Evening star., 1923-08-27
Hollywood

\ capacity audience filled the
Columbia Theater Yesterday, after
showing Of Hollywood" the long
promised photoplay of the inside
workings of the famous film colony.
Disappointment sometimes follows
when expectations have been raised
too high. but at the conclusion of
the picture yesterday there was a
spontaneous outburst Of applause an
exceptional tribute to film which
contained no hairbreadth escapes.
thrllling rescues or other movie
tricks to elicit the hearty handicap.
Hollywood is more than a worth
while photoplay-it is thoroughly en-
joyable from the opening scene to
the final fadc-out. The plot is log
lcal and the element of humor is
accented, There are glmpscs of
fcaStnS and ri0ting in n fantastic
setting. but they are only a part of
Il newcomers dream. Movie folk in
real life are much like other human
beings. the film contends. and their
success Is won by hard work, and not
handed to them on golden platter.
The story revOlVeS about a young
girl in small mid-western town. a
trifle vain because she has always
been told she was pretty. and quite
confident that she will some day be
movie queen" a loving grand
mother sells all she has in the world
u send the girl to California. land
OF promise and opportunity accom-
panied by her grandfather. a self
styled invalid who is just plain lazy.
Established at the HOLLYWOOD Hotel
: the girl runs right down to the
studio to start work" for she has
promised to repay the borrowed
money with her first days salary.
/" her amazement. the casting di-
ieCt"rs send her away. after taking
her name and address. and she finally
returns I" the hotel, footsore and
weary, discouraged and a failure.
. ner grandfather, by lucky
ehance, has been practically kid
O naped by a director looking for his
type. and he returns after a day on
location. proudly waving a check for
."Ing nothing. as he tells the girl.
And so; contrary to her expectations.
he old man became the support Of
ne family. while she stays in their
little bungalow and performs the
mental household tasks. Grandfa ther
goes in for golf, and hobnobs with
famous film stars. while she sweeps
and washes dishes. and occasionally
goes the rounds of the studios yainly
seeking film work.
Evcatally the family from back
home arrives, and grandmother, old
maid aunt, and her steady" beau all
become movie actors. because they
are types" but the just-pretty girl
finds no opening-the woods are full
OF girls like her, she is told And
SO she marries tho boy from home.
who becomes a famous star. and they
live in palatial home, happy ever
after
The leading roles in "Hollywood'
are all enacted by newcomers to the
screen, but the famous cast" 50
widely advertised, really does appear,
oddly enough as u background for
the principals. The informal glimpses
Of familiar stars, are special de-
light to movie fans. and they are
flashed through the photoplay at fire.
queut intervals, so that the spectator
might imagine that he was actually
In Hollywood. meeting film folks at
every turn. Some of the names are
announced on the screen, but others
Hre left to guess, and Whispered
names from every part OF the theater
proved the keen interest of the audi
ence.
owing to the length of the feature