Hollywood Speaks

Hollywood Speaks
Directed byEdward Buzzell
Written byNorman Krasna
Jo Swerling
Based onstory by Norman Krasna
StarringGenevieve Tobin
Pat O'Brien
Leni Stengel
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byGene Havlick
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 25, 1932 (1932-06-25)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hollywood Speaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Genevieve Tobin, Pat O'Brien and Leni Stengel. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

A despairing young actress is stopped from committing suicide by a gossip columnist who decides to fashion her into a major star.

Cast

Production

Columbia announced the film in August 1931.[1]

It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932.[2] The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star.[3]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."[4]

References

  1. ^ PRODUCERS TO WHACK ENEMIES Los Angeles Times August 6, 1931: A9.
  2. ^ MANY WRITERS ADDED TO COLUMBIA'S STAFF Los Angeles Times April 17, 1932: B11.
  3. ^ FINEST DRAMA DUE ON SCREEN: Los Angeles Times April 25, 1932: A7.
  4. ^ Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17.


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