365 Nights in Hollywood

365 Nights in Hollywood
Fox Films, 1934, B/W, 77 minutes, ***
Released October, 1934

Starstruck Illinois gal Alice Faye arrives in Hollywood dreaming of a movie career, but instead enrolls in a fly-by-night acting school run by two con men. When a wealthy man agrees to finance a film, the scheming school owners hatch a plot to sabotage it in this song-filled comedy, long thought to be a "lost film." With James Dunn, Frank Mitchell.

Produced by: Sol M. Wurtzel
Directed by: George Marshall
Screen Play: William Conselman and Henry Johnson
Based on a book of short stories by James Starr
Musical Director: Samuel Kaylin
Music: Richard Whiting
Lyrics: Sidney Clare
Musical Numbers Created and Staged by: Sammy Lee
Settings: Duncan Cramer, Albert Hogsett
Gowns: Royer
Sound: Bernard Freericks
Photography: Harry Jackson

Cast: James Dunn [Jimmy Dale], Alice Faye [Alice Perkins], Mitchell and Durant: Frank Mitchell [Percy], Jack Durant [Clarence], John Bradford [Adrian Almont], Grant Mitchell [J. Walter Delmar], Frank Melton [Frank Young], John Qualen [Professor Ellenbogen], Additional Cast: Ray Cooke [Assistant Director], Addison Richards [Assistant District Attorney], Arthur Housman [Drunk], Tyler Brooke [Casting Director], Paul McVey [Cameraman], Dick Whiting [Composer], Ben Hall [Student Actor], James Conlin [Heeber], Frank Sully [Iron Worker], Al Klein [Prop Man]

Musical Program: [0:16] Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay (excerpt sung by residents of boarding home); [0:17] Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day (short excerpt sung by boarding house resident immitating Bing Crosby); [0:19] Hold Your Man (excerpt sung by Alice Faye impersonating Jean Harlow); [0:36] Yes to You (sung by Alice Faye and composers working on the new song); [0:39] Yes to You (production number performed by Alice Faye, John Bradford and Chorus); [1:04] My Future Star (finale production number performed by Alice Faye, James Dunn and Chorus)