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What Price Hollywood? (1932)

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

Drama

First intimate expose of the private life and glamorous loves of a Hollywood star

Release Date: 1932, June 24
Directors: George Cukor
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures, RKO Pathé Pictures
Cast: Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Harry Strang, Brooks Benedict, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Torben Meyer, Bryant Washburn, Gordon De Main, Eddie Dunn, Wilfred Lucas, Heinie Conklin, Paddy O'Flynn, Alice Adair

Overview:

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

Keywords:

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