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Hollywood (1923)
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Thomas J. Geraghty
In Theaters:8/19/1923
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
James Cruze
Director
Hope Drown
Angela Whitaker
Luke Cosgrave
Joel Whitaker
George K. Arthur
Lem Lefferts
Ruby Lafayette
Grandmother Whitaker
Harris Gordon
Dr. Luke Morrison
Bess Flowers
Hortense Towers
Eleanor Lawson
Margaret Whitaker
King Zany
Horace Pringle
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
Viola Dana
Viola Dana
Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
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