Hollywood on Parade
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Hollywood on Parade is a series of short subject
s released by Paramount Studios.
's first appearance on film, as cited by historians, because it was mistaken for a 1932 short when Criterion Pictures acquired the shorts for television distribution and slapped a generic title card on all with a 1932 copyright notice.
In fact, # B-9 was a 1934 Paramount release, and most likely filmed during a loan-out period for Howard from MGM
, around the same time Ted Healy
and the Three Stooges
costarred in Myrt and Marge (1933) for Universal Studios
.
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
s released by Paramount Studios.
Production background
One short (# B-9) is frequently misidentified as Curly HowardCurly Howard
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...
's first appearance on film, as cited by historians, because it was mistaken for a 1932 short when Criterion Pictures acquired the shorts for television distribution and slapped a generic title card on all with a 1932 copyright notice.
In fact, # B-9 was a 1934 Paramount release, and most likely filmed during a loan-out period for Howard from MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
, around the same time Ted Healy
Ted Healy
Ted Healy was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. He is chiefly remembered today as the original creator of the Three Stooges, but had a successful stage and film career of his own.- Early life :...
and the Three Stooges
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
costarred in Myrt and Marge (1933) for Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
.
Cast
- Baby Peggy
- Bonnie BonnellBonnie BonnellBonnie Bonnell was an actress who played "straight woman" in seven early short comedies, most of which featured The Three Stooges when they worked with Ted Healy between 1933 and 1934.-Career:...
- Brox SistersBrox SistersThe Brox Sisters were an American trio of singing sisters, enjoying their greatest popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s.-Early life:The members were*Bobbe...
- Gary CooperGary CooperFrank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
- Cary GrantCary GrantArchibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...
- Buster CrabbeBuster CrabbeClarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...
- Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
- Frankie DarroFrankie DarroFrankie Darro was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a character actor and voice-over artist.-Early life:Darro...
- Jimmy DuranteJimmy DuranteJames Francis "Jimmy" Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s...
- Larry FineLarry FineLouis Feinberg , known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American comedian and actor, who is best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges.-Early life:...
- Richard Gallagher
- Mack GordonMack GordonMack Gordon was an American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know"...
- Ted HealyTed HealyTed Healy was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. He is chiefly remembered today as the original creator of the Three Stooges, but had a successful stage and film career of his own.- Early life :...
- Moe HowardMoe HowardMoses Harry Horwitz , known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades...
- Curly HowardCurly HowardJerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...
- Béla LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
- Bonnie PoeBonnie PoeBonnie Poe was an American actress, best known for providing the voice for the Fleischer Studios animated character Betty Boop beginning in 1933. She was also the initial voice for the character Olive Oyl in that studio's series of Popeye cartoons...
- Edward Everett HortonEdward Everett HortonEdward Everett Horton was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. He is especially known for his work in the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.-Early life:Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Isabella...
- Tim McCoyTim McCoyCol. Tim McCoy was an American actor, military officer, and expert on American Indian life and customs.-Early years:...
- Harry RevelHarry RevelHarry Revel was an English composer of musical theatre.Revel was born in London. Before emigrating to the United States in 1929, he wrote musicals for productions in Paris, Copenhagen, Vienna and London....
- Ginger RogersGinger RogersGinger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
- Ben TurpinBen TurpinBen Turpin was a cross-eyed American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.-Personal life:...
- Bert Wheeler
- Anna May WongAnna May WongAnna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
- Robert WoolseyRobert WoolseyRobert Woolsey was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey....
- Ed WynnEd WynnEd Wynn was a popular American comedian and actor noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor....
- Stuart ErwinStuart ErwinStuart Erwin was an American actor. Erwin began acting in college in the 1920s, first appearing on the stage, then breaking into films in 1928 in Mother Knows Best...
List of shorts
NOTE: This list is probably incomplete.- Hollywood on Parade # A-1 (released August 26, 1932)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-2 (released September 23, 1932)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-3 (released October 21, 1932)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-4 (released November 18, 1932)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-5 (released December 16, 1932)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-6 (released January 13, 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-7 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-8Hollywood on Parade No. A-8Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 is an Paramount Pictures short starring Bela Lugosi and Betty Boop.- Plot summary :The waxwork figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduces various stars from the Hollywood Hall of Fame. and tells the audience about the various stars such as Clara Bow. Clara...
(released March 10, 1933) - Hollywood on Parade # A-9 (released April 7, 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-10 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-11 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # A-12 (released June 30, 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-1 (released August 18, 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-2 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-3 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-4 (released 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-5 (released December 1933)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-6 (released January 5, 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-7 (released February 2, 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-8 (released March 30, 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-9 (released 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-10 (released 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-11 (released 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-12 (released 1934)
- Hollywood on Parade # B-13 (released July 20, 1934)