Make Me a Star (film)

This article is about the film. For the 1980 single, see Make Me a Star (KC and the Sunshine Band song). For the jazz album, see Make Me a Star (The Square album).
Make Me a Star
Directed by William Beaudine
Produced by B.P. Schulberg(uncredited)
Screenplay by Sam Mintz
Walter Deleon
Arthur Kober
Based on Merton of the Movies
1922 novel & play
by Harry Leon Wilson
George S. Kaufman (play)
Marc Connelly (play)
Moss Hart (play)
Starring Joan Blondell
Stuart Erwin
ZaSu Pitts
Ben Turpin
Music by John Leipold
Cinematography Allen G. Siegler
Edited by Edward Dmytryk
LeRoy Stone
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • July 1, 1932 (1932-07-01)
Running time
86 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Make Me a Star is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and ZaSu Pitts. The film is a remake of the 1924 silent Merton of the Movies and in 1947 as Merton of the Movies.[1]

Plot summary

A small-town delivery boy Merton Gill (Stuart Erwin) arrives in Hollywood, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and complete with a diploma from the National Correspondence Academy of Acting. Crashing the gates of Majestic Pictures Merton manages to fumble his one line bit in the latest Buck Benson (George Templeton) western and is fired on the spot.[2]

Main cast

Cameo Appearances (as Themselves):

References

  1. Marshall, p. 153
  2. Make Me a Star: Details, allmovie.com; accessed September 23, 2015.

Bibliography

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