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Release Date: 1937

Cast: Glenda Farrell, Dick Powell, Ted Healy, Raymond Paige, Rosemary Lane, Benny Goodman, Grant Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Lola Lane, Johnnie Davis, Hugh Herbert, Edgar Kennedy ...MORE

Cast: Glenda Farrell, Dick Powell, Ted Healy, Raymond Paige, Rosemary Lane, Benny Goodman, Grant Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Lola Lane, Johnnie Davis, Hugh Herbert, Edgar Kennedy, Allyn Joslyn, Alan Mowbray, Louella Parsons, Frances Langford ...LESS

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Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American film, directed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, and Ted Healy. Ronald Reagan, Benny Goodman and Harry James (a member of Goodman's band) also appear. It is best remembered for the featured song "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often... MORE

Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American film, directed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, and Ted Healy. Ronald Reagan, Benny Goodman and Harry James (a member of Goodman's band) also appear. It is best remembered for the featured song "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Johnnie Davis and Frances Langford, accompanied by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often satirical, to the movie industry and the path to film stardom. Louella Parsons, a famous gossip columnist, created the concept of Hollywood Hotel. Ronald Reagan began to know Parsons on the set. It is the story of a young musician Dick Powell, sent to Hollywood, to become a star. It doesn't work out at first but he triumphs in the end. Great musical numbers and light comedy. In his second (but uncredited) film appearance, a youthful Ronald Reagan appears briefly as the announcer during a scene at a Hollywood film premiere. The film also co-stars comedian Ted Healy, as a wise-cracking Hollywood LESS