Hoop-La (1933)
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16% want to see it
(199 ratings)
Clara Bow, the saucy "It" girl of the silent screen, made her film farewell in the ragged musical drama Hoopla. Based on the stage play The Barker (previously filmed in 1927), the story takes place during the Chicago World's Fair of 1933. Bow plays Lou, a hootchy-kootchy dancer who is… More Clara Bow, the saucy "It" girl of the silent screen, made her film farewell in the ragged musical drama Hoopla. Based on the stage play The Barker (previously filmed in 1927), the story takes place during the Chicago World's Fair of 1933. Bow plays Lou, a hootchy-kootchy dancer who is catapulted into stardom by fast-talking barker Nifty (Preston S. Foster). Hoping to escape her tawdry existence, Lou makes a play for handsome young naif Chris (Richard Cromwell), but by film's end she has bowed to the inevitable and returns to the sort of work she knows best. Despite excellent production values and a big-time promotional campaign, Hoopla was a bomb, convincing the ever-insecure Clara Bow to retire to private life as the wife of cowboy star and future Nevada politician Rex Bell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Lloyd
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Drama
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
It's kind of an embarrassment for Bow, and it makes for a poor exit from the Hollywood machine that chewed her up and spit her out.
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Cast
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Clara Bow
as Lou
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Preston S. Foster
as Nifty
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Richard Cromwell
as Chris
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Herbert Mundin
as Hap
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James Gleason
as Jerry
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Florence Roberts
as Ma Benson
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Roger Imhof
as Col. Gowdy
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Minna Gombell
as Carrie
