Breakfast in Hollywood

1946
Approved
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

340

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Tom Breneman in Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)

Comedy Music Musical

Based on a current (1946) radio series with a live audience. It is the story of some of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.Based on a current (1946) radio series with a live audience. It is the story of some of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.Based on a current (1946) radio series with a live audience. It is the story of some of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Trivia
The film was inspired by the popular thirty-minute morning radio program "Breakfast in Hollywood", created, and hosted by Tom Breneman and broadcast from 1941 to 1948 on three different radio networks: NBC, ABC and Mutual. After Breneman died in April 1948, other hosts, including Garry Moore, stepped in as replacements, but without Breneman the ratings dropped, and the program came to an end in January 1949.

Quotes
Cop at Bus: [having stopped a cross-country bus to find Dorothy on it] Do you know Tom Breneman?
Dorothy Larson: Why, yes, I was at his radio broadcast this morning
Cop at Bus: Okay, lady, I'm sorry, but you'll have to come back to Hollywood with us.
Dorothy Larson: What for?
Cop at Bus: Step outside and I'll tell you.

Connections
Featured in It's Black Entertainment (2002)

Soundtracks
Hedda Hopper's Hats
Written by Spike Jones and Jack Elliott
Performed by Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Vocalist Del Porter

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7/10

Don't Overlook Bonita Granville!

This unpretentious film with a remarkable cast features one of the last movie appearances of Bonita Granville, who deserves rediscovery through everything from the newly released "Nancy Drew" DVDs to a very effective performance in "These Three." Here she boosts a simple programmer with charm and conviction.

It's also a film where such contrasting acts as Spike Jones and Nat King Cole appear,and as bonus there's Hedda Hopper, who I always thought had a very interesting screen presence. I'm not familiar with the radio program the film ostensibly showcases, but it was evidently a popular fixture in its day. But it's Granville who anchors the film with her appealing manner and sincere acting.