Hollywood Steps Out (1941)

A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) 'Cary Grant' , Greta Garbo 'Edward G. Robinson' and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney... See full summary »

Director:

Tex Avery

Writer:

Melvin Millar (story)

Stars:

Dave Barry, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Dave Barry	...	Cary Grant / Clark Gable / James Cagney / Bing Crosby / Lewis Stone / Ned Sparks / Groucho Marx (voice) (uncredited)
Sara Berner	...	Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
Mel Blanc	...	Jerry Colonna / Peter Lorre (voice) (uncredited)
Kent Rogers	...	Jimmy Stewart / Mickey Rooney / Henry Fonda (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) 'Cary Grant' , Greta Garbo 'Edward G. Robinson' and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, Harpo Marx, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart and Dorothy Lamour, 'Tyrone Power (I)' and Sonja Henie, The Frankenstein Monster, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Oliver Hardy, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, 'Judy Garland (I)' and Lewis Stone, Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx; many more just get sight gags, such as Claudette Colbert, Norma Shearer, William Powell, Don Ameche, Wallace Beery, C. Aubrey Smith, Boris Karloff, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton and Mischa Auer.

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Plot Keywords:

nightclub | surrealism | merrie melodies | celebrity | horse | 

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 1941 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leon Schlesinger Studios, Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

With the death of James Stewart on July 2, 1997, Mickey Rooney is the last surviving entertainer of the forty-six caricatured in this cartoon.

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Quotes

J Edgar Hoover: Gee, Gee, Gee, Gee!

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Connections

Edited into A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Jimmy Valentine"
(uncredited)
Music by Gus Edwards
Played during the Cagney, Bogart and Raft scene

User Reviews

The Stars at Night

This must have been quite amusing in its day, and the mass of stars caricatured in it must have had a right old giggle when they saw themselves, but today it looks like one of those self-satisfied films that are pleased with how clever they are irrespective of the fact that they contain very little entertainment value. There's no plot to speak of, which would have been forgivable if there had been plenty of humour but there isn't really much of that either. The film will be of interest to those people like me who have an interest in all aspects of cinema but will be of only passing interest to most other people - and probably completely meaningless to anybody under 25 or so.