{"id":3448,"date":"2007-07-05T17:09:53","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T00:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2020-12-29T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:41:28","slug":"movie-crazy-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3448","title":{"rendered":"Movie Crazy (1932)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Ninety-nine out of a hundred fail out here, just because it ain&#8217;t their game. So take my advice and blow home.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA klutzy aspiring actor (Harold Lloyd) is accidentally summoned to Hollywood for a screen test, where he fails to impress producers but falls in love with an actress (Constance Cummings) and one of the characters she plays.\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>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Harold Lloyd Films<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWhile <em>Movie Crazy<\/em> is generally regarded as one of Harold Lloyd&#8217;s best &#8220;talkies&#8221;, it&#8217;s ultimately a disappointment. Despite several amusing sequences, the screenplay as a whole rambles on for too long, diverging from its initial premise and suddenly shifting into a rather ordinary tale of mistaken identities and romantic difficulties. This is not one of Lloyd&#8217;s greatest films, and falls flat in comparison with his earlier masterpieces. Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12930\"><em>The Milky Way<\/em> (1936)<\/a> instead if you&#8217;re curious to see Lloyd in a reasonably successful non-silent film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lloyd&#8217;s bungled attempts at being an extra<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra-1024x654.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Extra.png 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The extended &#8220;magician&#8217;s coat&#8221; sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat-1024x655.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Coat.png 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Constance Cummings as Lloyd&#8217;s dual love interests<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Movie-Crazy-Cummings.png 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one ultimately isn&#8217;t must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0023241\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1932\/09\/15\/archives\/the-screen.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/5761\/movie-crazy#articles-reviews?articleId=23992\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ninety-nine out of a hundred fail out here, just because it ain&#8217;t their game. So take my advice and blow home.&#8221; Synopsis: A klutzy aspiring actor (Harold Lloyd) is accidentally summoned to Hollywood for a screen test, where he fails to impress producers but falls in love with an actress (Constance Cummings) and one of the characters she plays. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aspiring Stars Comedy Harold Lloyd Films Hollywood Mistaken or Hidden Identities Review: While Movie Crazy is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3448\"> 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-3448","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\/3448","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=3448"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60395,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3448\/revisions\/60395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}