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Young and Beautiful (1934)
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17 September 1934 (USA) morePlot:
Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make this... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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William Haines hurtles through a very funny satire of Hollywood. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Haines | ... | Robert Preston |
 | Judith Allen | ... | June Dale |
| Joseph Cawthorn | ... | Herman Cline |
| John Miljan | ... | Gordon Douglas |
| Ted Fio Rito | ... | Himself, Ted Fio Rito (as Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra) |
| Al Shaw | ... | Piano Mover (as Shaw and Lee) |
| Sam Lee | ... | Piano Mover (as Shaw and Lee) |
| James Bush | ... | Dick |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Sammy (as Vincent Barnett) |
| Warren Hymer | ... | The Champion |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Radio announcer |
| James P. Burtis | ... | Farrell |
| Syd Saylor | ... | Hansen |
| Greta Meyer | ... | Mrs. Cline |
| Fred Kelsey | ... | Hennessy |
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Dancers wearing masks and costumes of John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Maurice Chevalier, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, George Arliss, Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Charles Chaplin, and Adolphe Menjou are featured. moreFAQ
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In film mythology it is usually assumed that William Haines' final films, made for the little known Mascot Pictures, were low quality disasters. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that this movie is actually a very enjoyable comic romp through the back-lots of Hollywood. Sure, it's no masterpiece, but it is a lot of fun.
Haines, looking great, gives his usual exhaustingly energetic performance as a high-powered Hollywood publicist. One can only speculate on how much he may have enjoyed the scene where he tells off a pompous studio head, just a year after his famous fight with Louis B. Mayer. The studio head though seems to have been based more on Carl Laemmle than Mayer - and Joseph Cawthorn does a fine job in the role (he looks remarkably like Laemmle too).
There is some fairly unfunny comic routines from a couple of piano-movers that could have been cut, but the dance routines are pretty good - one involving some excellent caricatured masks of famous movie stars. Lots of pretty starlets, a fast-paced plot, and the glorious William Haines - what more could you ask for?