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Hollywood Speaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film.

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Hollywood Speaks
Directed by	Edward Buzzell
Written by	Norman Krasna Jo Swerling
Based on	story by Norman Krasna
Starring	Genevieve Tobin Pat O'Brien Leni Stengel
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	1932
Running time	71 mins
Country	USA
Language	English

Cast

• Genevieve Tobin 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 as Millie Coreen
• Leni Stengel as Mrs. Landau
• Anderson Lawlor as Joe Hammond
• Jack Holt as Himself

Production

Columbia announced the film in August 1931.[1]

It was Norman Krasna's first film under his contract with Columbia and he started writing it in April 1932.[2] The same amount the studio announced Eddie Buzzel would direct and Genevieve Tobin would star.[3]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called it a "routine melodrama with little to say of interest."[4]

References

External links

• Hollywood Speaks at IMDb
• Hollywood Speaks at TCMDB
• Review of film at Variety

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