Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Stan Laurel | ... | Stan | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Durante / Schnarzan | |
| Jack Pearl | ... | Baron Munchausen | |
| Polly Moran | ... | Henrietta Clemp | |
| Charles Butterworth | ... | Harvey Clemp | |
| Eddie Quillan | ... | Bob Benson | |
| June Clyde | ... | Linda Clemp | |
| Lupe Velez | ... | The Jaguar Woman / Jane in Schnarzan Sequence | |
| George Givot | ... | Liondora aka Grand Royal Duke | |
| Richard Carle | ... | Knapp | |
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Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party with so that he might use the lions in his next movie. His film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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homosexual subtext | bare chested male | 1930s | female sexual predator | taming of the shrew |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 June 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hollywood Revue of 1933 See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Runtime:
(Turner library print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Knapp: Ah! How's business?
Theatre Manager: Swell, it's Garbo.
Knapp: It'll be even better next week when you play my new Schnarzan picture. What a star, what a star!
Knapp: [looks at watch] Oh, has the trailer gone on yet?
Theatre Manager: You'll just about catch it.
Knapp: Good.
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(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Howard Dietz
Sung by The King's Men, Arthur Jarrett Shirley Ross and Harry Barris
Danced by chorus
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The Greta Garbo movie in the theater at the beginning of Hollywood Party is the last moment of the 1933 MGM film, "Queen Christina". See more »Quotes
[first lines]Knapp: Ah! How's business?
Theatre Manager: Swell, it's Garbo.
Knapp: It'll be even better next week when you play my new Schnarzan picture. What a star, what a star!
Knapp: [looks at watch] Oh, has the trailer gone on yet?
Theatre Manager: You'll just about catch it.
Knapp: Good.
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Alternate Versions
Older television prints of "Hollywood Party" run 63 minutes, and exclude the appearance by Mickey Mouse, as well as the Disney Technicolor cartoon "Hot Chocolate Soldiers". See more »Soundtracks
Feelin' High(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Howard Dietz
Sung by The King's Men, Arthur Jarrett Shirley Ross and Harry Barris
Danced by chorus
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What a hoot. Hilariously bad musical comedy that was butchered by MGM and dumped as a B film stars Jimmy Durante as a failing actor whose Schnarzan character needs a boost. So they decide to buy new lions (with teeth) to beef up his screen image. But his rival, Liondora, also wants the lions. So Durante throws a Hollywood party to lobby the lions' owner, Baron Munchausen, for a sale.
A great cast and some terrifically snappy production numbers and funny bits make this a total trip. Along with Durante we get Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy who got cheated out of the lions, Lupe Velez as Durante's spitfire Jane, Polly Moran and Charles Butterworth as Oklahoma oil millionaires, Arthur Treacher as a butler, Jack Pearl as the Baron, Ted Healy and the Three Stooges as autograph fiends, Eddie Quillan and June Clyde as the lovers, Frances Williams in the great "Hollywood Party" number, Shirley Ross, Harry Baris, and Robert Young as themselves, and a ton of small-part actors like Ferdinand Gottschalk, Nora Cecil, Clarence Wilson, Leonid Kinskey, Tom Kennedy, Gilbert Emery, Jed Prouty, Richard Carle, Edwin Maxwell, Ray Cooke, George Givot and Walt Disney as the voice of Mickey Mouse! "Hollywood Party" and "My One Big Moment" are great songs. Jimmy Durante is fun, Laurel and Hardy get a funny sketch with Lupe Velez and eggs, Polly Moran gets to sing, and then there's leggy and glittery Frances Williams and her great jazzy voice!