Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

22 mins | Drama, Music | March 3, 1940

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.

Alice in Movieland

22 mins | Drama, Music | March 3, 1940

Alice in Movieland
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Original title Alice in Movieland
Directors Jean Negulesco
Writers Owen Crump, Cyrus Wood, Ed Sullivan

Cast

Joan Leslie

as Alice Purdee (as Joan Brodel)

Nana Bryant

as Agatha Winters

Clara Blandick

as Grandmother

Clarence Muse

as Train Porter

David Bruce

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lucia Carroll

as Girl with Bill (uncredited)

Richard Clayton

as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Garrett Craig

as John Adair (uncredited)

Richard Cramer

as Movie Set Crewman (uncredited)

Peggy Diggins

as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Ann Edmonds

as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Paulette Evans

as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

William Forrest

as 2nd Director (uncredited)

Inez Gay

as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

as Microphone Man (uncredited)

Alan Hale

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

Phyllis Hamilton

as Script Girl (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Henry (uncredited)

Lois Landon

as Mrs. Purdee (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Blonde Patron in Carlo's (uncredited)

Marion Mack

as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Sam Purdee (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Western Player (uncredited)

Charles Morton

as Onlooker (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Camera Man (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Dorothy Raye

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

John Ridgely

as Bill (uncredited)

Sally Sage

as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Alexis Smith

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

Larry Steers

as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Craig Stevens

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

as 1st Director (uncredited)

Jack Wise

as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

as Operator (uncredited)

Jane Wyman

as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)