Hollywood, City of Dreams

Hollywood, City of Dreams
Directed byGeorge Crone
Produced byRay Kirkwood
StarringJosé Bohr
Lia Torá
Donald Reed
Edited byGeorge Crone
Production
company
Fenix Film
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 31, 1931 (1931-12-31)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSpanish

Hollywood, City of Dreams (Spanish:Hollywood, ciudad de ensueno) is a 1931 American drama film directed by George Crone and starring José Bohr, Lia Torá and Donald Reed.[1] It was a Spanish-language film made in the United States, as part of an effort to reach Spanish-speaking audiences around the world following the introduction of sound. Unlike some other Spanish-language films of the era, it was not a remake of an English film but an original story.

A young immigrant hopes to make it big in Hollywood and meet his idol, a female film star. He goes through a number of minor jobs but eventually gets his break and begins a romance with his heroine. Nonetheless, the film ends on a downbeat note as he returns on a boat to his native country.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Jarvinen p.16-17

Bibliography

  • Jarvinen, Lisa. The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939. Rutger's University Press, 2012.