Movie · 1938
Hollywood Hotel
“DIRECT TO YOU...FROM THE ORCHID ROOM OF THE AIR!”
Released 15 January 1938 109 min Comedy / Music / Romance More from 1938 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
FR·01
How old were they?
Grant Mitchell
as B.L. Faulkin
Louella Parsons
as Louella Parsons
Hugh Herbert
as Chester Marshall
William B. Davidson
as Director Kelton
Edgar Kennedy
as Callaghan
Ted Healy
as Fuzzy Boyle
Alan Mowbray
as Alexander Duprey
Fritz Feld
as The Russian
Curt Bois
as Butch, Dress Designer
Dick Powell
as Ronnie Bowers
Glenda Farrell
as Miss Jones, 'Jonesy'
Lola Lane
as Mona Marshall
Mabel Todd
as Dot Marshall
Jerry Cooper
as Jerry Cooper
Johnnie Davis
as Georgia
Ronald Reagan
as Radio Host at Premiere (uncredited)
Frances Langford
as Alice
Rosemary Lane
as Virginia Stanton
Susan Hayward
as Starlet at Table (uncredited)
Carole Landis
as Hat Check Girl with Coat (uncredited)
FR·02
The numbers
44years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Grant Mitchell — oldest on the call sheet
19Carole Landis — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast