What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

First intimate expose of the private life and glamorous loves of a Hollywood star

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1932-06-24
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 35 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Cukor
star 6.7/10
From 35 Ratings

Summary

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

What Price Hollywood? Trailer

Is What Price Hollywood? on HBO Max?

Unfortunately the movie What Price Hollywood? is not yet available on HBO Max.

  • Constance Bennett

    as Mary Evans
  • Lowell Sherman

    as Maximilian 'Max' Carey
  • Neil Hamilton

    as Lonny Borden
  • Gregory Ratoff

    as Julius Saxe
  • Brooks Benedict

    as Muto
  • Louise Beavers

    as Mary's Maid Bonita
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

    as Max's Butler James (uncredited)
  • King Baggot

    as Department Head (uncredited)
  • Gerald Barry

    as John Reed (uncredited)
  • Veda Buckland

    as Baby Jackie's Nursemaid Nana (uncredited)
  • Nicholas Caruso

    as Chef at Brown Derby (uncredited)
  • Lita Chevret

    as Actress Filming on Movie Set (uncredited)
  • Heinie Conklin

    as Car Owner (uncredited)
  • Marcelle Corday

    as French Nursemaid (uncredited)
  • Adrienne D'Ambricourt

    as French Cook (uncredited)
  • Effie Ellsler

    as Elderly Brown Derby Diner (uncredited)
  • Aggie Herring

    as Flower Vendor at Brown Derby (uncredited)
  • Wilfred Lucas

    as Bill the Replacement Director (uncredited)
  • James Pier Mason

    as Attorney Roberts (uncredited)
  • Torben Meyer

    as Brown Derby Headwaiter Nick (uncredited)
  • Florence Roberts

    as Elderly Brown Derby Diner (uncredited)
  • Gertrude Short

    as Waitress Letting Mary Serve Max (uncredited)
  • Phil Tead

    as Assistant Director Jimmy (uncredited)
  • Bryant Washburn

    as Washed-Up Star Telephoning in Brown Derby (uncredited)
  • Josephine Whittell

    as Miss DuPont the Interviewer (uncredited)
  • Eric Wilton

    as Mary's Butler Martin (uncredited)
  • George H. Reed

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Alice Adair

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Sam Armstrong

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Gordon De Main

    as The 'Yes' Man (uncredited)
  • Eddie Dunn

    as Doorman at Grauman's Theater (uncredited)
  • Patricia Farr

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Grace Goodall

    as Department Head (uncredited)
  • Edna Gregory

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Charlie Hall

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Jean Huntley

    as Cashier (uncredited)
  • Dolly Jarvis

    as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
  • Sheldon Jett

    as Studio Assistant Department Head in Screening Room (uncredited)
  • Marcia Mae Jones

    as Flower Girl at Wedding (uncredited)
  • Charles Kerr

    as Photographer (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Kingston

    as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
  • Edmund Mortimer

    as Diner at Brown Derby (uncredited)
  • Paddy O'Flynn

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Charles O'Malley

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • George Periolat

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Gus Reed

    as Department Head (uncredited)
  • Dick Rush

    as Policeman (uncredited)
  • Lewis Sargent

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Harry Strang

    as Reporter (uncredited)
  • Carol Wines

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Jack Trainor

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Directing George Cukor Director
Writing Jane Murfin Screenplay
Writing Ben Markson Screenplay
Writing Gene Fowler Writer
Writing Rowland Brown Writer
Writing Adela Rogers St. Johns Story
Production Pandro S. Berman Associate Producer
Production David O. Selznick Executive Producer
Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Camera Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Editing Del Andrews Editor
Editing Jack Kitchin Editor
Art Carroll Clark Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Mel Berns Makeup Artist
Directing James Hartnett Assistant Director
Directing Edward Killy Assistant Director
Crew Lloyd Knechtel Special Effects
Crew Slavko Vorkapich Special Effects
Writing Robert Presnell Sr. Adaptation
Writing Allen Rivkin Screenplay
Writing Louis Stevens Story
Sound George D. Ellis Sound Recordist
Crew Harry Redmond Sr. Special Effects
Camera William H. Clothier Assistant Camera
Camera Cecil Cooney Assistant Camera
Camera Frank Redman Camera Operator
Camera John Miehle Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Margaret Pemberton Costume Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Eugene Joseff Other
Editing Frederic Knudtson Assistant Editor
Sound Max Steiner Music Director
Sound Bernhard Kaun Orchestrator
Directing Trudy Wellman Script Supervisor

keyboard_arrow_up