Hollywood Boulevard is a comedy film directed by Robert Florey and released on August 21, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.Hollywood Boulevard Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 3, Iss. 25, (Jan 1, 1936): 152.
Plot
Has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine publisher Jordan Winston.
When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, asks him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Cast
Production The casting was announced in June 1936.Scenes from Newsreel Used as Film 'Sets' Chicago Daily Tribune 3 June 1936: 23. Many former silent era actors had small roles.A Town Called Hollywood Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 28 June 1936: C1.
Reception Frank Nugent of The New York Times was critical of the film: "It is, as you may judge, a pretty hoary melodrama and [a] slight enough excuse for a whole series of homilies upon the uncertainty of fame and fortune in the glamour city."
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