Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big part... Read allJimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party for him so that he might use the lions in his next movie, but his film rival sneaks into... Read allJimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party for him so that he might use the lions in his next movie, but his film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante can.
- Servant at Party
- (uncredited)
- Scientific Pedant
- (uncredited)
- Singer of 'Feelin' High'
- (uncredited)
- Durante's Barber
- (uncredited)
- Big Bad Wolf
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Durante's Butler
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Richard Boleslawski(uncredited)
- Allan Dwan(additional sequences) (uncredited)
- Edmund Goulding(uncredited)
- Writers
- Howard Dietz
- Arthur Kober
- Richy Craig Jr.(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor years the "Hot Choc'late Soldiers" animated sequence, created by Walt Disney Studios, could not be shown as part of this movie, because in 1934 Disney had licensed only movie-theatre rights and had reserved the sequence's TV rights for his own company. Finally, in 1992, Ted Turner's company, which then owned the rights to the MGM archive, settled with the Disney company and released a video version of the film containing "Hot Choc'late Soldiers". [Unfortunately, the transition scene, with Mickey Mouse at the piano in B&W and the "Hot Choc-late Soldiers" sheet music in Technicolor, was not properly reconstructed, so only the Technicolor portion of the scene is visible. NOTE: while the previous sentence may have been true in 1992, the movie now contains the B&W transition scene.]
- GoofsWhile Jimmy is giving his welcoming speech to his party guests, the scene briefly shifts back to the orchestra, still playing, but with no audio.
- Alternate versionsOlder television prints of "Hollywood Party" run 63 minutes, and exclude the appearance by Mickey Mouse, as well as the Disney Technicolor cartoon "Hot Chocolate Soldiers".
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksHollywood Party
(1934) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Frances Williams with chorus
The jist of the plot is that Schnarzan (Durante) is losing his audience for his jungle jaunt movies since the death of his original lion. People think that the subsequent lions he wrestles in his films are flimsy excuses for courageous carnivores and box office receipts are beginning to drop. His producer says that he can guarantee a hit if Durante can procure one or more of the lions of the famous Baron Munchausen who is a renowned hunter of wild beasts. Durante decides to wine and dine the baron at his mansion and give a big party in his honor.
There are a couple of very good precode musical numbers in this film including the title song featuring scantily clad chorus girls in various states of undressing/dressing and singing and dancing telephone operators dressed up in weird metallic outfits. At the party Lupe Valez spars with Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges put in an appearance back when they were still with Ted Healy, and there is an early musical cartoon number involving chocolate soldiers with music by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Finally there are Charles Butterworth and Polly Moran as a wealthy oil magnate and his wife who have some hilarious moments.
If you don't know who any of the people I just mentioned are, you are probably not going to like this film. If you know who all or most of them are you are sure to enjoy it as one of the last pre code films made, released just one month before strict enforcement of the code began.
- AlsExGal
- Jun 26, 2010
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- Hollywood Revue of 1933
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1