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The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
George Reed
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (scenes deleted)
Alice Adair
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- James - Max's Butler
- (uncredited)
Sam Armstrong
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Zeena Baer
- Secretary to Julius Saxe
- (uncredited)
King Baggot
- Department Head
- (uncredited)
Gerald Barry
- John Reed - an Actor
- (uncredited)
Floyd Bell
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Veda Buckland
- Nana - Jackie's Nursemaid
- (uncredited)
Nicholas Caruso
- Chef at Brown Derby
- (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
- Actress Filming on Movie Set
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaGeorge Cukor, who directed this film, was offered the chance to direct its "partial remake," A Star Is Born (1937), but turned it down, claiming the two films were too similar. Interestingly, Cukor would later direct the 1954 Judy Garland/James Mason musical remake of that film, often cited as the best version of this material.
- GoofsWhen Mary is filming her first bit part she drops her script on the stairs, which then disappears between shots.
- Quotes
[first lines]
[Mary Evans is admiring a magazine photo of Clark Gable]
Mary Evans: Hmmmm. Oh, boy!
[Mary places the magazine photo against her face and pretends Gable is her lover. She speaks in an exaggerated voice]
Mary Evans: Daaahling, how I love you my daaahling, I love you I do.
[she puts the magazine down and returns to her normal voice]
Mary Evans: It's getting late and I must scram.
- Crazy creditsThere is a "by" credit to Gene Fowler and Rowland Brown after the title shows, but there is also a "screenplay by" credit to Jane Murfin and Ben Markson, without leaving any clear explanation or context as to what "by" actually means. But the reality was that Fowler and Brown wrote the real screenplay, with Murfin and Markson providing the continuity.
- ConnectionsFeatured in David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer' (1935)
- SoundtracksThree Little Words
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Ruby
Part of a medley played during the opening credits
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Wonderful Cukor-directed, precode film starring Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett was at the height of her beauty in "What Price Hollywood?" an excellent 1932 film directed by George Cukor. The story is a familiar one, but in 1932, probably less so: A good-looking, vivacious waitress catches the eye of a drunken director, who helps make her a star. As happens in "A Star is Born," a few years later, he hits the skids, and she's there to help. But as we all know, no good deed goes unpunished. Lowell Sherman gives a marvelous performance as the director, and apparently, he was playing himself. His final scene is fantastic, extremely compelling. A surprisingly modern-looking, very handsome Neil Hamilton plays Bennett's husband, who later divorces her before she gives birth to their child.
Like "The Bad and the Beautiful," "What Price Hollywood?" shows some inner workings of a Hollywood studio in those years. Although there are some touches that make the movie dated - and what done in 1932 isn't - there is something about this film that also seems fresh. Perhaps it is the honesty of the performances. Besides Bennett, who is marvelous (and does her own singing), Sherman, and Hamilton, there is the multitalented Gregory Ratoff on board.
I've seen many Constance Bennett films, as she is a favorite of mine, and I would have to put this as her best.
Like "The Bad and the Beautiful," "What Price Hollywood?" shows some inner workings of a Hollywood studio in those years. Although there are some touches that make the movie dated - and what done in 1932 isn't - there is something about this film that also seems fresh. Perhaps it is the honesty of the performances. Besides Bennett, who is marvelous (and does her own singing), Sherman, and Hamilton, there is the multitalented Gregory Ratoff on board.
I've seen many Constance Bennett films, as she is a favorite of mine, and I would have to put this as her best.
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- Jan 5, 2006
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- Hollywood Madness
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- $411,676 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was What Price Hollywood? (1932) officially released in Canada in English?
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