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All movies seen on 02/07/2022

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Alice in Movieland (1940)

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Comedy | Short

Overview

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she’s so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice’s dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.

Length 22 minutes

Actors

Joan Leslie | Nana Bryant | Clara Blandick | Clarence Muse | David Bruce | Lucia Carroll | Richard Clayton | Maurice Costello | Garrett Craig | Richard Cramer | Peggy Diggins | Ann Edmonds | Paulette Evans | Frank Faylen | William Forrest | Inez Gary | Sol Gorss | Alan Hale | Phyllis Hamilton | Stuart Holmes | Lois Landon | Ethelreda Leopold | Marion Mack | Frank Mayo | Philo McCullough | Charles Morton | Jack Mower | Alexander Pollard | Dorothy Raye | Ronald Reagan | John Ridgely | Sally Sage | Alexis Smith | Larry Steers | Craig Stevens | Frank Wilcox | Jack Wise | Maris Wrixon | Jane Wyman

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Meant to be a warm fuzzy dreams could come true look at Hollywood but really it’s a nightmare about getting crushed in the system.

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