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

Celebrities caricatured are (in order): Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Adolphe Menjou, Norma Shearer, Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sheridan, Henry Binder, Leon Schlesinger, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, George Raft, Harpo Marx, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, Boris Karloff, Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Oliver Hardy, Cesar Romero, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone, Sally Rand, Kay Kyser, William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Ronald Colman, Errol Flynn, Wallace Beery, C. Aubrey Smith, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton, Mischa Auer, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Spoofs Gone with the Wind (1939)

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Soundtracks

"The Old Gray Mare"
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played when the horse walks on-stage

User Reviews

Wonderful Avery short

Hollywood Steps Out (1941)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Delightful Warner short doesn't have any real story to speak of but the highlight here is seeing all sorts of Hollywood stars out dancing at a club. We get countless cameos including Gable, Garbo, Hardy, Cagney, Bogart, Robinson, The Three Stooges, Rooney, Stewart, Weismuller, Grant and many others including Karloff as the Frankenstein monster. Again, there's no real story going on here as the entire seven-minutes is just a set up for the various stars to run into one another. There are quite a few highlights but one would have to be the seen with Cagney and Bogart planning some crimes. Another is the brilliant final gag that I won't spoil here but it certainly ends the film on a big laugh. It was also fun seeing all the spoofs thrown at Gable but one of the biggest laughs comes from an Andy Hardy joke. The film contains the usual great animation, nice score and the brilliant voice work by Mel Blanc.