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Hollywood Boulevard
ONE DAY A STAR - THE NEXT AN EXTRA!
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
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John Halliday John Wellington Blakeford
Marsha Hunt Patricia Blakeford
Robert Cummings Jay Wallace
C. Henry Gordon Jordan Winslow
Esther Ralston Flora Moore
Esther Dale Martha
Frieda Inescort Alice Winslow
Albert Conti Bill Sanford - Trocadero Manager
Thomas E. Jackson Detective
Oscar Apfel Dr. Inslow
Purnell Pratt Mr. Steinman
Irving Bacon Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Rita La Roy Nella
Francis X. Bushman Frank - Director, Desert Scene
Maurice Costello Director in Commissary
Betty Compson Betty
Mae Marsh Carlotta Blakeford
Charles Ray Charlie Smith - Assistant Director
Herbert Rawlinson Manager of Grauman's
Jane Novak Mrs. Steinman
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