The Talk of Hollywood (1929)

Schlock-movie producer J. Pierpont Ginsburg, after declaring, in a Yiddish accent, that "talking pictures are in their infantry," decides to put all of his savings into a big-budgeted musical, starring the sensation of Paris (with a bad French accent), Adore Renee, and a swishy leading man, Reginald Whitlock. Meanwhile, his daughter, Judy Ginsburg, gets involved in a romance with Ginsburg's Gentile lawyer, John Applegate. His efforts aren't helped any by the projectionist who mixes up the sound-disc reels, with the images not matching the dialogue and sound effects, during a showing for prospective film buyers and exhibitors.
- Released
- 1929-12-10
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mark Sandrich
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Nat Carr as J. Pierpont Ginsburg
- Fay Marbe as Adore Renée
- Hope Sutherland as Ruth Ginsburg
- Sherling Oliver as John Applegate
- Edward LeSaint as Edward Hamilton
- Gilbert Marbe as Reginald Whitlock
- John Troughton as Butler
- Al Goodman as Al Goodman-Orchestra Leader
- Tom O'Brien as Reel-Mixing Projectionist
- Sam Levene as Film Buyer
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