Synopsis
Street scenes and high-angle shots of Hollywood. Many landmarks shown. Grauman's Chinese Theater. Corner Hollywood and Vine. Gags about Martin Murray's birthday. rollerskating dancer
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- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Nostalgic (at least for me) · joym999 · 2020-01-07
Martin Murray was my great uncle. He produced a number of short, unnoticed films. The only one I ever saw before this one was an awful documentary called "Israel Today" that he made in the late 1940s. He was one of 9 children who grew up in NYC, one of whom was my grandmother Ida. He and another sister, Etta, drove across country, I think sometime in the 1930s, to move to Hollywood. His real name was Murray Saffer, but only his oldest sister Sylvia ever called him Murray after he changed his name. He lived in a small apartment in West Hollywood with a fountain in the living room. He had a…
★ · Who ARE These People? · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-24
The comedy in this disjointed revue is so stupefyingly bad, it has to be seen to be believed. The premise, after some wonderful shots of various Hollywood landmarks of the day, is people don't want to go to the birthday party of someone supposedly known by the audience. Then we are taken to the party where there are poorly edited shots, with footage clearly filmed at a different time. And more comedy that, well, calling it "mediocre" would be complimentary. The stale dialogue comes from the typewriter of Bob Marko, who wrote for Al Jolson and Ben Bernie on radio. A 1946 effort of his for Rudy…