Movie: A Star Is Shorn

Top 5 Billed Cast

Danny Webb
Danny Webb

Speedy Williams

Mary Treen
Mary Treen

Patsy

Ethelreda Leopold
Ethelreda Leopold

Hazel Hackenschmitt

Vernon Dent
Vernon Dent

Producer

Beatrice Blinn
Beatrice Blinn

Botswaddle's Secretary

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    Danny Webb plays wanna-be Hollywood agent, Speedy Williams, while Mary Treen plays Patsy, the best friend of Hazel Hackenschmitt (Ethelreda Leopold). Having just won the hometown title of "Miss Maple Syrup", Hazel decides to move to Hollywood to be a star. Speedy cooks up a scheme to get her seen by important Hollywood producer, B.O. Botswaddle (Raymond Brown) who is known to never make a move without Astrological guidance. This scheme involves making up Patsy with turban and a 3rd Eye, and introducing her to Botswaddle as a mystical seer... one, of course, who see's Hazel as the star of his next motion picture. Naturally, things do not go as planned. Treen is especially memorable in a wonderfully goofy role.

  • Release Date

    1939-04-20

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

The Fixer Uppers
68%

The Fixer Uppers(en)

1935-02-09

Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

Big Business
66%

Big Business(en)

1929-04-20

Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.

Silent Movie
65%

Silent Movie(en)

1976-06-17

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

Berth Marks
68%

Berth Marks(en)

1929-06-01

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

Hawaiian Vacation
70%

Hawaiian Vacation(en)

2011-06-16

The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.

The Errand Boy
61%

The Errand Boy(en)

1961-11-28

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
69%

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales(en)

2008-11-02

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

Beau Hunks
68%

Beau Hunks(en)

1931-12-02

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

The Big Bad Wolf
65%

The Big Bad Wolf(en)

1934-04-14

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

A Knight for a Day
65%

A Knight for a Day(en)

1946-03-08

By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.

My Wife's Relations
62%

My Wife's Relations(en)

1922-05-15

Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.

The Radiator Springs 500½
63%

The Radiator Springs 500½(en)

2014-05-20

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road race. Meanwhile, the townsfolk, led by a Stanley-costumed Mater, enjoy the planned 'leisurely drive' to retrace Stanley’s original frontier route. Thinking they’re on the same course, a wrong turn sends McQueen and the Baja pros on a treacherously wild bid for survival. The misunderstanding leaves the racing professionals in awe of the 'legend' of Stanley: the Original Off-Road Racer.

Donald's Nephews
65%

Donald's Nephews(en)

1938-04-15

Donald's sister Dumbella sends her three sons Huey, Dewey, and Louie to visit their uncle Donald. They prove to be quite a handful for Donald, even with help from his book on child rearing.

Mickey's Rival
63%

Mickey's Rival(en)

1936-06-20

Minnie's old friend, Mortimer Mouse, drops in on Mickey and Minnie's picnic. His practical jokes and coming on to Minnie soon have Mickey stewing, and their car isn't happy either. When Mortimer gets a nearby bull enraged and takes off, the car comes to the rescue after Mickey gets tangled up in a red blanket.

Sea Scouts
64%

Sea Scouts(en)

1939-06-30

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

Below Zero
66%

Below Zero(en)

1930-04-26

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.

Towed in a Hole
70%

Towed in a Hole(en)

1932-12-31

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

Men in Black
73%

Men in Black(en)

1934-09-28

The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.

The Ugly Duckling
70%

The Ugly Duckling(en)

1939-04-07

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

Rock-a-Bye Baby
68%

Rock-a-Bye Baby(en)

1958-07-23

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

Similar Movies

La surface de réparation
0%

La surface de réparation(fr)

1998-11-05

While Pierrot, surrounded by his friends, is glued to the TV watching a soccer match, Stella, his shy girlfriend, must give up celebrating her birthday. She had planned everything but had forgotten that it was a sacred evening - the second round of the playoffs.

Visions of Europe
52%

Visions of Europe(en)

2004-05-01

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Sissy Frenchfry
48%

Sissy Frenchfry(en)

2006-07-15

The annual Student Body President election at wildly eclectic and diverse West Beach High pits the quirky, much-beloved incumbent Sissy Frenchfry against handsome, charismatic -- and socially intolerant -- transfer student Bodey McDodey, who enacts a devious plan to restore the "status quo."

The Purge: The Morning After
48%

The Purge: The Morning After(en)

2013-09-04

In comedian Johnny Ray Gill's parody of the Universal horror flick, actor Daniel Rubiano has to face the music when he reports to work the next morning.

Fair Warning
100%

Fair Warning(en)

1925-09-26

Gussle Rivals Jonah
0%

Gussle Rivals Jonah(en)

1915-04-25

Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy

P.D.Q.
63%

P.D.Q.(en)

1921-10-23

In a bicycle race, Lee is continually stopping to help the girls, and when overtaken by the other riders, he leaps upon his trick bike and passes ahead of them.

Mickey's Battle
100%

Mickey's Battle(en)

1927-12-05

A bantamweight boxer has moved to Toonerville with his sissy-looking but well-trained son. When he gets into a dispute with Mickey Maguire, nothing will settle the matter but a meeting in the squared ring.

Roaming Romeo
0%

Roaming Romeo(en)

1920-01-01

Mickey's Little Eva
80%

Mickey's Little Eva(en)

1928-04-01

Mickey McGuire is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.

Riders of the Purple Cows
100%

Riders of the Purple Cows(en)

1924-10-18

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Honest Injun
80%

Honest Injun(en)

1926-07-03

Johnny Arthur has been ordered to spend a year out west to toughen him up, so he and butler George Davis head out. The cowboys at the ranch don't like him, so Johnny and they play practical jokes on each other. However, when Virginia Vance is kidnapped, it turns out to be real desperadoes.

Whoa, Emma!
90%

Whoa, Emma!(en)

1926-03-14

When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to deal with the problem. When he tames Emma, however, jealous ranch hands tie him up and kidnap Molly, so it's Emma to the rescue!

What Doesn't Kill You
70%

What Doesn't Kill You(en)

2015-03-14

After a rare diagnosis, Lily's attempts to flee from war torn Israel are thwarted when the airport shuts down and her zany cousin forces her to party.

Elliott's To Do List
70%

Elliott's To Do List(en)

2018-10-28

A quirky high school girl has to learn that you can't fit friendship into a checkbox.

Pickled Puss
90%

Pickled Puss(en)

1948-09-02

A predatory cat and the mouse he's chasing become temporary friends after the mouse takes refuge in a barrel full of pickled herrings and the cat becomes intoxicated by the fumes.

The Bear Dodger
67%

The Bear Dodger(ja)

1948-01-29

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".

The Dummy Owner
70%

The Dummy Owner(en)

1938-01-08

Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.

Girl Grief
70%

Girl Grief(en)

1932-10-08

Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.

Breakdowns of 1938
58%

Breakdowns of 1938(en)

1938-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.