Another classic cartoon short featuring caricatures of Hollywood celebrities of the day.
I just discovered this classic Disney cartoon, and had fun trying to recognize all the celebrities. Couldn't recognize some of them, though. Here's a good little synopsis of the cartoon, written by Jon Reeves (imdb.com): Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among those shown: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante, Clark Gable, Sid Grauman, Mae West. The picture, Galloping Romance (Pegleg Pete kidnaps Minnie, and Mickey gives chase on a variety of animals), starts, and everyone in the audience sways along to the music, then rolls in the aisles with laughter. After, everyone comes on stage to congratulate Mickey; Garbo smothers him with kisses.
Celebrities, in order of appearance:
1. Keystone Cops (L-R: Ben Turpin, Ford Sterling, Mack Swain, Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin) Getting out of limo: 2a. Wallace Beery & Marie Dressler
2b. Lionel Barrymore (in beard as Rasputin), John Barrymore (as Prince Paul Chegodioff), Ethel Barrymore (as Czarina Alexandra) all in costume from the film they were in "Rasputin and the Empress". (Read the Wikipedia post on the film) And more trivia: John Barrymore is the grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
2c. Laurel and Hardy 2d. Marx Brothers 3. Maurice Chevalier 4. Eddie Cantor
5. Jimmy Durante 6. (L-R) Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Constance Bennett
7. Clockwise: Harold Llyod, Clark Gable, Adolph Menjou, Edward G. Robinson
8. Ticket Taker: Sid Grauman (of Grauman's Chinese Theater fame)
People entering the theater:
9a. George Arliss 9b. Joe E Brown 9c. (crawling on floor) Charlie Chaplin
9d. William Powell 9e. Marx Brothers (over-stuffed coat) 9f. Mae West ("Come up and see me some time!")
9g. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Clarabell Cow
10 Seated in theater, front row: Chester Morris, Gloria Swanson, George Arliss
Back Row: Helen Hayes, Edward G. Robinson, William Powell
11 Jimmy Durante 12. Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
13. Caricature of "censorship czar" Will H. Hays (of the "Hays code")
14. Eddie Cantor with Joan Crawford
15. Greta Garbo
16. Front: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, and Will Rogers
Back: Groucho, Charlie Chaplin, Lionel Barrymore
17. Ed Wynn 18 Bert Wheeler & Robert Woolsey ("Wheeler & Woolsey" comedy duo) 19. Laurel and Hardy 20. Dracula (Bela Lugosi), Mr. Hyde (Frederic March), Frankenstien monster (Boris Karloff)
21. Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown
22: Falling out of seats: Douglas Fairbanks and Jimmy Durante
23. Rolling in isles: Oliver Hardy, Chaplin, Groucho, Joe E. Brown, Marie Dressler
24. On stage: Will Rogers (pulling Mickey by rope)
25. Shaking hands: Marie Dressler, Joe E Brown, Jimmy Durante, Laurel and Hardy, Edward G, Eddie Cantor, Chaplin, Wallace Beery, George Arliss, William Powell, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Lionel Barrymore.
26. Getting onstage: Greta Garbo
27. Walt Disney and 2 other men (one of them Warner Baxter-dont' know who the other guy is supposed to be), with Groucho.
28. Pluto the dog
Source: 2719hyperion.com a post about classic Disney animation.
I just discovered this classic Disney cartoon, and had fun trying to recognize all the celebrities. Couldn't recognize some of them, though. Here's a good little synopsis of the cartoon, written by Jon Reeves (imdb.com): Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among those shown: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante, Clark Gable, Sid Grauman, Mae West. The picture, Galloping Romance (Pegleg Pete kidnaps Minnie, and Mickey gives chase on a variety of animals), starts, and everyone in the audience sways along to the music, then rolls in the aisles with laughter. After, everyone comes on stage to congratulate Mickey; Garbo smothers him with kisses.
Celebrities, in order of appearance:
1. Keystone Cops (L-R: Ben Turpin, Ford Sterling, Mack Swain, Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin) Getting out of limo: 2a. Wallace Beery & Marie Dressler
2b. Lionel Barrymore (in beard as Rasputin), John Barrymore (as Prince Paul Chegodioff), Ethel Barrymore (as Czarina Alexandra) all in costume from the film they were in "Rasputin and the Empress". (Read the Wikipedia post on the film) And more trivia: John Barrymore is the grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
2c. Laurel and Hardy 2d. Marx Brothers 3. Maurice Chevalier 4. Eddie Cantor
5. Jimmy Durante 6. (L-R) Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Constance Bennett
7. Clockwise: Harold Llyod, Clark Gable, Adolph Menjou, Edward G. Robinson
8. Ticket Taker: Sid Grauman (of Grauman's Chinese Theater fame)
People entering the theater:
9a. George Arliss 9b. Joe E Brown 9c. (crawling on floor) Charlie Chaplin
9d. William Powell 9e. Marx Brothers (over-stuffed coat) 9f. Mae West ("Come up and see me some time!")
9g. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Clarabell Cow
10 Seated in theater, front row: Chester Morris, Gloria Swanson, George Arliss
Back Row: Helen Hayes, Edward G. Robinson, William Powell
11 Jimmy Durante 12. Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
13. Caricature of "censorship czar" Will H. Hays (of the "Hays code")
14. Eddie Cantor with Joan Crawford
15. Greta Garbo
16. Front: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, and Will Rogers
Back: Groucho, Charlie Chaplin, Lionel Barrymore
17. Ed Wynn 18 Bert Wheeler & Robert Woolsey ("Wheeler & Woolsey" comedy duo) 19. Laurel and Hardy 20. Dracula (Bela Lugosi), Mr. Hyde (Frederic March), Frankenstien monster (Boris Karloff)
21. Buster Keaton and Joe E. Brown
22: Falling out of seats: Douglas Fairbanks and Jimmy Durante
23. Rolling in isles: Oliver Hardy, Chaplin, Groucho, Joe E. Brown, Marie Dressler
24. On stage: Will Rogers (pulling Mickey by rope)
25. Shaking hands: Marie Dressler, Joe E Brown, Jimmy Durante, Laurel and Hardy, Edward G, Eddie Cantor, Chaplin, Wallace Beery, George Arliss, William Powell, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Lionel Barrymore.
26. Getting onstage: Greta Garbo
27. Walt Disney and 2 other men (one of them Warner Baxter-dont' know who the other guy is supposed to be), with Groucho.
28. Pluto the dog
Source: 2719hyperion.com a post about classic Disney animation.