Remembrance Wall

Title: Hollywood

Date: 1923

Distributor: Famous Players-Lasky

Director: James Cruze

Cast: Hope Drown, Luke Cosgrave, George K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette, Harris Gordon, Bess Flowers, Eleanor Lawson, King Zany, Roscoe Arbuckle. A number of screen celebrities appear as themselves in the film.

Summary: Angela Whitaker and her grandfather Joel move to Hollywood. She hopes to be a movie star and he hopes the climate will help restore his health. To Angela’s dismay, her grandfather is the one who gets the parts. When Lem, Angela’s boyfriend from home, and the rest of her family come to Hollywood to rescue Joel from the evils of Hollywood, they, too, become actors.

Notes: One of the first satires of Hollywood. At the time he made this film, James Cruze was the world’s highest paid director.