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The film pokes a little at the phoniness of the industry, epitomized by the cowboy star Erwin idolizes (George Templeton), who isn't such a nice guy in reality. Blondell is charming in her part but Erwin, well, he's almost too damn sincere and milquetoast to really love the film. Its ending is also a bit abrupt.
Make Me a Star: Directed by William Beaudine. With Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts, Ben Turpin. Merton Gill is longing to become a cowboy actor and leaves his hometown to try his luck in Hollywood, but there his acting ability is regarded as non-existent.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- William Beaudine
- 1932-07-01
Plenty of blink and miss it cameos by Maurice Chevalier, Freddy March, Sylvia Sidney, and others, if you're into that sort of thing. Me, I'm into ZaSu Pitts and her turnips. Hard to call this a comedy, there are moments of humour but this is actually a sad film with an anti-hollywood core.
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- Paramount
- William Beaudine
Jul 14, 2017 · Make Me a Star is either a really bad comedy or a really pathetic drama, and I’m not sure which it is. Erwin’s wide-eyed innocence as Merton makes him impossible to sympathize with– he’s simple beyond belief. The movie uses that as both a source of comedy and pathos, and it’s so deeply naive that it can’t work.
Make Me a Star's ad campaign played up Erwin's aspirations with the tagline "Thousands Dream of it! Pray for it! Pay for it! But few ever achieve it." Merton Gill was the creation of Harry Leon Wilson, who told his story in the novel Merton of the Movies in 1919. Adapted to the stage by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, the original ...
- William Beaudine
- Joan Blondell
Make Me a Star is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Stuart Erwin, Joan Blondell, and ZaSu Pitts.Directed by William Beaudine, the film is a remake of the 1924 silent film Merton of the Movies, based upon the 1922 novel of that name, and the 1923 play adapted from the novel by George S. Kaufman, and Marc Connelly.
Synopsis. Merton Gill is longing to become a cowboy actor and leaves his hometown to try his luck in Hollywood, but there his acting ability is regarded as non-existent. Actress Flips gives him a ...
