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Hollywood Varieties
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Wikipedia article
'Hollywood Varieties' is a 1949 American film from Lippert Productions starring Robert Alda and directed by Paul Landres. The 'Los Angeles Times' called it a "vaudeville show on screen with Robert Alda as master of ceremonies."Adventure Film Listed
Los Angeles Times 23 Dec 1949: 11.
Cast
*Robert Alda
*Hoosier Hot Shots
*Shaw & Lee
*3 Rio Brothers
*Glen Vernon and Eddie Ryan
*Britt Wood
*Peggy Stewart
*Twirl, Whirl & a Girl
*De Pina Troupe
*The Four Dandies
*Lois Ray
Production
The film was one of a series of revue-style musicals financed by Robert Lippert. The first was 'Square Dance Jubilee' and this one was about vaudeville. According to Jone Ormond:
I wrote this little beginning about vaudeville dying, and Bob Lippert loved it. The picture cost $10,000. 1 got all the acts I knew from my years on the road Brit Wood... We shot with three cameras in a downtown L.A. theater. I worked day and night on the picture, even slept on the set. Only problem was I hadn't come up with the ending yet. I had 20 minutes - the crew was gonna quit at five and we couldn't afford to keep 'em around. I made one of my choreography maps with the dots, an' I said, 'Gimme a few minutes, I'll put mic on.' There was almost 100 people on the set, but I got 'em all where they had to go."Great Balls of Fire
McDonough, Jimmy. Film Comment; New York Vol. 23, Iss. 2, (Mar 1987): 38-40,42,44,46,48-50,80.
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