1937 Movie Media Press Promo Still Photo Reprint: Hollywood Hotel

Description: Hollywood Hotel (1937) 8x10 B&W Still Matte Photo Reprint L to R: Lola Lane, Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane From the estate of a former entertainment industry executive. Mailed in sturdy cardboard envelope with stiff sheet of cardboard inserted. Photo inserted into a clear sheet protector. Yes! We combine shipping costs for multiple orders. --------------------------- Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Mabel Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy. The film was based on the popular Hollywood Hotel radio show created by gossip columnist Louella Parsons, where Hollywood stars recreated scenes from their latest movies. It was broadcast weekly from the hotel of that name.[1] The film's recreation of the program features Louella Parsons, Frances Langford, Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, Jerry Cooper, the announcer Ken Niles, Duane Thompson and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. Hollywood Hotel, the film, is now best remembered for the featured song and opening number "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Davis and Langford, accompanied by Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often satirical, to the movie industry and the path to film stardom. PlotSaxophone player and singer Ronnie Bowers is on his way to Hollywood, having been signed to a ten-week contract by All Star Pictures. At the airport, his former employer, Benny Goodman, and his band give him a big sendoff, performing "Hooray for Hollywood". In Hollywood, temperamental star Mona Marshall becomes furious when she learns that another actress has landed a part she desperately wanted. As a result, she refuses to attend the premiere of her latest movie. Publicist Bernie Walton convinces studio boss B. L. Faulkin to substitute a double. Bernie chooses Virginia Stanton, who has already worked as a stand-in for Mona. For her escort, Bernie chooses an unsuspecting (and starstruck) Ronnie. The charade works. Everyone, from Ronnie to Louella Parsons to the radio host at the premiere is fooled. Things take an unexpected turn when Ronnie and Virginia begin to fall in love, wading in a fountain pond and singing "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water". The next day, Bernie takes Ronnie to lunch at the restaurant where Virginia is working as a waitress, to break the news of his date's real identity. Ronnie and Virginia begin dating. When Mona reads in the newspaper that "she" was at the premiere with Ronnie, she forces Faulkin to buy the young man out of his contract. Photographer Fuzzy Boyle appoints himself Ronnie's agent, and they make the rounds, trying to get his acting career started, without success. The two end up employed at a drive-in. When Ronnie sings during work, director Walter Kelton is impressed and offers him a job. Ronnie is disappointed to learn, however, that he will not be acting, but only dubbing the singing for Mona's longtime screen partner, Alex Dupre. Dupre's "singing" impresses the audience at the preview. When Louella Parsons invites him to perform on her radio program, he accepts without thinking. Desperate, All Star Pictures pays Ronnie an exorbitant fee to sing for the actor. However, Ronnie has his own ideas. Virginia (posing as Mona) picks up Dupre in a limousine driven by Fuzzy. The pair drive him out into the countryside so he misses the program. Ronnie substitutes for Dupre and is a hit, so Faulkin decides to re-sign him, at a larger salary. CastDick Powell as Ronnie BowersRosemary Lane as Virginia StantonLola Lane as Mona MarshallHugh Herbert as Chester Marshall, Mona's fatherTed Healy as Fuzzy BoyleGlenda Farrell as Jonesy, Mona's assistantJohnnie Davis as GeorgiaLouella Parsons as herselfAlan Mowbray as Alexander DupreMabel Todd as Dot Marshall, Mona's sisterFrances Langford as Alice CrayneJerry Cooper as himselfKen Niles as himselfDuane Thompson as herselfAllyn Joslyn as Bernie WaltonGrant Mitchell as B. L. FaulkinEdgar Kennedy as Callaghan, the drive-in ownerFritz Feld as the Russian, a restaurant patronCurt Bois as Butch, the dress designerPerc Westmore as himselfEddie Acuff as Joe, the cameramanClinton Rosemond as Tom, African-American singerWilliam Davidson as Director Walter KeltonWally Maher as Assistant Director DrewGeorgie Cooper as seamstressLibby Taylor as Cleo, Mona's maidJoe Romantini as WaiterPaul Irving as BramwellRaymond Paige and his OrchestraBenny Goodman and His Orchestra --------- Items are described to the best of our ability. Examine photo(s). Photos are an important part of the description. We will try to describe any faults in the description that are not obvious in the images shown. We Ship Worldwide and combine ship multiple items. Tracking is recommended but comes at a significant cost from the US. 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