Hollywood Round-Up (1937)

One of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), ... See full summary »

Director:

Ewing Scott

Writers:

Joseph Hoffman (story), Ethel La Blanche (dialogue),

Stars:

Buck Jones, Helen Twelvetrees, Grant Withers

Cast

Credited cast:
Buck Jones	...	Buck Kennedy
Helen Twelvetrees	...	Carol Stevens
Grant Withers	...	Grant Drexel
Shemp Howard	...	Oscar Bush
Dickie Jones	...	Dickie Stevens
Eddie Kane	...	Henry Wescott
Monte Collins	...	Freddie Foster (as Monty Collins)
Warren Jackson	...	Director Perry King
Lester Dorr	...	Louis Lawson
Lee Shumway	...	Banker Dunning
Edward Keane	...	Lew Wallace
George Beranger	...	Hotel Clerk (as George R. Beranger)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jimmy Zahner

Storyline

One of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), plus RKO weighed in the same year with George O'Brien's "Hollywood Cowboy." It had been done before, RKO's 1933 "Scarlet River", and would be done again, "Shooting High" from 20th Century-Fox and Republic's "Bells of Rosarita", among others with a western setting, but this Coronet production with Buck Jones may well be the best of the lot as it devotes more footage to actual film-making both on studio sets and locations. One out-of-the norm plot incident has the studio head Lew Wallace offering a job to a fading star Carol Stevens, with a semi-apology for casting her in what he calls an "outdoor special" and she calls a "horse opry", and this scene in a B-western leaves no doubt that the B-western and it people were near the bottom of Hollywood's pecking order. The stereotypes are there, with Shemp ...

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Plot Keywords:

hollywood | fading star | bank robbery | jail break | stuntman | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 1937 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cowboyhjälten

Filming Locations:

Brandeis Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Coronet Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shemp Howard's first film for Columbia.

User Reviews

Is this Art imitating Life?

There is a rather strange scene early on in this picture.the character played by Helen Twelvetrees goes to see the studio boss initially to complain that she has not made a picture for the studio in over a year.In reality Twelvetrees only made this film in 1937.The boss then admits that she had had 4 box office failures in a row and therefore he wanted her to go into this western.In reality Twelvetrees was virtually at the end of her film career with only a couple more films to go.Bearing in mind of course that between 1929 and 1936 she had appeared in around 30 films.So one can only assume that someone at Columbia had a malicious sense of humour or was paying off for past insults.Based on her performance in this film it is difficult to understand why her star slipped so quickly.She would probably be completely unknown now if it weren't for her unusual surname.This is an entertaining film with the bonus of a behind the scenes look at how B Westerns were made in the 30s.Well worth a look.