HOLLYWOOD HOTEL

Hollywood Hotel
First National. / Warner Bros., 1937, B/W, 109 minutes
General release January, 1938

Lavish Busby Berkeley-helmed musical stars Dick Powell as a jazz saxophonist who wins a 10-week contract with a film studio in a talent contest. After getting caught between a pretty starlet and her equally fetching sister, he appears on the popular "Hollywood Hotel" radio show and becomes a superstar. With Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, and, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. Songs include "Hooray for Hollywood," "Let That Be a Lesson to You," "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star," and more.


Produced by: Samuel Bischoff
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Written by: Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo
Original Music by: Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
Musical Numbers Staged by: Busby Berkeley
Musical Director: Leo F. Forbstein
Musical Arrangements by: Fletcher Henderson
Art Director: Robert Haas
Costumes: Orry-Kelly
Directors of Photography: George Barnes, Charles Rosher
Film Editor: George Amy

Cast: Dick Powell [Ronnie Bowers], Rosemary Lane [Virginia Stanton], Lola Lane [Mona Marshall], Hugh Herbert [Chester Marshall], Ted Healy [Fuzzy], Glenda Farrell [Jonesey], Johnny "Scat" Davis [Georgia], Alan Mowbray [Alexander Dupre], William Clogston [Mr. Movies], Mabel Todd [Dot Marshall], Allyn Joslyn [Bernie Walton], Grant Mitchell [B. L. Faulken], Edgar Kennedy [Callaghan], Fritz Feld [The Russian], Eddie Acuff [Cameraman], Louella Parsons [Herself], Frances Langford [Alice Craine], Raymond Paige [Himself], Jerry Cooper [Himself], Ken Niles [Himself], Duane Thompson [Switchboard Operator], Benny Goodman [Himself], Benny Goodman Orchestra [Themselves]

Musical Program: "Sing, You Son of a Gun" (sung by The Company); "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (sung by The Company); "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" (sung by Rosemary Lane with Raymond Paige and His Orchestra); "I'm Like a Fish out of Water" (sung by Dick Powell and Rosemary Lane); "Silhouetted in the Moonlight" (reprised by Jerry Cooper and Frances Langford); "Let That Be a Lesson to You" (sung by Johnnie Davis, Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Ted Healy and Chorus with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra); "Sing, Sing, Sing" / "I've Got a Heartful of Music" (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra); "I've Hitched My Wagon to a Star" (sung by Dick Powell with Raymond Paige and His Orchestra); "Hooray for Hollywood" (sung by Dick Powell, Johnny "Scat" Davis Frances Langford and Gene Krupa with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra); "California, Here I Come" (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra); "Ochi Tchornya" (played by Raymond Paige and His Orchestra); "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas"; "Blue Moon"