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Movie Crazy 
Original PosterDirected by Clyde Bruckman
Harold Lloyd (uncredited)Produced by Harold Lloyd (uncredited) Written by Vincent Lawrence Starring Harold Lloyd
Constance Cummings
Kenneth ThomsonMusic by Alfred Newman (uncredited) Cinematography Walter Lundin Editing by Bernard W. Burton Studio The Harold Lloyd Film Corporation Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) August 12, 1932 Running time 98 minutes Country United States Language English Movie Crazy is a 1932 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature.
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Plot
Harold Hall, a young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in the movies.
After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test, and goes off to Hollywood. At the studio, he does everything wrong and causes all sorts of trouble. But he catches the fancy of a beautiful actress, and eventually the studio owner recognizes him as a comic genius.
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as Harold Hall / Trouble
- Constance Cummings as Mary Sears
- Kenneth Thomson as Vance
- Louise Closser Hale as Mrs Kitterman
- Spencer Charters as J.L. O'Brien
- Robert McWade as Wesley Kitterman, Producer
- Eddie Fetherston as Bill (assistant director)
- Sydney Jarvis as The Director
- Harold Goodwin as Miller
- Mary Doran as Margie
- DeWitt Jennings as Mr Hall
- Lucy Beaumont as Mrs Hall
- Arthur Housman as Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
Background
The film was a major box office success. An estimated $675,000 was spent on the production and the film grossed over $1,439,000 in the United States alone. The film also proved to be a major critical success as the vast majority of film reviewers praised the picture highly. [1]
Renewed interest in Harold Lloyd
In 1962, the scenes from this film were included in a compilation film produced by Harold Lloyd himself entitled Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and created a renewal of interest in the comedian by introducing him to a whole new generation.
See also
References
- ^ Los Angeles Times - Apr 10, 1932 - Page B15; New York Times - September 15, 1932 - Page F5; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 17, 1932 - Page 16 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UZEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5933,1391741&dq=1932+movie-crazy&hl=en
External links
- Movie Crazy at the Internet Movie Database
- Movie Crazy at AllRovi
- Movie Crazy at the TCM Movie Database
- Movie Crazy at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:- 1932 films
- American films
- English-language films
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- Black-and-white films
- Films about actors
- Films directed by Clyde Bruckman
- Films directed by Harold Lloyd
- 1930s comedy film stubs
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