Hoop-La

Hoop-La

Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Screenplay by	Bradley King J.M. March
Based on	The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson
Starring	Clara Bow Preston Foster Richard Cromwell Minna Gombell
Music by	Louis De Francesco (uncredited)
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	November 30, 1933 (1933-11-30)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hoop-La is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film starring Clara Bow in what was her final film role. It was directed by Frank Lloyd and released by Fox Film Corporation, with Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell, and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play.

A version restored by the Museum of Modern Art was shown at the 2011 Classic Film Festival in Hollywood during the spring.^[1]

Synopsis

Clara Bow plays a Hoochie coochie dancer for a travelling fair, who seduces Richard Cromwell, the son of a sideshow barker (Preston Foster), in order to win a bet, but ends up falling in love with him.

Cast

Clara Bow - Lou
Preston Foster - Nifty Miller
Richard Cromwell - Chris Miller
Herbert Mundin - Hap Spissel
James Gleason - Jerry
Minna Gombell - Carrie
Roger Imhof - Colonel Gowdy
Florence Roberts - Ma Benson

unbilled

Damores - Colonel Gowdy (French version)
Erville Alderson - The Sheriff
Bob Burns - Barker
Dick Dickinson - Carnival Spectator
Ethel Loreen Greer - Fat Lady
Chuck Hamilton - Side-Show Troublemaker
Otis Harlan - Town Councilman, Side Show Customer
John Irwin - Roustabout
William Le Maire - Tall Gum-chewing spectator
Frank Mills - Barker
Frank Moran - Side Show Craps Player
George Offerman Jr. - Billy
Harvey Parry - Roustabout
Charles Sellon - The Colonel, Billy's Father
Harry Wilson - Roustabout
Harry Woods - Side Show Troublemaker

Remake

The same story was remade in 1945 as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe starring Betty Grable.

References

↑ Turner Website TCM 2011 Classic Film Festival

External links

Hoop-La at the Internet Movie Database
Hoop-La at AllMovie

The films of Frank Lloyd

1910s	To Redeem a Value (1915) 10,000 Dollars (1915) The Gentleman from Indiana (1915) Jane (1915) The Reform Candidate (1915) The Tongues of Men (1916) The Call of the Cumberlands (1916) Madame la Presidente (1916) The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) David Garrick (1916) The Making of Maddalena (1916) An International Marriage (1916) The Stronger Love (1916) The Intrigue (1916) Sins of Her Parent (1916) The World and the Woman (1916) The Kingdom of Love (1917) The Price of Silence (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) American Methods (1917) When a Man Sees Red (1917) Les Misérables (1917) The Heart of a Lion (1917) The Blindness of Divorce (1918) True Blue (1918) Riders of the Purple Sage (1918) His Extra Bit (1918) The Rainbow Trail (1918) For Freedom (1918) The Man Hunter (1919) Pitfalls of a Big City (1919) The World and Its Woman (1919) The Loves of Letty (1919)

1920s	The Woman in Room 13 (1920) The Silver Horde (1920) Madame X (1920) The Great Lover (1920) A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) Roads of Destiny (1921) A Voice in the Dark (1921) The Invisible Power (1921) The Grim Comedian (1921) The Man from Lost River (1921) The Eternal Flame (1922) The Sin Flood (1922) Oliver Twist (1922) The Voice from the Minaret (1923) Within the Law (1923) Ashes of Vengeance (1923) Black Oxen (1923) The Sea Hawk (1924) The Silent Watcher (1924) Her Husband's Secret (1925) Winds of Chance (1925) The Splendid Road (1925) The Wise Guy (1926) The Eagle of the Sea (1926) Children of Divorce (1927) Adoration (1928) Weary River (1929) The Divine Lady (1929) Drag (1929) Dark Streets (1929) Young Nowheres (1929)

1930s	Son of the Gods (1930) The Way of All Men (1930) The Lash (1930) The Right of Way (1931) East Lynne (1931) The Age for Love (1931) A Passport to Hell (1932) Cavalcade (1933) Berkeley Square (1933) Hoop-La (1933) Servants' Entrance (1934) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Under Two Flags (1936) Maid of Salem (1937) Wells Fargo (1937) If I Were King (1938) Rulers of the Sea (1939)

1940s	The Howards of Virginia (1940) This Woman is Mine (1941) The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) Forever and a Day (1943) Blood on the Sun (1945)

1950s	The Shanghai Story (1954) The Last Command (1955)

Productions	Saboteur (1942) The Spoilers (1942) Invisible Agent (1942)

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