Going Hollywood [VHS]
by Raoul Walsh
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Actor: Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Marion Davies, Ned Sparks, Stuart ErwinDirector: Raoul Walsh
Cinematographer: George J. Folsey
Editor: Frank Sullivan
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer: Frances Marion
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 78 minutes
Release Date: 1995-02-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Going Hollywood [VHS]
Movie Review: fine Crosby vehicle
Summary: 5 Stars
Going Hollywood stars Bing Crosby as Bill 'Billy' Williams, a famous singer and actor bound for Hollywood to make a new movie. Marion Davies does a good job as Sylvia Bruce, a somewhat flighty stalker who follows Bill cross country to Hollywood in the hopes of making him fall in love with her. Look also for great supporting roles from Fifi D'Orsay who plays Lili Yvonne, Bill's current lover and Patsy Kelly as Jill Barker, a nice young woman who takes in Sylvia when Sylvia arrives in California looking for Bill. In addition, the movie plot goes along at a good pace; and the convincing acting impresses me.
After impulsively leaving the fancy Briarcroft's School for Girls, Sylvia does indeed follow Bill Williams on a train, taking a job as Lili's maid to pay her passage when she runs out of money. Of course, from the get go Sylvia and Lili don't really get along; they don't like each other and worse yet they both want the same man--Bill! Sylvia manages to get small chorus parts for herself and her roommate Jill in the same movie that stars Bill Williams and Lili Yvonne. That's when the action REALLY starts.
How will Bill get through a tough situation in which both women want him? How will he treat Sylvia, who essentially stalks him, when he finds out she's on the train from New York to Hollywood? Will Bill stay with Lili or leave her for Sylvia--ever? What about the movie they're making--will it suffer because of this triangular relationship? No spoilers here--you'll have to watch the movie to find out.
I agree with a reviewer who writes that the print is indeed rather dark; the cinematography could have been better or maybe this is a print copied from a much older print decades ago. The choreography shows great forethought in scenes from the movie they're making with huge numbers of extras all dancing; and the scenes at Grand Central Station in New York also reflect great choreography.
In short, Going Hollywood is a great film even if it is fluffy. Sylvia stalks Bill but in such a way that you know she's not really evil nor is she crazy. I highly recommend this film for Bing Crosby fans; and fans of early MGM musicals will like this one, too.
Enjoy!
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