it happened in hollywood

November 23 movie: It Happened in Hollywood. This was a silly comedy starring Richard Dix and Fay Wray as silent movie stars who can't make the transition to talkies. The best part of the movie is a party scene featuring dozens of major Hollywood stars, all played by their actual regular stand-ins. It was so much fun to see the stand-ins for Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and others. And the stand-ins all looked like they were having a blast. They imitate the stars: "Dietrich" wears black tie, "Garbo" dresses like Queen Christina and talks about wanting to be alone, "Chaplin" does the Little Tramp, and "Crosby" even lip-synches a song.