"STUDIO SECRETS EXPOSED!"

1930

1h 17m

5.4(9 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Music

Overview

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

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Cast & Crew

25 members

Acting

Alice White

Dixie Dugan

Acting

Jack Mulhall

Jimmie Doyle

Acting

Blanche Sweet

Donny Harris

Acting

Ford Sterling

Sam Otis

Acting

John Miljan

Frank Buelow

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Virginia Sale

Miss J. Rule

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Lee Shumway

Kramer

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Herman Bing

Bing

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Noah Beery Jr.

Acting

Noah Beery

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Maurice Black

Actor in Scene

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Billy Bletcher

Sign Man Scraping Names off Doors

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James Conaty

Story Editor

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Lew Harvey

Actor in Scene

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Stuart Holmes

Actor Removing Make-Up in Restaurant

Acting

Al Jolson

Al Jolsen

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Ruby Keeler

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Natalie Moorhead

Frank Buelow's Premiere Guest

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Spec O'Donnell

Office Boy

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Walter Pidgeon

Premiere Emcee

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Cliff Saum

Mr. Smith

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Syd Saylor

Tour Guide

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Rolfe Sedan

Headwaiter in New York

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Jane Winton

Frank Buelow's Premiere Guest

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Loretta Young

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