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Released September 15, 1933
Featuring Moe Howard and Curly Howard (Solo)
MGM
85 min. (Feature Film)

Fictional show biz saga of the Hackett family, covering three generations. Turn-of-the-century vaudeville headliners Lulu and Ted Hackett bring their young son Ted Jr. into the act, and watch him become the star as vaudeville matures into an American entertainment tradition. The act graduates to Broadway and young Ted's rise to fame is spectacular... and so is his downfall. Lulu and Ted are left to raise their young grandson Ted III, and try to keep him from falling into his father's bad habits when Hollywood beckons.

Moe and Curly Howard cameo as Dutch-accented stage clowns of dubious character (virtually unrecognizable in full clown makeup), who mug a drunken Ted Jr. for his bankroll.

The story is loosely based/inspired by the Cohan and Foy families.

View the original theatrical trailer at TCM.com.

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Avg. Rating: [7.00/10]
 
BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD on IMDb

Frank Morgan
Ted Hackett

Alice Brady
Lulu Hackett

Russell Hardie
Ted Hackett Jr.

Jackie Cooper
Ted Hackett Jr., as child

Madge Evans
Anne Ainsley

Eddie Quillan
Ted Hackett III

Mickey Rooney
Ted Hackett III, as child

Bobby Somers
Ted Hackett III, as baby

Robert Greig
Diamond Jim Brady

Edward Brophy
Joe Mannion

Nelson Eddy
John Sylvester

Tenen Holtz
Max, booking agent

May Robson
Elderly actress

Moe Howard
Dutch clown # 1

Jerry Howard
Dutch clown # 2

Fay Templeton
Production number singer

Una Merkel
Chorus girl

Frank Jenks
Call boy

Isabelle Keith
Girl in movie clip

Rice & Cady
Performers

Edward Peil, Sr.
Stage manager

Forrest Taylor
Mr. Conway, Director

Sherry Hall
Assistant on movie set

Lew Fields
Himself

Joe Weber
Himself

Leo White
Mr. Weber

Marie Dressler
archive footage

Josephine Sable
archive footage

DeWolf Hopper
archive footage

William Collier Sr.
archive footage

Louis Mann
archive footage

Barney Fagan
archive footage


Willard Mack
Director

Jules White
Assistant Director

John Waters
Assistant Director

Harry Rapf
Producer

Willard Mack
Screenplay

Norbert Brodine
Photography

William S. Gray
Film Editor

Ben Lewis
Film Editor

Douglas Shearer
Recording Director

Stanwood Rogers
Art Director

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

William Axt
Musical Arrangement

Albertina Rasch
Dance Director

Sammy Lee
Dance Director


















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