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After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Eddie Fetherston
- Bill - Assistant Director
- (as Eddie Fetherstone)
DeWitt Jennings
- Mr. Hall
- (as De Witt Jennings)
Bruce Bennett
- Dinner Guest
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
- Harold's Classmate Bill
- (uncredited)
James Ford
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Wally Howe
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaClyde Bruckman is the credited director, but most of the film was actually directed by Harold Lloyd due to Bruckman's often being incapacitated due to his alcoholism.
- GoofsDuring flood/fight scene, "Vance" has a noose wrapped around his ankle. As the scene progresses, Vance is seen kneeling with no rope attached. In the next scene, the rope is again around his ankle as the fight continues.
- Quotes
Radio Broadcaster: [First lines] You have been listening to the Voice of Hollywood. That enchanted town. Here is the place where adventure came riding in on the magic rug and spilled its magic on those below. Where else can fame spread her wings so fast? The youth today is a star tomorrow. All is gay!
- Alternate versions1953 re-release version through Monarch Films is edited to 79 minutes. This was the only version shown on television for years. In April 2003 Turner Classic Movies channel premiered the newly restored version, mastered by the UCLA Film & Television Archive from the original film elements. This version is fully restored and runs 98 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in World of Comedy (1962)
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If You're Looking for Trouble
Littleton, Kansas resident Harold Lloyd (as Harold Hall) is "Movie Crazy", much to the dismay of his parents. He writes to a film studio after reading, in a movie magazine, that "Hollywood is looking for new faces." Mr. Lloyd mistakenly sends the wrong face to "Planet Film Company"; and, they invite the handsome hunk to Hollywood, for a screen test. In tinsel town, Lloyd falls for not only the cameras, but also starlet Constance Cummings (Mary Sears).
Lloyd sounds great, in a worthy talkie at last. It's not the best (or most original) story around, but "Movie Crazy" has some terrific moments. Lloyd's early adventures on the set, and losing a shoe in the rain are very nicely done. Ms. Cummings is a cunning attraction, delightful in almost a dual role; she and Lloyd make a good couple. An even better partner helps lighten the film considerably, when Lloyd makes "magic" with dancing partner Louise Closser Hale (as Mrs. Kitterman). Rats!
******* Movie Crazy (8/12/32) Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd ~ Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson
Lloyd sounds great, in a worthy talkie at last. It's not the best (or most original) story around, but "Movie Crazy" has some terrific moments. Lloyd's early adventures on the set, and losing a shoe in the rain are very nicely done. Ms. Cummings is a cunning attraction, delightful in almost a dual role; she and Lloyd make a good couple. An even better partner helps lighten the film considerably, when Lloyd makes "magic" with dancing partner Louise Closser Hale (as Mrs. Kitterman). Rats!
******* Movie Crazy (8/12/32) Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd ~ Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson
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- Mar 16, 2008
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- The Unwilling Magician
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- Budget
- $675,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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