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Make Me a Star is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Beaudine released in USA on 1 july 1932 with Joan Blondell

Make Me a Star (1932)

Make Me a Star
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Released in USA 1 july 1932
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romance
Rating64% 3.2449753.2449753.2449753.2449753.244975

Make Me a Star is a 1932 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and ZaSu Pitts. The film is a remake of the 1924 silent Merton of the Movies and in 1947 as Merton of the Movies (1947 film).

Synopsis

A small-town delivery boy Merton Gill (Stuart Erwin) arrives in Hollywood, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and complete with a diploma from the National Correspondence Academy of Acting. Crashing the gates of Majestic Pictures Merton manages to fumble his one line bit in the latest Buck Benson (George Templeton) western and is fired on the spot.

Actors

Joan Blondell

('Flips' Montague)Stuart Erwin

(Merton Gill)Zasu Pitts

(Mrs. Scudder)Ben Turpin

(Ben)Gary Cooper

(Gary Cooper (uncredited))
And :
Charles Sellon
Claudette Colbert
Maurice Chevalier
Florence Roberts
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