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Pick a Star is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick released in USA on 21 may 1937 with Stan Laurel
Pick a Star (1937)
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Add to a movie listPick a Star is a 1937 musical comedy film starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, produced by Hal Roach, and cinematography by Norbert Brodine. The film, released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is mostly remembered today for two short scenes featuring Laurel and Hardy.
The film was reissued as Movie Struck by Astor Pictures in 1954.
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A girl comes to Hollywood and becomes a big star thanks to a publicity agent.Actors
Stan Laurel
(Stan Laurel)
Oliver Hardy
(Oliver Hardy)
Patsy Kelly
(Nellie Moore)
Jack Haley
(Joe Jenkins)
Rosina Lawrence
(Cecilia Moore)
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