Hollywood Party (1934 film)
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Hollywood Party, also known under its working title of Hollywood Revue of 1933 and Star Spangled Banquet, is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film starring Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez and Mickey Mouse (voiced by an uncredited Walt Disney). It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Each sequence featured a different star with a separate scriptwriter and director assigned.
Plot
[[File:Hollywoodparty.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Laurel and Hardy with Lupe Vélez in a scene of the movie]] Jungle movie star "Schnarzan" (Jimmy Durante), a character in parody of Tarzan, is advised by his manager that he needs new lions for his pictures, as his old ones are "worn out". At a wild Hollywood party with many varied guests, including a "lion provider", hilarity ensues. After it all gets out of hand, Schnarzan awakens to find he is just plain old Durante, who had a strange dream.
Cast
Live action cast
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Jimmy Durante as Durante/Schnarzan
- Jack Pearl as Baron Munchausen
- Polly Moran as Henrietta Clemp
- Charles Butterworth as Harvey Clemp
- Eddie Quillan as Bob Benson
- June Clyde as Linda Clemp
- Lupe Vélez as The Jaguar Woman/Jane in Schnarzan Sequence
- George Givot as Liondora, aka Grand Royal Duke
- Richard Carle as Knapp
Uncredited cast
- Ted Healy as Reporter
- The Three Stooges as themselves
- Jeanne Olsen as Mrs. Jimmy Durante [previously married to Durante]
- Tom London as Paul Revere
- Edwin Maxwell as Producer Buddy Goldfish
- Arthur Treacher as Durante's Butler
- Robert Young as Radio Announcer
