Hollywood is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a lengthier feature follow-up to Paramount's own short film exposé of itself, A Trip to Paramountown from 1922.[1]
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Thomas J. Geraghty (scenario) |
Story by | Frank Condon |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Hope Drown George K. Arthur Ruby Lafayette Harris Gordon Bess Flowers Luke Cosgrave Eleanor Lawson |
Cinematography | Karl Brown |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 8 reels (8217 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than fifty famous Hollywood stars. However, the film is now considered a lost film.[2][3][4]
Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has found work.