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Show girl in Hollywood / First National Pictures presents ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy ; a First National & Vitaphone picture ; adapted by Harvey Thew.

LIBRA DVD PN1997 .S5703 2009
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Motion picture adaptation of (work): McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958, Hollywood girl., author.
Contributor:
LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987, film director.
Thew, Harvey, screenwriter.
White, Alice, 1907-1983, actor.
Mulhall, Jack, 1887-1979, actor.
Sweet, Blanche, actor.
Sterling, Ford, 1882-1939, actor.
Miljan, John, 1893-1960, actor.
Sale, Virginia, actor.
Shumway, Lee, actor.
Bing, Herman, 1889-1947, actor.
First National Pictures, Inc., presenter.
Vitaphone Corp., film production company.
Turner Entertainment Co., publisher.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Archive collection
WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958--Film adaptations.
McEvoy, J. P.
Women entertainers--Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Drama.
Women entertainers.
Motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
Motion picture industry.
Suicide--Drama.
Suicide.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Drama.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
California--Los Angeles.
California--Los Angeles--Hollywood.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Musical films.
Show business films.
Film adaptations.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Showgirl in Hollywood
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
Language Note:
English dialogue.
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full-screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Summary:
When Jimmy Doyle's Broadway musical is a flop, he takes his rejected star, Dixie Dugan, to a nightclub where she does her number again. Buelow, a Hollywood film director, sees her and persuades her to come to film land for a part in his new picture. In Hollywood, Dixie meets Donna Harris, a down-and-out actress who is trying to put up a front; and Otis, the producer, is tired of Buelow and fires him. He discovers that Jimmy is the author of the show he is producing and hires him; but when Dixie gets the leading role, she becomes temperamental and conceited, demanding a new director and changes in the story. After Otis fires her and cancels the picture, Donna, also having lost her job, attempts suicide but is saved by Dixie and Jimmy.
Participant:
Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Ford Sterling, John Miljan, Virginia Sale, Lee Shumway, Herman Bing.
Credits:
Photography by Sol Polito ; edited by Peter Fritch ; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein.
Notes:
"Based on the story by J.P. McEvoy."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
OCLC:
682568388
Publisher Number:
883316224779
88331622477

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