It Happened in Hollywood

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It Happened in Hollywood

"Hollywood Turns the Camera on its Own Gay, Glamorous, Glittering Self!"

1937

1h 7m

6.1(14 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

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87 members

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Richard Dix

Tim Bart

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Fay Wray

Gloria Gay

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Victor Kilian

Slim

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Franklin Pangborn

Mr. Forsythe

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Charles Arnt

Jed Reed

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Granville Bates

Sam Bennett

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William B. Davidson

Al Howard

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Arthur Loft

Pete

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Edgar Dearing

Joe Stevens

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James Donlan

Shorty

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Bill Burrud

Billy - The Kid

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Zeffie Tilbury

Miss Gordon

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Harold Goodwin

Buck

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Charles Brinley

Pappy

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Zeni Vatori

Joe Spogoli

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Wade Boteler

Patrolman

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Helen Brown

Nurse

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Mary Jane Temple

Nurse

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Robert Chisholm

Englishman

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Zita Moulton

Englishwoman

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Tom Chatterton

Bank Manager

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Byron Foulger

Chet

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Sam McDaniel

Black Porter

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Miki Morita

Japanese Gardener

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Arthur Wanzer

Addison

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D'Arcy Corrigan

Shakespearean Actor

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Scotty Beckett

Boy

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Delmar Watson

Boy

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Tommy Bupp

Boy

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Fred Walburn

Boy

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Wally Albright

Boy

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Sammy McKim

Boy

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Richard Terry

Bank Robber / Driver

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George Chesebro

Bank Robber

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Eddie Laughton

Bank Robber

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Don Brodie

Don - Sound Man Don

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Eddie Fetherston

Eddie - Assistant Director

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Beatrice Curtis

Eleanor - Script Girl

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Edward Hearn

Cop

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Lucille Lund

American Girl

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Harry Strang

Joe Pratt

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John Tyrrell

Burt

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Cyril Ring

Rudy - Cameraman

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Frank Ellis

Gorman

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Georgie Billings

Tough Boy

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Billy Wolfstone

Fat Boy

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Alexander Palasthy

Russian

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Francis Sayles

Waiter

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C.L. Sherwood

Bum

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Bruce Sidney

Bank Manager

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Philip Waldron

Clark Gable

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Doc Dearborn

William Powell

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Bob O'Keefe

James Cagney

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Joan Beauchamp

Myrna Loy

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Margaret Wormser

Loretta Young

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John Bohn

John Barrymore

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Arthur McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

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James May

W.C. Fields

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Eugene DeVerdi

Charles Chaplin

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Charles Dow Clark

Joe E. Brown

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Virginia Rendell

Mae West

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Carol Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

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Frankie Farr

Eddie Cantor

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Earl Haddon

Bing Crosby

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Berna Mack

Claudette Colbert

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Don Eddy

Dancing Fred Astaire

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Lillian Tours

Dancing Ginger Rogers

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Beatrice Coleman

Ginger Rogers

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Betty Dietrich

Greta Garbo

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Colleen Bawn

Young Girl

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Ralph Brooks

Interne in Children's Ward

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James Conaty

Party Guest

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Lester Dorr

Reporter

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Bruce Grant

Boy

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Roderick Grant

Boy

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Paul Hilton

Boy (uncredited)

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Edward LeSaint

Doctor

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Jack Low

Dresser

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George Magrill

Stagehand

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Pat McCall

Boy

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Marilyn Milner

Little Girl

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Billy Smith

Boy

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Bobs Watson

Boy

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Richard Holland

Boy

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Charles Williams

Hymie - Photographer

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Frank Brown

Harold Lloyd

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Betsy Gay

Sis (uncredited)

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