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Hollywood is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Cruze released in USA on 19 august 1923 with George K. Arthur

Hollywood (1923)

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Released in USA 19 august 1923
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating68% 3.4472453.4472453.4472453.4472453.447245

Hollywood (1923) is an American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a lengthier feature follow-up to Paramount's own short film exposé of itself, A Trip to Paramountown from 1922.

The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than thirty famous Hollywood stars. However, the film is now considered a lost film.

Synopsis

Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.

Actors

George K. Arthur

(Lem Lefferts)
Bess Flowers

(Hortense Towers)
Ruby Lafayette

(Grandmother Whitaker)
Roscoe Arbuckle

(Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle)
Gertrude Astor
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