Movie Crazy is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature.
Movie Crazy | |
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Directed by | Clyde Bruckman Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
Written by | Vincent Lawrence |
Produced by | Harold Lloyd (uncredited) |
Starring | Harold Lloyd Constance Cummings Kenneth Thomson |
Cinematography | Walter Lundin |
Edited by | Bernard W. Burton |
Music by | Alfred Newman (uncredited) |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $675,353[1] |
Box office | $1,439,000[2] |
The film's copyright was renewed in 1959.[3]
Harold Hall, a young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in the movies.
After a mix-up with his application photograph, he gets an offer to have a screen-test, and goes off to Hollywood. At the studio, he does everything wrong and causes all sorts of trouble. But he catches the fancy of a beautiful actress, and eventually the studio owner recognizes him as a comic genius.
The film was a major box office success. An estimated $675,000 was spent on the production and the film grossed over $1,439,000 in the United States alone.[2] The film also proved to be a major critical success as the vast majority of film reviewers praised the picture highly.[4] Cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller provided gags for the film.[5]
In 1962, scenes from this film were included in a compilation film produced by Harold Lloyd himself entitled Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and created a renewal of interest in the comedian by introducing him to a whole new generation.[citation needed]
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