A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Hollywood Star
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Harry Gribbon [Jack Marlowe], Andy Clyde [Ed Martin], Majorie Beebe [Sophie Schmaltz], Patsy O’Leary [the Lucky Girl Contest contestant], Bert Swor [Mr. Schmaltz], Del Porter [Patsy’s escort], Art Rowlands [the Jewish tailor], Hubert Diltz [a theatre audience member], Earl Stafford [an onlooker in front of the theatre], Kathryn Stanley

Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Screenplay by Earle Rodney, John A. Waldron and Phil Whitman. Technicians, Arthur Blinn and Paul Guerin. Cinematography by John W. Boyle and Ernie Crockett. Film editor, William Hornbeck. Presented by E.W. Hammons. / Released 13 October 1929. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format and/or 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format? / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Actors - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 7 December 2024.

References: Maltin-Selected pp. 92, 95 : Website-IMDb.