Product Details

• Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Jack Pearl, Polly Moran
• Directors: Allan Dwan, Charles Reisner, Edmund Goulding, George Stevens, Richard Boleslawski
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: January 27, 1993
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302265819
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,787 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Laurel & Hardy steal the show in this crazy hodgepodge, December 6, 1999

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

M-G-M applied the all-star format of "Grand Hotel" to this jumbled musical-comedy feature, so we have vignettes with comedy stars instead of dramatic stars. The parts are definitely greater than the whole, with outstanding contributions by Laurel & Hardy (who don't show up until the last 20 minutes or so), Lupe Velez, Jimmy Durante (as a would-be movie Tarzan), Charles Butterworth (as a droll tycoon), and George Givot (as a dialect-challenged lover). Don't look for a plot, and you'll enjoy this crazy-quilt of a movie.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A hodgepodge as only MGM could do it!, October 14, 1999

By A Customer

HOLLYWOOD PARTY is one of those films that started out as a really great idea: a musical starring all of MGM's comedy stars. The production was troubled almost from day one, so the end result is somewhat less than great. But it's still passable entertainment that's too short to become tedious. The Rodgers and Hart score is lively, but not very memorable. Incredibly, Rodgers and Hart submitted "Blue Moon" for use in HOLLYWOOD PARTY, and it was rejected! But there are some pearly moments: an animated sequence supplied by Walt Disney is one, a funny scene with Ted Healy and His Stooges, (you know them better as The Three Stooges) is another. Best of all, are two scenes featuring Laurel and Hardy. Despite the brevity of their appearance, Stan and Ollie get top billing in the credits. Not one of the film's numerous directors receives any credit!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Dull "Party" With Few Highlights, March 24, 2006

By	Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Every MGM director worked on this ill-conceived musical-comedy hodgepodge, but no one wanted to take credit - or blame - for the final product. Therefore, it's not surprising that "Hollywood Party" (1934) emerges as a rather dull affair. Among the few highlights are Laurel and Hardy's classic egg-breaking routine with Lupe Velez, a guest appearance by Mickey Mouse, and Walt Disney's Technicolor cartoon "The Hot Choc-late Soldiers." The rest is VERY heavy going.