Hollywood Boulevard (1936 film)

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
Directed by	Robert Florey
Written by	Faith Thomas; Max Marcin; Marguerite Roberts
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 21, 1936;
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hollywood Boulevard (1936) is a comedy film directed by Robert Florey and released by Paramount Pictures.^[1]

Plot

Has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine publisher Jordan Winston.

When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, asks him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
John Halliday	John Blakeford
Marsha Hunt	Patricia Blakeford
Robert Cummings	Jay Wallace
C. Henry Gordon	Jordan Winslow
Esther Ralston	Flora Moore
Esther Dale	Martha
Frieda Inescort	Alice Winslow
Albert Conti	Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Thomas E. Jackson	Detective
Oscar Apfel	Dr. Inslow
Purnell Pratt	Mr. Steinman
Irving Bacon	Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Richard Powell	Pete Moran
Rita La Roy	Nella
Francis X. Bushman	Director, Desert Scene
Maurice Costello	Director
Betty Compson	Betty
Mae Marsh	Carlotta Blakeford
Charles Ray	Charlie Smith, Assistant Director
Herbert Rawlinson	Manager of Grauman's
Jane Novak	Mrs. Steinman
Bryant Washburn	Robert Martin
Jack Mulhall	Actor at Trocadero Bar
Creighton Hale	Actor at Trocadero Bar
Roy D'Arcy	The Sheik
Jack Mower	Frank Stucky - Director
Frank Mayo	Actor at Trocadero Bar
Harry Myers	Actor at Trocadero Bar
Mabel Forrest	Mother at Chinese Theatre
Tom Kennedy	Bouncer at Pago Pago
Pat O'Malley	Pago Pago Patron
Lois Kent	Little Girl at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Eleanore Whitney	patron at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Evelyn Brent	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Louise Brooks	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
William Farnum	(scenes deleted)
Alice Lake	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Florence Lawrence	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Harold Lloyd	Harold Lloyd - Cameo Appearance (scenes deleted)
Rosemary Theby	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
Dorothy Wilson	Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
William Bailey	Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
Bobby Barber	Man with Gong (uncredited)
Edmund Burns	Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Edward Cecil	Butler (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton	Minor role (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford	Nurse (uncredited)
Gary Cooper	Gary Cooper- Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
William Desmond	Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Ellen Drew	Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)
Lowell Drew	Doorman at Trocadero (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	Grip (uncredited)
Ann Evers	Minor Role (uncredited)
Hyman Fink	Snapshot Hymie (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher	Vendor (uncredited)
James Ford	Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Margaret Harrison	Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Robert Homans	Gray (uncredited)
Margaret Mann	Woman in Casting Office (uncredited)
Marshall Neilan	Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)

Production

The casting was announced in June 1936.^[2] Many former silent era actors had small roles.^[3]

Reception

Frank Nugent of The New York Times was critical of the film: "It is, as you may judge, a pretty hoary melodrama and [a] slight enough excuse for a whole series of homilies upon the uncertainty of fame and fortune in the glamour city."^[4]

References

^ Hollywood Boulevard Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 152.
^ Scenes from Newsreel Used as Film 'Sets' Chicago Daily Tribune 3 June 1936: 23.
^ A Town Called Hollywood Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 28 June 1936: C1.
^ Frank S. Nugent. "Minor Notes on 'Hollywood Boulevard,' Now at the Rialto, and 'Trouble Ahead,' at the Globe." New York Times. 1923.