4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 30, 2022

Here is a film so completely attuned to Hollywood celebrity and fandom in its heyday. We open on Hollywood fashion magazines full of stockings and lipstick, and glossies of Greta Garbo & Clark Gable. Then, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) pushes her retractable bed into the wall to head off to...   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on October 25, 2015

In the first part of this series I took a capsule look at the Studio System with a nod to the use of drugs in order to produce and package the huge amount of product. It was not a complete look as many smaller operations such as PARAMOUNT PICTURES, RKO...   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on June 21, 2015

THE STUDIO GATES This is a slightly different look at the Hollywood myth – mainly because we are going to take a ‘hardboiled” look at some of the ideas that nostalgic sites gloss over. Not all sites do yet this is an important part of the Hollywood story.  Gloss over,...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 2, 2015

In previous months, my Pre-Code Crazy pick has always been a film that I’ve seen numerous times before. And while I was initially quite certain that this month’s selection also fit into that category, it turns out that I’d actually never seen it before! Oh, I’d seen the film’s beginning...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 24, 2014

It’s safe to say I know a lot about Hollywood; whether it’s reviewing movies or, by extension, reviewing movies about the art of making movies there’s no escaping the glittering pool of the silver screen.  It could explain the proliferation of behind-the-curtain features I watch.    read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on August 11, 2013

On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre we look at the story of John Barrymore, or the story of Frank Fay and Barbara Stanwyck, or the story of Colleen Moore and John McCormick, or the story of ... well, anyway, here's "What Price Hollywood," or A Star Is Torn.   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on August 11, 2013

On this edition of Neglected Post Theatre we look at the story of John Barrymore, or the story of Frank Fay and Barbara Stanwyck, or the story of Colleen Moore and John McCormick, or the story of ... well, anyway, here's "What Price Hollywood," or A Star Is Torn.   read more

The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on January 25, 2013

(Image: moviecovers.com) Mary Evans (Constance Bennett) is a waitress with aspirations of making it in Hollywood, but she realizes it’s rare to make it big in a town full of people who have the same goal. But while working at a diner, she befriends Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), a director...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on February 26, 2012

What Price Hollywood?(1932). Drama directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Ben Markson, and Jane Murfin is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers. While wor   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on January 28, 2011

Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman and Gregory Ratoff in What Price Hollywood? I’ll admit I originally wanted to see What Price Hollywood? because I knew it was an important influence on William A Wellman’s masterpiece A Star Is Born, released just five years later. (David O Selznick prod   read more