Underplayed Gems

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade poster
Directed by
Malcolm St. Clair, Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young performer rises through early Hollywood from slapstick comedies to the talkies. She navigates the changing movie industry with charm and determination.

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What happens

Hollywood Cavalcade is a 1939 American film featuring Alice Faye as a young performer making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from slapstick silent pictures through the transition from silent to sound. Famous directors and actors from the silent film era appear in the picture including Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton, Chester Conklin and Ben Turpin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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