Short film

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934 · 12 min

A breezy, silly musical short that breezes past in a blur of songs, gags and guest cameos.

Overview: Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Florence Desmond, Ben Turpin, Rudy Vallee and many others. Sometimes this film is incorrectly labelled as A-2. In the Criteron Pictures rerelease, this has an incorrect copyright date of 1932.
How it feels: Light, whimsical, absurd and campy. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Music, art, celebrity
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: music
art
celebrity
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: musical
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild