The most interesting aspects of this forgettable enterprise are the circumstances which brought actress Louise Brooks and director Roscoe Arbucle into this project. Arbucles career and reputation destroyed by gossip and gutter journalism -this is why I find the line (spoken by a Hollywood-reporter) "People will believe anything they read" rather poignant - and Brooks, after making three wonderful films in Europe - finds every door shut in America. It gives this short an air of tragedy. Brooks was only 25 years-old at the time, she ends up marrying a character that could easily be her father. Horribly lame, from a modern perspective, maybe from a thirties perspective also. I wonder what kind of audience this short was aimed at.
Review of Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
(1931)
People will believe anything they read
5 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers