Hollywood Story (1951)
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Economically utilizing the Universal Studio itself as a "set," Hollywood Story is a murder mystery centered in the film capital. The story concerns a long-unsolved homicide case involving several silent-film stars (an echo of the William Desmond Taylor scandal of 1922). Producer Richard… More Economically utilizing the Universal Studio itself as a "set," Hollywood Story is a murder mystery centered in the film capital. The story concerns a long-unsolved homicide case involving several silent-film stars (an echo of the William Desmond Taylor scandal of 1922). Producer Richard Conte decides to make a movie based on the case, and to this end rounds up its surviving participants, including a once-great star/director (Henry Hull) reduced to bit parts. The denouement holds no surprises for mystery fans, but is effectively staged by director William Castle. Hollywood Story is given the aura of verisimilitude by the presence of several silent-movie celebrities (including William Farnum and Francis X. Bushman) as "themselves." Also appearing in an unheralded bit part is Elmo Lincoln, moviedom's first "Tarzan." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Castle
- Written By
- Frederick Kohner, Frederick Brady
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A fairly absorbing crime thriller whose plot involves a look at Hollywood's silent stars.
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Cast
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Richard Conte
as Larry O'Brien
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Julie Adams
as Sally Rousseau
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Richard Egan
as Lt. Lennox
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Henry Hull
as Vincent St. Clair
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Fred Clark
as Sam Collyer
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Jim Backus
as Mitch Davis
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Houseley Stevenson Sr.
as Mr. Miller
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Paul Cavanagh
as Roland Paul
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Katherine Meskill
as Mary
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Louis Lettieri
as Jimmy
- Betty Blythe
- Francis X. Bushman
- William Farnum
- Helen Gibson
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Joel McCrea
as Guest
