Hollywood and Vine (film)

Hollywood and Vine
Directed by	Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Produced by	Leon Fromkess
Written by	Edith Watkins (screenplay and story); Charles Williams (screenplay and story); Robert Wohlmuth (story)
Starring	Wanda McKay; James Ellison
Music by	Marvin Hatley; Lee Zahler
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	25 April 1945

Hollywood and Vine is a 1945 American film directed by Alexis Thurn-Taxis starring the dog who played Daisy in Columbia's Blondie film series.

The film is also known as Daisy Goes Hollywood in the United Kingdom and as Happily Ever After in the United States.

Plot summary

Martha Manning is on her way to imagined fame and fortune in Hollywood and stops off at Pop Barkley's hamburger stand thirty miles from the city of her dreams. A stray dog enters as does Larry Winters who thinks the dog belongs to Martha. Feeding the dog his hamburger Larry notices the dog dancing to The Emperor's Waltz on Pop's jukebox and thinks the dog belongs to Martha. Martha feels Larry is a wolf and leaves the cafe with Larry vowing to track her down in Hollywood to return her dog who he has named "Emperor".

Martha meets her girlfriend Gloria who she is staying with but discovers she is not really a film actress, but a stand in though she has regular employment. As time goes by the only work Martha can find is in a drugstore.

Larry is actually a New York playwright who has arrived in Hollywood to write the screenplay for his film to be produced by Lavish Pictures. Before he can write the screenplay of his play he is assigned to write a script for a film about Hollywood that Larry knows nothing about. He decides to learn about the city for his screenplay by working as a soda jerk at a drug store soda fountain where he meets Martha again. When Martha discovers that Larry has brought Emperor with him as he thinks he is her dog, she changes his mind on him.

By chance Martha gets a small role in a film and brings Emperor to the Lavish Pictures film studio. Attracted by other dogs, Emperor follows them where the director of Larry's Hollywood film is looking for the ideal dog for his film and he is delighted with Emperor. Emperor steals the show from the other actors and becomes a major celebrity doing cigarette commercials and having troubles with the Internal Revenue Service.

Cast

Daisy as Emperor (the dog)
James Ellison as Larry Winters
Wanda McKay as Martha Manning
June Clyde as Gloria Devine
Ralph Morgan as B. B. Lavish
Franklin Pangborn as Reggie, Drug Store Owner
Leon Belasco as Cedric Borris
Emmett Lynn as Mortimer M. 'Pop' Barkley
Vera Lewis as Fanny
Karin Vengay as Ann Morris
Robert Greig as Jenkins
Charles Williams as Chick Jones
Michael Romanoff as Himself
Ray Whitley as Tex
Dewey Robinson as Mug ordering a Banana Surprise
Cyril Ring as Attorney Richard Hudson
Charles B. Middleton as Attorney Wilson
Billy Benedict as Joe the Newsboy
Donald Kerr as Assistant Director
Lillian Bronson as Abigail Wrighthouse
John Elliott as Judge
Jack Raymond as Studio Gateman
Charles Jordan as Policeman
Lou Crocker as Doctor
Hal Taggart as Casting Director

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External links

Hollywood and Vine on IMDb
Hollywood and Vine is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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