Going Hollywood

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Going Hollywood is a 1933 MGM movie, directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Donald Ogden Stewart. The film tells the story of Sylvia (Marion Davies), a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams (Bing Crosby) on the radio, she decides to go visits and thanks him. However, difficult problems lies ahead when Lili (Fifi D'Orsay) gets in the way.

[edit] Trivia

  • Marion Davies insisted that both Crosby and D'Orsay be contracted to appear in this film.
  • Crosby was under contract with Paramount Pictures when working on the movie, but Paramount agreed to "lend him out" to MGM for this film.
  • The man who is holding Crosby's microphone when singing Beautiful Girl is Sterling Holloway, the character actor who did the voices of Mr. Stork in Dumbo and of the title character in Winnie the Pooh.

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