The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Francis Dillon
George Sidney
Charles Murray
Norman Foster
June Clyde
Emma Dunn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The Cohen and Kelly families have been the best of friends in the small town of Hillsboro for years. Moe and Sarah Cohen's son Melville, who is in love with Michael and Maggie Kelly's daughter Kitty, sends her picture to Continental Productions in Hollywood after they advertise for new actresses. Kitty wins a contract with the company, and her family moves to Hollywood, where they meet with success and buy a mansion. After receiving a postcard from the Kellys saying "wish you were here," the Cohens sell their theatre in Hillsboro and move to Hollywood, but are snubbed on arrival by the now snobbish Kellys. Kelly loses all his money on Kitty's next picture, which is a flop because Kitty's voice does not register well for the new sound films. Now the tables turn, and it is the Cohens who experience success, but relations are no longer friendly between the two families. Melville sells his songs to motion pictures until songs are no longer a fad in films, and the Cohens once again go broke. Chesterfield, who was a butler for both families at different times, opens an elocution school and now it is his turn for wealth. The Cohens buy back their old jalopy and return to Hillsboro. On the way, they rescue the Kellys, whose car broke down, and upon renewing their friendship, they return to the happy life in Hillsboro they once knew.
Director
John Francis Dillon
Cast
George Sidney
Charles Murray
Norman Foster
June Clyde
Emma Dunn
Esther Howard
Luis Alberni
Robert Greig
Edwin Maxwell
Dorothy Christy
John Roche
Eileen Percy
Genevieve Tobin
Paul Power
Boris Karloff
Vivien Dale
Anglo Stevenson
Sidney Fox
Tom Mix
Lew Ayres
Gloria Stuart
Crew
Jerome Ash
Stanley Bergerman
Howard J. Green
John J. Hughes
C. Roy Hunter
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle
Harry W. Lieb
James Mulhauser
Maurice Pivar
Richard Schayer
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The plot synopsis is based on the studio cutting continuity. Although the continuity included the song, "Where Are You?" the authors of the song have not been identified. Although the cutting continuity credits call Norman Foster's character "Melville," within the text he is called "Maurice." One scene was filmed on location at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Various renowned actors have cameos in this scene, including Genevieve Tobin, Paul Power, Boris Karloff, Vivien Dale, Anglo Stevenson, Sidney Fox, Tom Mix, Lew Ayres and Gloria Stewart. For further information on the series, see The Cohens and Kellys in Africa above and consult the Series Index.
