{"id":17606,"date":"2011-06-01T20:46:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T03:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17606"},"modified":"2023-02-03T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:56:58","slug":"hollywood-or-bust-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17606","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood or Bust (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Okay, Hollywood &#8212; here we come!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn in-debt gambler (Dean Martin) cons his way into winning a convertible, hoping to sell it and pay his bookie off &#8212; but he must share his prize with the real winner, a nerdy movie buff (Jerry Lewis) whose goal in life is to travel to Hollywood and win the heart of Anita Ekberg.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anita Ekberg Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dean Martin Films<\/li>\n<li>Frank Tashlin Films<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFrank Tashlin directed this final outing by comedic partners Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who at this point in their joint career had reached a notorious crisis point (Lewis actually claims he&#8217;s never seen this movie, given the negative memories it evokes for him.) Peary labels it a &#8220;personal recommendation&#8221; in the back of his book, and it was a <a href=\"http:\/\/jdcopp.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/franois-truffaut-10-best-films-from.html\">favorite of Truffaut<\/a> &#8212; but while there are occasional moments of inspired hilarity &#8212; including an early hold-up by a deceptively innocent hitch-hiker:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-1536x876.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup-474x270.png 474w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Granny-Holdup.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and Lewis &#8220;feeling lucky&#8221; and winning oodles of money at a craps table): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Craps.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; it&#8217;s ultimately (like the rest of the Lewis and Martin films I&#8217;ve seen so far) a mixed comedic bag, one which eventually wears out its welcome. The film&#8217;s most inspired moment &#8212; (pure Tashlin) comes fairly early, when the duo are driving through the countryside, singing, and see sexy dames every which way who represent the joys of &#8220;country living&#8221;; it&#8217;s truly surreal, and worth the price of a rental alone. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-the-Country2.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Redheaded Pat Crowley (who I&#8217;d never seen before) is a refreshingly wholesome presence as Martin&#8217;s romantic lead; why didn&#8217;t her silver screen career go any further? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley5.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The surreal &#8220;day in the country&#8221; musical sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-Country1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-Country1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-Country1.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-Country1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Day-in-Country1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pat Crowley as Terry Roberts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Crowley-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Random moments of inspired humor<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Lucky-Twitch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Lucky-Twitch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Lucky-Twitch.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Lucky-Twitch-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Hollywood-or-Bust-Lucky-Twitch-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Cult Movie and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049322\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9F01EFD91230E23BBC4C51DFB467838D649EDE\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/hollywood.or.bust.1956.shtml\">At-a-Glance Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/28616\/dean-martin-and-jerry-lewis-collection-volume-two-the\/\">DVD Talk Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/hollywood-or-bust\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Okay, Hollywood &#8212; here we come!&#8221; Synopsis: An in-debt gambler (Dean Martin) cons his way into winning a convertible, hoping to sell it and pay his bookie off &#8212; but he must share his prize with the real winner, a nerdy movie buff (Jerry Lewis) whose goal in life is to travel to Hollywood and win the heart of Anita Ekberg. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Anita Ekberg Films Comedy Dean Martin Films Frank Tashlin Films Jerry Lewis Films Musicals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17606\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17606"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89715,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions\/89715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}