Paramount Pictures enters the "Hollywood takes a look at itself" field this this, first of the series that ran from 1932 through 1934. Fredric March acts as master of ceremonies, and there are three musical numbers and one brief 'hillbilly sketch' starring Jakc Duffy, a slapstick comedian who made up as an old man, to make his bone-breaking pratfalls look even more daring.
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)** 1/2 (out of 4)The same year he was winning an Oscar for his performance in DR.
