Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade is a 1939 American film featuring Alice Faye as a young performer making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from slapstick silent pictures through the transition from silent to sound.

Atypical for Faye's 20th Century Fox output, this has no musical numbers, and the tone is more dramatic than comic. (The alternate title was Falling Stars.) The first part of the film provides a fictionalized look at silent-era performers and their productions.

Cast

• Alice Faye as Molly Adair Hayden
• Don Ameche as Mike Connors
• J. Edward Bromberg as Dave Spingold
• Alan Curtis as Nicky Hayden
• Stuart Erwin as Mike's Cameraman
• Jed Prouty as Keystone Cop Police Chief
• Buster Keaton as Himself
• Donald Meek as Studio Chief
• George Givot as An Englishman in the Show
• Al Jolson as Himself
• Eddie Collins as Keystone Cop
• Mack Sennett as Himself
• Ben Turpin as Bartender in Western
• Chester Conklin as Sheriff in Western
• Hank Mann as Keystone Cop
• Snub Pollard as Keystone Cop
• James Finlayson as Himself

External links

• Hollywood Cavalcade at the Internet Movie Database
• Turner Classic Movies page