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What Price Hollywood?

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"First intimate expose of the private life and glamorous loves of a Hollywood star"

Duration

1h 28m

Release

24 Jun 1932

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

Plot

The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.

Cast

Constance BennettLowell ShermanNeil Hamilton

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10Rotten Tomatoes: 83%

Details

Director

George Cukor

Writers

Gene FowlerRowland BrownAdela Rogers St. Johns

Budget

$411,676

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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