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What Price Hollywood? (1932)

What Price Hollywood? poster
Directed by
George Cukor
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hollywood waitress rises to stardom with help from a washed-up director. Her fame strains their friendship and leads to tragedy.

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What happens

What Price Hollywood? is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Jane Murfin and Ben Markson is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns and Louis Stevens. The supporting cast features Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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