CinemaOSMovie · 1939 · 0h 19m · NR

A Star Is Shorn

80%(1)IMDbComedy

Danny Webb plays wanna-be Hollywood agent, Speedy Williams, while Mary Treen plays Patsy, the best friend of Hazel Hackenschmitt (Ethelreda Leopold). Having just won the hometown title of "Miss Maple Syrup", Hazel decides to move to Hollywood to be a star. Speedy cooks up a scheme to get her seen by important Hollywood producer, B.O. Botswaddle (Raymond Brown) who is known to never make a move without Astrological guidance. This scheme involves making up Patsy with turban and a 3rd Eye, and introducing her to Botswaddle as a mystical seer... one, of course, who see's Hazel as the star of his next motion picture. Naturally, things do not go as planned. Treen is especially memorable in a wonderfully goofy role.

Directed byDel Lord

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 19m
Language
EN
Released
April 20, 1939
Studios
Columbia Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Speedy Williams

Mary Treen

Mary Treen

Patsy

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Hazel Hackenschmitt

Vernon Dent

Vernon Dent

Producer

Beatrice Blinn

Beatrice Blinn

Botswaddle's Secretary

Creative team
Directed by
Del Lord
Del Lord
Written by
Searle Kramer
Elwood Ullman
Produced by
Jules White
Jules White

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