Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

75 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 1936

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.

Hollywood Boulevard

75 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 1936

Hollywood Boulevard
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Hollywood Boulevard
Directors Joe Lefert, Robert Florey
Writers Faith Thomas, Max Marcin, Marguerite Roberts

Cast

John Halliday

as John Wellington Blakeford

Marsha Hunt

as Patricia Blakeford

Robert Cummings

as Jay Wallace

C. Henry Gordon

as Jordan Winslow

Esther Ralston

as Flora Moore

Esther Dale

as Martha

Frieda Inescort

as Alice Winslow

Albert Conti

as Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager

Thomas E. Jackson

as Detective

Oscar Apfel

as Dr. Inslow

Purnell Pratt

as Mr. Steinman

Irving Bacon

as Gus - Trocadero Bartender

Rita La Roy

as Nella

Francis X. Bushman

as Frank - Director, Desert Scene

Maurice Costello

as Director in Commissary

Betty Compson

as Betty

Mae Marsh

as Carlotta Blakeford

Charles Ray

as Charlie Smith - Assistant Director

Herbert Rawlinson

as Manager of Grauman's

Jane Novak

as Mrs. Steinman

Bryant Washburn

as Robert Martin

Jack Mulhall

as Jack Mulhall - Actor at Trocadero Bar

Creighton Hale

as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar

Roy D'Arcy

as The Sheik

Jack Mower

as Frank Stucky - Director

Frank Mayo

as Frank Mayo - Actor at Trocadero Bar

Harry Myers

as Harry Myers- Actor at Trocadero Bar

Mabel Forrest

as Mother at Chinese Theatre

Tom Kennedy

as Bouncer at Pago Pago

Pat O'Malley

as Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron

Lois Kent

as Little Girl at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Eleanore Whitney

as Eleanor Whitney at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

William Bailey

as Trocadero Patron (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

as Man with Gong (uncredited)

Edmund Burns

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Edward Cecil

as Butler (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

as Nurse (uncredited)

Gary Cooper

as Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

William Desmond

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Ellen Drew

as Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)

Lowell Drew

as Doorman at Trocadero (uncredited)

Jean Dudley

as Girl in Pullman Car (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Grip (uncredited)

Ann Evers

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Hyman Fink

as Snapshot Hymie (uncredited)

Jerry Fletcher

as Vendor (uncredited)

James Ford

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Gregory Gaye

as Russian Writer (uncredited)

Margareth Harrison

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Gray (uncredited)

Margaret Mann

as Old Woman in Casting Office (uncredited)

Kathryn McHugh

as Secretary (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Moran's Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Morton

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Marshall Neilan

as Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)

Phil Ohman

as Phil Ohman - Pianist at Trocadero (uncredited)

Franklin Parker

as Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)

Richard Powell

as Pete Moran (uncredited)

Hal Price

as Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Charles Ruggles

as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

Mack Sennett

as Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)

S.S. Simon

as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)

Gertrude Simpson

as Gossipy Woman (uncredited)

Louise Stanley

as Script Girl (uncredited)

John Sylvester White

as Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)

Phil Tead

as Radio Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Emanuel A. Turner

as Make-Up Man (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Electrician (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)

Charles Williams

as Reporter (uncredited)

Freeman Wood

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Otto Yamaoka

as Thomas (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd

as Harold Lloyd - Cameo Appearance (scenes deleted)

Rosemary Theby

as Rosemary Theby (scenes deleted)