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What Price Hollywood? (1932): Starring Constance Bennett
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 30, 2022
Here is a film so completely attuned to Hollywood celebrity and fandom in its heyday. We open on Hollywood fashion magazines full of stockings and lipstick, and glossies of Greta Garbo & Clark Gable. Then, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) pushes her retractable bed into the wall to head off to he read more
WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? PART TWO
Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on Oct 25, 2015
In the first part of this series I took a capsule look at the Studio System with a nod to the use of drugs in order to produce and package the huge amount of product. It was not a complete look as many smaller operations such as PARAMOUNT PICTURES, RKO and the Poverty Row companies such as PRC, and read more
WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? PART ONE
Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on Jun 21, 2015
THE STUDIO GATES This is a slightly different look at the Hollywood myth – mainly because we are going to take a ‘hardboiled” look at some of the ideas that nostalgic sites gloss over. Not all sites do yet this is an important part of the Hollywood story. Gloss over, just as the major studios read more
Pre-Code Crazy: What Price Hollywood? (1931)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 2, 2015
In previous months, my Pre-Code Crazy pick has always been a film that I’ve seen numerous times before. And while I was initially quite certain that this month’s selection also fit into that category, it turns out that I’d actually never seen it before! Oh, I’d seen the film’s beginning countless read more
What Price Hollywood? (1932) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 24, 2014
It’s safe to say I know a lot about Hollywood; whether it’s reviewing movies or, by extension, reviewing movies about the art of making movies there’s no escaping the glittering pool of the silver screen. It could explain the proliferation of behind-the-curtain features I watch. read more
What Price Hollywood? – The Movie That Inspired A Star Is Born
We Recycle Movies Posted by Anne Marie on Jan 17, 2014
I’d like to start 2014 with a throwback. All the way back in 2012, when I started (or rather restarted) We Recycle Movies, the blog was reborn with a trio of reviews of the various versions of A Star Is Born (1937, 1954, and 1976, respectively). At the time, I remarked that they were all based on read more
Neglected Post Theatre: "What Price Hollywood?" or A Star Is Torn
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 11, 2013
On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre we look at the story of John Barrymore, or the story of Frank Fay and Barbara Stanwyck, or the story of Colleen Moore and John McCormick, or the story of ... well, anyway, here's "What Price Hollywood," or A Star Is Torn. read more
Neglected Post Theatre: "What Price Hollywood?" or A Star Is Torn
The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on Aug 11, 2013
On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre we look at the story of John Barrymore, or the story of Frank Fay and Barbara Stanwyck, or the story of Colleen Moore and John McCormick, or the story of ... well, anyway, here's "What Price Hollywood," or A Star Is Torn. read more
What Price Hollywood? Blogathon: Stand-In (1937)
Spoilers Posted by Duke Mantee on Jul 8, 2013
This post was originally written as my contribution to the What Price Hollywood? Blogathon, hosted by Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film and Pat of 100 Years of Movies – which was unfortunately canceled. However, I still wanted to post this! Stand-In stars Leslie Howard two years before Gone With read more
What Price Hollywood? (1932) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 25, 2013
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Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is a waitress with aspirations of making it in Hollywood, but she realizes it’s rare to make it big in a town full of people who have the same goal.
But while working at a diner, she befriends Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), a director who gi read more
What Price Hollywood? (1932).
Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on Feb 26, 2012
What Price Hollywood?(1932). Drama directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Ben Markson, and Jane Murfin is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers.
While wor read more
What Price Hollywood? (George Cukor, 1932)
Movie Classics Posted by Judy on Jan 28, 2011
Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman and Gregory Ratoff in What Price Hollywood? I’ll admit I originally wanted to see What Price Hollywood? because I knew it was an important influence on William A Wellman’s masterpiece A Star Is Born, released just five years later. (David O Selznick prod read more