Pick a Star
Pick a Star is a 1937 American musical comedy film starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, produced by Hal Roach and released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and filmed by Norbert Brodine. A reworking of Buster Keaton's first talkie, Free and Easy, the film is mostly remembered today for two short scenes featuring Laurel and Hardy.
Plot
Cecelia (Rosina Lawrence) enters a talent show in Waterloo, Kansas with the promise that the winner will be given a part in a movie. Lawrence wins but never receives her prize because the organizer (Russell Hicks) has run off with the cash.
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| author | Richard Flournoy Tom Dugan |
|---|---|
| director | Edward Sedgwick |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | busby berkeley cry emergency landing film find a job floor show how to james finlayson land latin lover movie star screen test stage fright talent show |
| musicBy | Marvin Hatley |
| producer | Hal Roach |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | musical comedy |