Summary
It’s Tough to Be Famous is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1932,
directed by Alfred E. Green.
The film stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Brian, Harold Minjir and Emma Dunn.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Alfred E. Green
- Script: Mary McCall, Robert Lord
- Photo: Byron Haskin, Sol Polito
- Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Scott ’Scotty’ McClenahan), Mary Brian (Janet Porter McClenahan), Harold Minjir (Sutter, the Ghost Writer), Emma Dunn (’Moms’ McClenahan), Walter Catlett (Joseph Craig ’Joe’ Chapin), David Landau (Chief Steve Stevens), Oscar Apfel (S.J. Boynton), Terrance Ray (Sanford, Naval Officer Helping Scotty), J. Carrol Naish (Lt. Blake (scenes deleted)), Claire McDowell (Mrs. Porter), Louise Beavers (Ada, Janet’s Maid), Lilian Bond (Edna Jackson, Boynton’s Secretary), Joseph E. Bernard (Photographer), Symona Boniface (Autograph Seeker), Frederick Burton (Admiral), Berton Churchill (Adm. Blaine), Georgie Cooper (Mrs. Simmick), Cecil Cunningham (Autograph Seeker with Sheet Music), Harrison Greene (Radio Man), Ivan Linow (Ole Olafson), Wallace MacDonald (Sailor), Wilbur Mack (Mayor), Clarence Nordstrom (Singer of ’Scotty Boy’), Walter Percival (Newsreel Man), Cyril Ring (Reporter fron the Star), Charles Sullivan (Marine Orderly), Max Wagner (Ben, a Sailor), Leo White (Florist)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 79 min; B&W
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Comedy / Drama






