What Price Hollywood?

1932, Movie, NR, 88 mins

What Price Hollywood?: Review

The first big success for director George Cukor and the first talking picture to take a jaundiced look at Hollywood, making it perfect for Oscar time. Constance Bennett is a waitress determined to break into show business; Lowell Sherman is the big-shot director who takes her under his wing. Her star rises as he drinks himself into obscurity. Sound familiar? Five years later, producer David O. Selznick would rework the film into A Star Is Born. Also starring Gregory Ratoff and the great Louise Beavers. Read the complete review for What Price Hollywood?