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Hoopla may refer to: Arts * ''Hoop-La'' (1933), a film starring Clara Bow * ''Houp La!'' (1916), a musical comedy * ''Hoopla'' (album), a 1999 album by the rapper Speech * Hoopla!, former name of Malthouse Theatre, a Melbourne theatre company Other uses * Hoopla (digital media service), a digital media service provided to public libraries * '' The Hoopla'', an Australian news and opinion website * Hoopla, a funfair version of the ring-tossing game garden quoits * Miles Hoopla, a cancelled Second World War bomber aircraft See also * Hupla language Hupla (also Hubla) is a Papuan language of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua, spoken by the of Yahukimo Regency Yahukimo Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area o ..., a Papuan language * Hoopa (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoop-La
''Hoop-La'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Clara Bow (in her final film role), Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play ''The Barker'' by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play. A version restored by the Museum of Modern Art was shown at the 2011 Classic Film Festival in Hollywood during the spring. Plot When the sheltered and educated Chris Miller who is the son of Nifty Miller, manager of a travelling circus, shows up unexpectedly to visit his dad, Nifty wants him to turn around and go back to school. Nifty is reluctant to let him be around the circus folk. However, he is allowed to stay and work for a while; however, this means some things have to change—like Nifty and his paramour Carrie have to cool it for a while. Carrie doesn't take that at all well, and in anger pays worldly Hoochie coochie dancer Lou to seduce Chris and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houp La!
''Houp La!'' is an Edwardian musical comedy extravaganza, with music by Nat D. Ayer and Howard Talbot, lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Hugh E. Wright, and a book by Fred Thompson and Hugh E. Wright. The story combines the comic financial troubles of a circus owner with a love triangle. The original production of the show was mounted by Charles B. Cochran at London's new St Martin's Theatre, opening on 23 November 1916 and starring Gertie Millar, George Graves, Nat Ayer and Ida Adams. It was the first production at the St Martin's, which was leased by Cochran.Cochran, Charles Blake. ''The Secrets of a Showman'' (1925), p. 224 Although the critics found the music innovative, and the cast included stars of the day, the show ran for only three months in London. A Manchester production followed. Plot ;Act I The owner of a struggling circus, Marmaduke Bunn, has severe money troubles. In desperation, he has an accumulator bet on all the horse-races of the day, and when his fancies al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |