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Going Hollywood (1933)

78 min  -  Musical | Romance  -   22 December 1933 (USA)
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Sylvia is the French teacher at Briarcroft's School for Girls, but she wants to find romance. When she hears Bill on the radio... See full summary »

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writer:

Donald Ogden Stewart (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Marion Davies ...
Sylvia Bruce
Bing Crosby ...
Bill 'Billy' Williams
Fifi D'Orsay Fifi D'Orsay ...
Lili Yvonne
Stuart Erwin ...
Ernest Pratt Baker, Picture Producer
Ned Sparks Ned Sparks ...
Mr. Bert Conroy, Director
Patsy Kelly Patsy Kelly ...
Jill Barker
Bobby Watson Bobby Watson ...
Jack Thompson, the Press Agent
Three Radio Rogues Three Radio Rogues ...
Group Performing Imitations
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Armetta Henry Armetta ...
Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Sylvia is the French teacher at Briarcroft's School for Girls, but she wants to find romance. When she hears Bill on the radio, she decides to leave and thank him. But he is on his way to Hollywood with Lili to make a movie. When Sylvia gets to Hollywood, she finds that seeing Bill again is almost impossible, but she gets a job in the chorus. Then when Lili quits the picture, Sylvia is tapped to play her character. But the part she wants is with Bill, a part that Lili seems to have. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>  

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Genres:

Musical | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Cinderella's Fella See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$914,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$962,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Marion Davies requested Bing Crosby as her co-star, but William Randolph Hearst, the financial backer of Cosmopolitan Productions, refused because he did not like Crosby's singing style. Composer Arthur Freed, however, convinced Hearst that Crosby would be good for Davies' sagging career. Davies also requested Fifi D'Orsay be cast as "Lili", and Hearst agreed despite his wish to cast Lili Damita in that role. See more »

Quotes

Bill 'Billy' Williams: [singing] Out where they say, "Let us be gay," I'm goin' Hollywood. I'll ballyhoo greetings to you, I'm goin' Hollywood. Hey, while you sleepyheads are in that hay, I'll be dancing - I'm gonna be dancing with a sun-kissed baby. And I'm on my way - here's my beret, I'm going Hollywood!
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Connections

Featured in Just One More Time (1974) See more »

Soundtracks

"After Sundown"
(1933)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Sung by Bing Crosby at a Mexican Restaurant
Reprised by him singing offscreen See more »