Three Hollywood Girls
1931 film by Roscoe Arbuckle
Three Hollywood Girls is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle (billed as William Goodrich) and starring Leota Lane.
The film had two reels. It was released in December 1930 and described as an "unusual comedy" in Daily Variety but another review found that it was "not so funny, ts slowtempoed and the majority of the cast read their lines in a stilted manner."
The film has a sequel: Crashing Hollywood (1931).
Plot
An Omaha girl goes to Hollywood looking for work. Other girls allow her to share their apartment. A casting director is interested in one of them but finally chooses "Leota".
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