Hollywood Capers

Hollywood Capers

Directed by Jack King

Produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, The Vitaphone Corporation

19357 min5.5 / 10

A frenetic, slapstick-driven cartoon short that mines comedy from Hollywood studio chaos, celebrity parodies, and escalating physical gags.

W.C.Fields enters the Warmer Bros. Studio. Beans tries to drive in, but the guard throws him and his car against a tree. Charlie Chaplin drives in, followed by Oliver Hardy on foot - but we see that it's really Beans in disguise. Oliver Owl is directing a picture; Beans sneaks onto the stage. He's watching from a catwalk when someone knocks him off, into the middle of the scene. Beans is thrown off the set, right into the set of a Frankenstein movie. He accidentally brings the robotic monster to life, and it crashes into the original studio, eating the camera. Beans tries to stop the monster, but is sent flying. He lands against a wind machine. which chops up the monster.

Questions people ask

  • Is Hollywood Capers sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Is Hollywood Capers scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does Hollywood Capers end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Hollywood Capers easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Hollywood Capers violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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27/ 100

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Rarity43

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Surprise38

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Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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