1929 film
The Talk of Hollywood is a 1929 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Nat Carr, Fay Marbe and Hope Sutherland.[1] It was shot at the New York studios of RKO Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté. The film parodies the rush by Hollywood to convert to sound film production in the late 1920s, and leading moguls such as Samuel Goldwyn.
Synopsis
Following the arrival of talkies, film tycoon J. Pierpont Ginsburg decides to throw all his money and energies into a musical extravaganza and imports a top French star from Paris to appear in it.
Cast
Production credits
The production credits on the film were as follows:
- Mark Sandrich - director and story
- Nat Carr - story
- Darby Aaronson - dialogue
- Frank Melford - production manager
- Harold Godsoe - assistant director
- Frank Kingsley - casting director
- Al Piantadosi - songs and orchestration
- Jack Glogau - songs and orchestration
- George Oschmann - recording engineer
- John Dolan - recording engineer
- Russell G. Shields - editor
- Ernst Fegté - art director
- Walter Strenge - chief cinematographer
See also
References
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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