Hollywood Cavalcade
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| Hollywood Cavalcade | |
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 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Ernest Pascal |
| Story by | Hilary Lynn Brown Holmes |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Alice Faye Don Ameche J. Edward Bromberg Alan Curtis |
| Cinematography | Allen M. Davey Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hollywood Cavalcade is a 1939 American film featuring Alice Faye as a young performer making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from slapstick silent pictures through the transition from silent to sound.
Atypical for Faye's 20th Century Fox output, this has no musical numbers, and the tone is more dramatic than comic. (The alternate title was Falling Stars.) The first part of the film provides a fictionalized look at silent-era performers and their productions.
Plot[]
In 1913, Director Michael Linnett Connors (Don Ameche), chooses Broadway star Molly Adair (Alice Faye) to be in his next film. Although she is in love with him, she marries her co-star Nicky Hayden (Alan Curtis), wrongly thinking that Connors thinks of her only in terms of movies. Connors misunderstands her and fires her, but with that his career quickly declines with the beginning of the sound era.
Cast[]
- Alice Faye as Molly Adair Hayden
- Don Ameche as Mike Connors
- J. Edward Bromberg as Dave Spingold
- Alan Curtis as Nicky Hayden
- Stuart Erwin as Mike's Cameraman
- Jed Prouty as Keystone Cop Police Chief
- Buster Keaton as Himself
- Donald Meek as Studio Chief
- George Givot as An Englishman in the Show
- Al Jolson as Himself
- Eddie Collins as Keystone Cop
- Russell Hicks as Roberts
- Hank Mann as Keystone Cop
- Heinie Conklin as Keystone Cop
- James Finlayson as Keystone Cop
- Chick Chandler as Keystone Cop
- Snub Pollard as Keystone Cop
- Robert Lowery as Henry Potter
- Ben Welden as Agent
- Willie Fung as Willie
- Paul Stanton as Filson
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Gaynes
- Joseph Crehan as Attorney
- Irving Bacon as Clerk
- Ben Turpin as Bartender in Western
- Chester Conklin as Sheriff in Western
- Marjorie Beebe as Telephone Operator
- Frederick Burton as Thomas
- Lee Duncan as Lee Duncan, the Dog Trainer
- Rin Tin Tin Jr. as Rin-Tin-Tin
- Mack Sennett as Himself (uncredited)
External links[]
- Hollywood Cavalcade at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Turner Classic Movies page
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- 1939 films
- English-language films
- American films
- Films about Hollywood
- 1930s color films
- Films directed by Irving Cummings
- 20th Century Fox films
- Films directed by Malcolm St. Clair
- Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- American comedy-drama films
- 1939 comedy-drama films
- Rin Tin Tin
- 1930s comedy-drama film stubs