Hollywood Story 1951 Movie

Travelling with mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from the boundless deep space, penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War-Washington, D.C. Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful intergalactic ambassador, Klaatu, emerges from the mysterious vessel accompanied by the silently dangerous robot of incomprehensible power, Gort, only to witness firsthand the earthlings' hospitality. The sophisticated humanoid declares that he comes in peace; however, he needs to assemble the world's greatest minds to hear his merciful warning and a definitive ultimatum. Is Klaatu the messenger of humanity's doom?

TriviaOne of the reasons that was cast as Klaatu was because he was generally unknown to American audiences, and would be more readily accepted as an 'alien' than a more recognizable actor. Studio head Darryl F. Zanuck had shown the script to Spencer Tracy, who was eager to play the role. Producer Julian Blaustein objected, saying that the audience would have numerous expectations about the character upon seeing an actor of such repute emerging from the flying saucer.

Blaustein knew that Zanuck had the ultimate control, and if he insisted, Blaustein would either have to resign, or make the movie in an unsatisfactory way. Fortunately, Zanuck agreed, and Rennie was cast instead. A great Sci Fi flick from 1951 that carries a very deep message.

HOLLYWOOD STORY, 1951, Universal, 76 min. A vacant studio lot and gets embroiled in the mystery of a film director murdered there many years before. Economically utilizing the Universal Studio itself as a 'set,' Hollywood Story is a murder mystery centered in the film capital. The story concerns a long-unsolved homicide case involving several silent-film stars (an echo of the William Desmond Taylor scandal of 1922). Producer Richard Conte decides to make a movie based on the case, and to.

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Granted the props are hokie compared to today's standard, and the space suits pretty amateurish, but the script is excellent, and the theme contemporary.I am not a religious nut, nor do I prescribe to the fundamentalist assault on our civil liberties, but this movie certainly carries a theocratic religious message which should be universally accepted. War and fighting among earth's nations will surely cause havoc among the planets of the universe and man must stop its mad race to destruction or leaders of the universe will do it for you. Michael Rennie plays the role of a messenger from another world who gently, and with humbleness, attempts to convince the scientists of the world they must become active to carry the message to the world leaders of impending doom unless they change world policy on armament and war. The character portrayed by Rennie is tall, gentle, intelligent, soothing, yet firm. Who does he represent?

Why Christ of course. His speech, nature, demeanor, and message are all symbolic of a greater power coming back to earth to warn the people what might befall them unless they change their mad march toward destruction. This character is named appropriately, Mr. 'Carpenter' (get the message) and even gets killed by soldiers bent on destroying this evil force from outer space.

Mr Carpenter will even rise from the dead with assistance from his beloved robot assistant. A great movie that will only get more popular with age. Certainly one of the best Sci Fi classics of all times.

Hollywood Story is a 1951 American film noircrime film directed by William Castle starring Richard Conte and Julie Adams.^[1]

The film was an attempt by Universal Pictures to take advantage of the success of Paramount'sSunset Boulevard which was released the previous year. The plot is based on the notorious murder of silent movie director William Desmond Taylor.^[2] While Hollywood Story reaches a fictional conclusion, it follows the circumstances of the real-life event closely.

Upon the release of the film, Universal promoted the appearance of several once famous silent screen celebrities. It came to light that the ones with speaking parts had received just $55 per day of shooting for their roles. Others, like Elmo Lincoln, the first screen Tarzan, were used as non-speaking extras and received only $15 per day.^[2]

Plot[edit]

New York theatrical producer Larry O'Brien (Conte) plans to found a motion picture company in Hollywood. He buys an old studio which was unused since the days of silent movies. There he's shown the office where a famous director was murdered twenty years earlier. Although there were many suspects the case hasn't been solved. O'Brian becomes fascinated by the subject and decides to make a film based on the case. To this end he begins interviewing the surviving participants and soon gets into danger himself.

Cast[edit]

• Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien
• Julie Adams as Sally Rousseau / Amanda Rousseau
• Richard Egan as Police Lt. Bud Lennox
• Henry Hull as Vincent St. Clair
• Fred Clark as Sam Collyer
• Jim Backus as Mitch Davis
• Houseley Stevenson as John Miller
• Paul Cavanagh as Roland Paul
• Katherline Meskill as Mary
• Louis Lettieri as Jimmy Davis
• Francis X. Bushman as Himself
• Betty Blythe as Herself
• William Farnum as Himself
• Helen Gibson as Herself

Production[edit]

It was the last film Castle made under his three year contract with Universal. He shot many scenes at the old Charlie Chaplin studio to ensure it had the feel of old Hollywood. The movie ledt to Castle being offered a contract to return to Columbia.^[3]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Film critic Bosley Crowther panned the film and he blamed the script. He wrote, 'It is easy to see, now, why some pictures which sound promising at the start, on the strength of the ideas behind them, turn out to be dismal flops. Hollywood Story demonstrates it .. scriptwriters Frederick Kohner and Fred Brady have cooked up in the way of a plot—is a pretty routine assembly of simple who-dunnit cliches into a silly and not very startling disclosure of a motive for a crime. The police must have been awfully lazy back in 1929.'^[4]

Film critic Dennis Schwartz generally liked the production and wrote about what may have motivated the studio executives to produce the film. He wrote, 'A fairly absorbing crime thriller whose plot involves a look at Hollywood's silent stars. The film tries to capitalize on the success of the similar themed silent film modern day venture Sunset Boulevard which was released in 1950 .. The climax makes for a hard to guess whodunit and a nice peek into the silent film era and at some silent stars who make a cameo appearance and speak a few lines, like Helen Gibson and Francis X. Bushman .. The only thing that failed to work smoothly into the twisty script by Fred Kohner and Fred Brady and the confident direction of William Castle, was the romance between Adams and Conte. They end up getting married at the film's conclusion in a vain attempt to make this dark story seem lighter.'^[5]

References[edit]

1. ^Hollywood Story at the American Film Institute Catalog.
2. ^ ^abLyons, Arthur (2000). Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!. Da Capo Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN978-0-306-80996-5.
3. ^Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : .. I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 121.
4. ^Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, June 7, 1951. Accessed: August 4, 2013.
5. ^Schwartz, DennisArchived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. Ozus' World Movie Reviews, film review, October 7, 2002. Accessed: August 4, 2013.

External links[edit]

• Hollywood Story at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Hollywood Story on IMDb
• Hollywood Story at AllMovie
• Hollywood Story at the TCM Movie Database
• Hollywood Story film clip on YouTube