Crashing Hollywood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Screenplay by	Paul Yawitz Gladys Atwater
Based on	Lights Out 1922 play by Paul Dickey Mann Page
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Starring	Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Bradley Page
Cinematography	Nicholas Musuraca Frank Redman
Edited by	Harry Marker
Music by	Alberto Colombo Max Steiner Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	January 7, 1938 (1938-01-07)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Crashing Hollywood is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Paul Yawitz and Gladys Atwater. The film stars Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Lee Patrick and Bradley Page. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by RKO Pictures.^[1][2] It is based on the 1922 play of the same title by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, previous adapted into the 1923 silent film Lights Out.^[3]

Plot

A screenwriter meets a man recently out of jail and his wife on a train; they decide to collaborate and write a film, but trouble appears when a gangster is outraged by his depiction in the film.

Cast

• Lee Tracy as Michael Winslow
• Joan Woodbury as Barbara Lang
• Paul Guilfoyle as Herman Tibbets
• Lee Patrick as Goldie Tibbets
• Bradley Page as Thomas 'Tom' Darcy / 'The Hawk'
• Richard Lane as Hugo Wells
• Tom Kennedy as Al
• George Irving as Alexander Peyton
• Frank M. Thomas as Detective Decker
• Jack Carson as Dickson
• Alec Craig as Movie Studio Receptionist
• Jimmy Conlin as Crisby
• Willie Best as Train Porter (uncredited)

References

External links

• Crashing Hollywood at IMDb
• Crashing Hollywood at AllMovie
• Crashing Hollywood at the TCM Movie Database
• Crashing Hollywood at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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