After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
Stunts
Harold Lloyd's precision physical comedy — every pratfall choreographed perfection.
Production
Authentic 1932 Paramount backlot, real Hollywood machinery on display.
Director
Clyde Bruckman
Harold Lloyd
Harold Hall aka 'Trouble'
Constance Cummings
Mary Sears
Kenneth Thomson
Vance
Louise Closser Hale
Mrs. Kitterman
Spencer Charters
J.L. O'Brien
Robert McWade
Wesley Kitterman
Eddie Fetherston
Assistant Director Bill
Sydney Jarvis
The Director
Harold Goodwin
Miller
Mary Doran
Margie
DeWitt Jennings
Mr. Hall
Lucy Beaumont
Mrs. Hall
Arthur Housman
Customer Who Didn't Order Rabbit
Bruce Bennett
Dinner Guest (Uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lloyd's first talking picture; he was terrified of sound and took voice lessons for two years. The 'glasses' remained his trademark despite talkies killing most silent stars.
Released during the Depression, Harold's desperate Hollywood hustle resonated with audiences who saw their own economic precarity in his failed screen tests and humiliating day jobs.
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