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Free and Easy(1930)
Status: Released
Date: 1930-03-22
60%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
The laughs, life and loves of the Hollywood Studios in the novelty sensation of years!
Overview:
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Languages: English, German.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Free and Easy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Buster Keaton
Elmer
Anita Page
Elvira
Trixie Friganza
Ma
Robert Montgomery
Larry
Fred Niblo
Himself
Edgar Dearing
Officer
Gwen Lee
Bedroom Scene
John Miljan
Bedroom Scene
Lionel Barrymore
Bedroom Scene
William Haines
A Guest
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Overview
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
Release Date
1930-03-22
Average
6
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The laughs, life and loves of the Hollywood Studios in the novelty sensation of years!
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