Hollywood Hotel (film)

Hollywood Hotel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Screenplay by	Jerry Wald Maurice Leo Richard Macaulay
Story by	Jerry Wald Maurice Leo
Produced by	Uncredited:[1] Samuel Bischoff Bryan Foy
Starring	Dick Powell Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Hugh Herbert Ted Healy Glenda Farrell Johnnie Davis
Cinematography	Charles Rosher George Barnes (musical numbers)
Edited by	George Amy
Music by	Songs: Johnny Mercer Richard A. Whiting Score (uncredited): Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 20, 1937 (1937-12-20) (U.S.)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	over $1 million[2]

Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Mabel Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy.

The film was based on the popular Hollywood Hotel radio show created by gossip columnist Louella Parsons, where Hollywood stars recreated scenes from their latest movies. It was broadcast weekly from the hotel of that name.^[1] The film's recreation of the program features Louella Parsons, Frances Langford, Raymond Paige and His Orchestra, Jerry Cooper, the announcer Ken Niles, Duane Thompson and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.

Hollywood Hotel, the film, is now best remembered for the featured song and opening number "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny Mercer and Richard A. Whiting, sung in the film by Davis and Langford, accompanied by Goodman and his orchestra. The song has become a standard part of the soundtrack to movie award ceremonies, including the Academy Awards. Mercer's lyrics contain numerous references, often satirical, to the movie industry and the path to film stardom.