Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood. Various stars appear in staged scenes (El Brendel, Viola Dana, Bing Crosby, Harry Langdon), while others show up in clips from newsreel or promotional footage.
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If you're looking for a coherent story, keep walking. Hollywood on Parade is basically a collection of short, strange clips that feel like they were stitched together in someone's basement during a lunch break. It's for the film history nerds and people who want to see Bing Crosby try to look athletic for five seconds....
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"If you're looking for a coherent story, keep walking. Hollywood on Parade is basically a collection of short, strange clips that feel like they were stitched together in someone's basement during a lunch break. It's for the film history nerds and people who want to see Bing Crosby try to look athletic for five seconds. Everyone else? You'll probably be bored out of your mind. It’s not exactly high-octane entertainment. The Flagpole Situation The whole gimmick revolves around a guy named Shipwr..."
