Hollywood Party (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) opens with Jimmy Durante as "Schnarzan the Great," burlesquing Johnny Weismuller in a scene with Lupe Velez (Mrs. Johnny Weismuller). Says Durante: "Beneath this here lion's cloth beats a heart that's seethin' with sentiment." Says Velez: "I'll bet you say that to every animal." Distressed, Durante uproots a tree, beats his chest, yodels through his nose. The picture also contains a plot in which Durante functions as an outdoor cinema star entertaining a visiting big game hunter (Jack Pearl). Durante hopes to use Pearl's lions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 4, 1934 | 6/4/1934 | See Source »

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