 |
Directed by
James Cruze
|
Written by
Frank Condon (story)
Thomas J. Geraghty
|
| Genre: Comedy |
Screenshots
|
|
|
|
|
Plot Summary:
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa.
She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major
movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she
is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a
movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and
Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother,
boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed.
|
|
Cast (credits order)
Hope Drown .... Angela Whitaker
Luke Cosgrave .... Joel Whitaker
George K. Arthur .... Lem Lefferts
Ruby Lafayette .... Grandmother Whitaker
Harris Gordon .... Dr. Luke Morrison
Bess Flowers .... Hortense Towers
Eleanor Lawson .... Margaret Whitaker
King Zany .... Horace Pringle
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle .... Cameo appearance
Gertrude Astor .... Cameo appearance
Agnes Ayres .... Cameo appearance
Baby Peggy .... Cameo appearance
T. Roy Barnes .... Cameo appearance
Noah Beery .... Cameo appearance
William Boyd .... Cameo appearance
Clarence Burton .... Cameo appearance
Robert Cain .... Cameo appearance
Charles Chaplin .... Cameo appearance
Edythe Chapman .... Cameo appearance
Betty Compson .... Cameo appearance
Ricardo Cortez .... Cameo appearance
Viola Dana .... Cameo appearance
Bebe Daniels .... Cameo appearance
Daisy Dean .... Cameo appearancce
Cecil B. DeMille .... Cameo appearance
William C. de Mille .... Cameo appearance
Charles de Rochefort .... Cameo appearance (as Charles De Roche)
Helen Dunbar .... Cameo appearance
Snitz Edwards .... Cameo appearance
Douglas Fairbanks .... Cameo appearance
George Fawcett .... Cameo appearance
Julia Faye .... Cameo appearance
James Finlayson .... Cameo appearance
Alec B. Francis .... Cameo appearance
Jack Gardner .... Cameo appearance
Sid Grauman .... Cameo appearance
Alfred E. Green .... Cameo appearance
Alan Hale .... Cameo appearance
Lloyd Hamilton .... Cameo appearance
Hope Hampton .... Cameo appearance
William S. Hart .... Cameo appearance
Gale Henry .... Cameo appearance
Walter Hiers .... Cameo appearance
Stuart Holmes .... Cameo appearance
Sigrid Holmquist .... Cameo appearance
Jack Holt .... Cameo appearance
Leatrice Joy .... Cameo appearance
Mayme Kelso .... Cameo appearance
J. Warren Kerrigan .... Cameo appearance
Theodore Kosloff .... Cameo appearance
Lila Lee .... Cameo appearance
Lillian Leighton .... Cameo appearance
Jacqueline Logan .... Cameo appearance
Jeanie Macpherson .... Cameo appearance
Hank Mann .... Cameo appearance
May McAvoy .... Cameo appearance
Robert McKim .... Cameo appearance
Thomas Meighan .... Cameo appearance
Bull Montana .... Cameo appearance
Owen Moore .... Cameo appearance
Nita Naldi .... Cameo appearance
Pola Negri .... Cameo appearance
Anna Q. Nilsson .... Cameo appearance
Charles Ogle .... Cameo appearance
Guy Oliver .... Cameo appearance
Kalla Pasha .... Cameo appearance
Eileen Percy .... Cameo appearance
Carmen Phillips .... Cameo appearance
Jack Pickford .... Cameo appearance
Mary Pickford .... Cameo appearance
Zasu Pitts .... Cameo appearance
Charles Reisner .... Cameo appearance
Fritzi Ridgeway .... Cameo appearance
Dean Riesner .... Cameo appearance
Will Rogers .... Cameo appearance
Ford Sterling .... Cameo appearance
Anita Stewart .... Cameo appearance
George Stewart .... Cameo appearance
Gloria Swanson .... Cameo appearance
Estelle Taylor .... Cameo appearance
Ben Turpin .... Cameo appearance
Bryant Washburn .... Cameo appearance
Maude Wayne .... Cameo appearance
Claire West .... Cameo appearance
Larry Wheat .... Cameo appearance (as Laurence Wheat)
Lois Wilson .... Cameo appearance
Mary Astor .... Cameo appearance (uncredited)
|
|
| Runtime: N/A |
| Country: USA |
| Color: Black and White |
| Sound Mix: Silent |
Also Known As:
Hollywood and the Only Child (USA) (working title)
Joligud
|
Trivia:
So many major stars appeared in cameos as themselves that it was necessary to find unknowns for the lead roles.
One of the film's few serious moments is a cameo by 'Arbuckle, Roscoe 'Fatty'' , whose career was essentially
ended in 1921 by criminal charges (even though he was acquitted). He makes a rare appearance here as a sadly
unemployed actor, whose name is not mentioned.
This film is presumed lost.
|
|
|
