Hollywood, City of Dreams (Spanish:Hollywood, ciudad de ensueno) is a 1931 American drama film directed by George Crone and starring José Bohr, Lia Torá and Donald Reed. It was a Spanish-language film made in the United States, as part of an effort to reach Spanish-speaking audiences around the world following the introduction of sound. Unlike some other Spanish-language films of the era, it was not a remake of an English film but an original story.
A young immigrant hopes to make it big in Hollywood and meet his idol, a female film star. He goes through a number of minor jobs but eventually gets his break and begins a romance with his heroine. Nonetheless, the film ends on a downbeat note as he returns on a boat to his native country.
Cast
José Bohr as José
Lia Torá as Helen Gordon
Donald Reed as Actor
Nancy Drexel as Alice
Enrique Acosta as Film Director
Elena Landeros
César Vanoni
Nicanor Molinare
Julia Bejarano
Mirra Rayo
Luis Díaz Flores
Samuel Pedraza
Lloyd Ingraham
References
Bibliography
Jarvinen, Lisa. The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939. Rutger's University Press, 2012.