''Hollywood Speaks'' is a 1932 American

Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...

comedy film.

Cast

Genevieve Tobin Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995) was an American actress. Early years Tobin was born in New York City on November 29, 1899. Her father, Thomas Tobin, a bank clerk who later became a racetrack bookmaker, was born in No ...

as Gertrude Smith, later known as Greta Swan * Pat O'Brien as Jimmy Reed * Lucien Prival as Frederick Landau * Ralf Harolde as Carp *

Rita La Roy Rita La Roy (born Ina La Roi Stuart; October 2, 1901 – February 18, 1993) was an American actress and dancer, beginning her career in 1929, and having her last significant role in 1940. Career La Roy appeared in over 50 films, the best k ...

as Millie Coreen *

Leni Stengel Leni Stengel (September 12, 1901 – July 1, 1982) was a German-born actress who appeared on Broadway, on television, and in films, through the 1920s to 1950s. Early life She was born in Berlin, Germany, and was a grandniece of the German c ...

as Mrs. Landau *Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond * Jack Holt as himself

Production

Columbia announced the film in August 1931. It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932. The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star.

Reception

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."Stage and Screen: Los Angeles Times August 21, 1932: B17.

References

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