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Hollywood Speaks
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Wikipedia article
'Hollywood Speaks' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film.
Cast
*Genevieve Tobin as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan
*Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed
*Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau
*Ralf Harolde as Carp
*Rita La Roy as Millie Coreen
*Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau
*Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond
*Jack Holt as Himself
Production
Columbia announced the film in August 1931.PRODUCERS TO WHACK ENEMIES Los Angeles Times August 6, 1931: A9.
It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932.MANY WRITERS ADDED TO COLUMBIA'S STAFF
Los Angeles Times April 17, 1932: B11. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star.FINEST DRAMA DUE ON SCREEN: Los Angeles Times April 25, 1932: A7.
Reception
The 'Los Angeles Times' called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17.
References
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