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Crashing Hollywood (1938)

Crashing Hollywood poster
Directed by
Lew Landers
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about people trying to make it in Hollywood. A writer and an actress get caught up in a series of mishaps with gangsters and movie executives.

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What happens

Crashing Hollywood is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Paul Yawitz and Gladys Atwater. The film stars Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Lee Patrick and Bradley Page. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by RKO Pictures. It is based on the 1922 play of the same title by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, previous adapted into the 1923 silent film Lights Out. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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