Make Me a Star (film)
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| Make Me a Star | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Produced by | B.P. Schulberg(uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | Sam Mintz Walter Deleon Arthur Kober |
| Based on | Merton of the Movies 1922 novel & play by Harry Leon Wilson George S. Kaufman (play) Marc Connelly (play) Moss Hart (play) |
| Starring | Joan Blondell Stuart Erwin ZaSu Pitts Ben Turpin |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
| Edited by | Edward Dmytryk LeRoy Stone |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release dates
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July 1, 1932 |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Make Me a Star is a 1932 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and ZaSu Pitts. The film is a remake of the 1924 silent Merton of the Movies and in 1947 as Merton of the Movies (1947 film).[1]
Plot summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A small-town delivery boy Merton Gill (Stuart Erwin) arrives in Hollywood, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and complete with a diploma from the National Correspondence Academy of Acting. Crashing the gates of Majestic Pictures Merton manages to fumble his one line bit in the latest Buck Benson (George Templeton) western and is fired on the spot.[2]
Main cast
- Joan Blondell as 'Flips' Montague
- Stuart Erwin as Merton Gill
- ZaSu Pitts as Mrs. Scudder
- Ben Turpin as Ben
- Charles Sellon as Mr. Gashwiler
- Florence Roberts as Mrs. Gashwiler
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Tessie Kearns
- Arthur Hoyt as Hardy Powell
- George Templeton as Buck Benson
- Ruth Donnelly as The Countess
- Sam Hardy as Jeff Baird
- Oscar Apfel as Henshaw
Cameo Appearances (as Themselves):
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Clive Brook
- Maurice Chevalier
- Claudette Colbert
- Gary Cooper
- Phillips Holmes
- Fredric March
- Jack Oakie
- Charles Ruggles
- Sylvia Sidney
References
- ↑ Marshall, p. 153
- ↑ Make Me a Star: Details, allmovie.com; accessed September 23, 2015.
Bibliography
- Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Make Me a Star at IMDb
- Make Me a Star at AllMovie
- Make Me a Star at the TCM Movie Database
- Make Me a Star at the American Film Institute Catalog
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