Realização:
George CukorCâmara:
Charles RosherMúsica:
Max SteinerElenco:
Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Louise Beavers, King Baggot, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Patricia Farr, Bryant Washburn (mais)Sinopses(1)
Often misjudged as a dress rehearsal for his famed 1954 adaptation of A Star Is Born, What Price Hollywood? is a drastically different beast – a demystification of the Hollywood myth that is far grittier and less sentimental than the Judy Garland musical. Constance Bennett plays a waitress who gets skyrocketed to stardom after a chance encounter with Lowell Sherman’s alcoholic director. Inevitable heartbreak ensues as the new-born star becomes disillusioned with Hollywood. Neither an outright condemnation of movie culture nor a romanticization of Tinseltown, What Price Hollywood? offers a rare, clinical look at Hollywood, rendering it as an industrial machine, a corporate juggernaut, rather than a factory of dreams. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(mais)Críticas (1)
A Qualquer Preço é um espectáculo retilíneo sobre a desilusão com o típico caminho hollywoodesco em direção o topo. É um pouco desarticulado, oscila entre uma comédia irónica na primeira metade e um melodrama de uma angústia inadequada na segunda metade. No fim, a alteração de humor é demasiado exagerada para o meu gosto. [KVIFF 2021]
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