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Showgirl in Hollywood is a 1930 American Pre-Code all-talking musical comedy-drama film with Technicolor sequences, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Alice White, Jack Mulhall and Blanche Sweet. It was adapted from the 1929 novel Hollywood Girl, by J. P. McEvoy.
Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Noah Beery, Walter Pidgeon, and Loretta Young make cameo appearances in the final reel, which was photographed in Technicolor. Showgirl in Hollywood is a sequel to the 1928 Warner Bros. silent film Show Girl which also starred Alice White as Dixie Dugan.
A French version of the film, titled Le masque d'Hollywood, was directed by Clarence G. Badger and John Daumery.
Original Release
04/20/1930
US Release
04/20/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice White | Dixie Dugan |
Jack Mulhall | Jimmie Doyle |
Blanche Sweet | Donny Harris |
Ford Sterling | Sam Otis - The Producer / Sam Otis |
John Miljan | Frank Buelow, The Director / Frank Buelow |
Virginia Sale | Otis' Secretary / Miss J. Rule |
Lee Shumway | Kramer |
Herman Bing | Bing |
Noah Beery Jr. | Noah Beery Jr. - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Noah Beery Jr. |
Noah Beery | Noah Beery Sr. - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Noah Beery |
Directors
Writers
J.P. McEvoy, Harvey F. Thew, Jimmy Starr
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alice White | Dixie Dugan |
Jack Mulhall | Jimmie Doyle |
Blanche Sweet | Donny Harris |
Ford Sterling | Sam Otis - The Producer / Sam Otis |
John Miljan | Frank Buelow, The Director / Frank Buelow |
Virginia Sale | Otis' Secretary / Miss J. Rule |
Lee Shumway | Kramer |
Herman Bing | Bing |
Noah Beery Jr. | Noah Beery Jr. - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Noah Beery Jr. |
Noah Beery | Noah Beery Sr. - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Noah Beery |
Maurice Black | Actor in Scene |
Billy Bletcher | Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors |
Maxine Cantway | Chorus Girl |
James Conaty | Story Editor in Buelow's Office / Story Editor |
Jack Deery | Audience Member |
Lew Harvey | Actor in Scene |
Stuart Holmes | Actor Removing Make-Up in Restaurant |
Al Jolson | Al Jolson - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Al Jolsen |
Ruby Keeler | Ruby Keeler - Cameo Appearance at Premiere / Ruby Keeler |
Natalie Moorhead | Blonde Actress with Frank Buelow at Premiere / Frank Buelow's Premiere Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert North | Producer |