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Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
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54 min | Western

Hollywood Round-Up (1937)

Passed

54 min | Western

One of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), plus RKO weighed in the same year with George ...See moreOne of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), plus RKO weighed in the same year with George O'Brien's "Hollywood Cowboy." It had been done before, RKO's 1933 "Scarlet River", and would be done again, "Shooting High" from 20th Century-Fox and Republic's "Bells of Rosarita", among others with a western setting, but this Coronet production with Buck Jones may well be the best of the lot as it devotes more footage to actual film-making both on studio sets and locations. One out-of-the norm plot incident has the studio head Lew Wallace offering a job to a fading star Carol Stevens, with a semi-apology for casting her in what he calls an "outdoor special" and she calls a "horse opry", and this scene in a B-western leaves no doubt that the B-western and it people were near the bottom of Hollywood's pecking order. The stereotypes are there, with Shemp Howard's over-zealous "assistant director" (who does calm down and gets more real when he loses his whistle), the ego-ridden "star" in Grant Drexel, and the deserving-to-be-the-star relegated to stand-in and stunts Buck Kennedy, but the remaining crew and player roles are realistic (especially the real stuntmen playing stuntmen). Buck Kennedy is the stand-in and double for star Grant Drexel and is fired when he has a fight with the bullying Drexel over Drexel's treatment of leading lady Carol Stephens. The movie company is on location, and a group of gangsters led by Eddie Kane and Lester Dorr, posing as another movie company, come to the location town and talk the banker into letting them film a fake holdup in his bank, but the holdup is real and the out-of-work Buck, whom they hire as the fall guy to cover their getaway, is left holding the bag and jailed by town sheriff Slim Whitaker. Things get worse for Buck before they get better. A mid-point sequence has hotel clerk George R. Beranger, who dreams of being a western star, performing a twittering, ballet-slippering audition for the checking-in film company by quoting lines from a western and asking them to identify the film. Shemp Howard guesses "Little Women." Written by Les Adams See less

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Buck Jones Buck Kennedy Buck Kennedy See fewer	The Range Feud (1931)
Helen Twelvetrees Carol Stephens Carol Stephens See fewer	Millie (1931)
Grant Withers Grant Drexel Grant Drexel See fewer	My Darling Clementine (1946)
Shemp Howard Oscar Bush Oscar Bush See fewer	Scrambled Brains (1951)
Dickie Jones Dickie Stephens Dickie Stephens See fewer	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Eddie Kane Henry Wescott Henry Wescott See fewer	The Big Wheel (1949)
Monte Collins Freddie Foster (as Monty Collins) Freddie Foster (as Monty Collins) See fewer	Campus Sleuth (1948)
Warren Jackson Director Perry King Director Perry King See fewer	The Secret Code (1942)
Lester Dorr Louis Lawson Louis Lawson See fewer	Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
Lee Shumway Banker Dunning Banker Dunning See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Edward Keane Lew Wallace Lew Wallace See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
George Beranger Hotel Clerk (as George A. Beranger) Hotel Clerk (as George A. Beranger) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Steve Clark Deputy (uncredited) Deputy (uncredited) See fewer	Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
Roger Daniel Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	Boy Slaves (1939)
George DeNormand Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Saloon Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	The Money Jungle (1967)
Frank Ellis Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) See fewer	Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
Donald Kerr Movie Set Crewman (uncredited) Movie Set Crewman (uncredited) See fewer	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
Johnny Luther Presentation Musician (uncredited) Presentation Musician (uncredited) See fewer	Stormy (1935)
Cliff Lyons Saloon Set Brawler (uncredited) Saloon Set Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	The Green Berets (1968)
William McCall Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) See fewer	Fighting Fate (1921)
Merrill McCormick Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) See fewer	A Son of the Desert (1928)
Bill Patton Jail Deputy (uncredited) Jail Deputy (uncredited) See fewer	The Last Chance (1926)
George Plues Saloon Brawler (uncredited) Saloon Brawler (uncredited) See fewer	The Call of the Heart (1928)
Catherine Sanford Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited) See fewer
Harry Semels Tony Papalini (uncredited) Tony Papalini (uncredited) See fewer	Les Misérables (1935)
Silver Silver - Buck's Horse (uncredited) Silver - Buck's Horse (uncredited) See fewer	Blood Will Tell (1927)
Rudy Sooter Presentation Musician (uncredited) Presentation Musician (uncredited) See fewer	Vice (I) (2018)
Slim Whitaker Sheriff (uncredited) Sheriff (uncredited) See fewer	A Streak of Luck (1925)
Bob Woodward Bank Robber Posing as Cowboy Actor (uncredited) Bank Robber Posing as Cowboy Actor (uncredited) See fewer	The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
Hank Worden Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) Saloon Set Extra (uncredited) See fewer	The Searchers (1956)
Jimmy Zahner Boy in Movie Theater (uncredited) Boy in Movie Theater (uncredited) See fewer	Little Men (1940)