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With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
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75 min
1936-08-20
Released
English
2
2.5
John Wellington Blakeford
Patricia Blakeford
Jay Wallace
Jordan Winslow
Flora Moore
Martha
Alice Winslow
Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Detective
Dr. Inslow
Mr. Steinman
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Nella
Frank - Director, Desert Scene
Director in Commissary
Betty
Carlotta Blakeford
Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
Manager of Grauman's
Mrs. Steinman
Robert Martin
Jack Mulhall - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
The Sheik
Frank Stucky - Director
Frank Mayo - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Harry Myers- Actor at Trocadero Bar
Mother at Chinese Theatre
Bouncer at Pago Pago
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
Little Girl at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Eleanor Whitney at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Trocadero Patron (uncredited)
Man with Gong (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Gary Cooper - Actor at Trocadero Bar (uncredited)
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)
Doorman at Trocadero (uncredited)
Girl in Pullman Car (uncredited)
Grip (uncredited)
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Snapshot Hymie (uncredited)
Vendor (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Russian Writer (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Gray (uncredited)
Old Woman in Casting Office (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Moran's Secretary (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
Phil Ohman - Pianist at Trocadero (uncredited)
Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)
Pete Moran (uncredited)
Police Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Newsboy (uncredited)
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Cinegrill Customer (uncredited)
Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Gossipy Woman (uncredited)
Script Girl (uncredited)
Pago Pago Patron (uncredited)
Radio Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Electrician (uncredited)
Brown Derby Workman (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Thomas (uncredited)
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