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Released
1932 · FILM

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

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Runtime
10 min
ComedyMusic

Synopsis

The first entry in the series opens with a troupe of dancing chorus girls receiving a salute from the cross-eyed Ben Turpin. The master of ceremonies, Fredric March, then introduces the various acts. The first performer is pre-teen Mitzi Green, dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" This is followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing and dancing to "The Girl Who Used to Be You." The Three Brox Sisters perform a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing "Falling in Love Again." Jack Duffy delivers a drunken hillbilly routine that involves a lamppost, and the show concludes with Eddie Peabody playing the banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.

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Principal cast & crew: 11

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