Ten writers, including Dorothy Parker and Anita Loos, tried to come up with a workable script for this attempt at a cinematic equivalent of the Ziegfeld Follies, with Ben Hecht given credit for the final draft, reputedly written in two weeks. Critics have been hard on THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES,
but any picture that introduces Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen can't be all bad. The plot, mainly an excuse for the plentiful musical numbers, concerns failing film producer Oliver Merlin (Adolphe Menjou) and Hazel Dawes (Andrea Leeds), a plain-spoken young woman from a small town who is able
to tell the moviemaker why no one takes his films seriously. Merlin hires Hazel to be ...
Released:
1938
Rated:
NR
Length:
115 mins