Vintage original 8x10 in. US single-weight glossy photograph from the 1930's Hollywood-themed comedy/romance, MOVIE CRAZY, released in 1932 by Paramount Pictures and directed by Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd. After a mix-up with application photograph,
an aspiring actor (Lloyd) is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.
Printed for the film's 1949 US theatrical re-release, the image features an interior medium shot inside the office of Hollywood producer Wesley Kitterman (Robert McWade), seated behind his desk, as he looks at Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd) as he stands immobilized while movie star Mary Sears (Constance Cummings) holds his arm to give him some reassurance. Printed on single-weight stock with a glossy finish, this vintage original photograph is in very fine+ condition without any pinholes, tears, stains, or other flaws.
This was the first film that Harold Lloyd worked with a full script of prepared dialogue.Clyde Bruckman is the credited director, but most of the film was actually directed by Harold Lloyd due to Bruckman's often being incapacitated due to his alcoholism. The final climax of the picture on board of the ship between Harold and Vance was basically reworked from Harold Lloyd's The Kid Brother (1927). The film was also shot with a silent film camera to re-create the Lloyd silent technique and the sound effects and dialogue were recorded in post-production. Leila Hyams was originally cast in the Constance Cummings role and can be seen in some surviving stills at the Margaret Herrick Library. |