Uphill Climb To Fame: Story Of New Comedy

Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)

Uphill Climb To Fame: Story Of New Comedy

Bing Crosby, Ricardo Cortez, Abe Lyman, Carole Lombard, Veloz and Yolanda, Phil Harris and Donald Novis. No, not a list of Who’s Who in the American entertainment field, but just a small number of the big theatrical names who have won fame and glory after appearing professionally at the world’s most famous nightclub, the Cccoanut Grove in the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. ‘ - And in Paramount’s new: "film, “Cocoanut Grove,” Fred Mac Murray and Harriet Hilliard play parts comparable to the real life struggles for fame enacted at the Grove. Mac Murray barnstorming with a swing band of assorted nitwits that include Ben Blue, Rufe Davis and the Yacht-Club Boys, annexes a kid and a girl,’ the singing Harriet Hilliard, who in turn annexes his heart. ,

Arriving in Los Angeles, he manages to get the audition, but through a wire mix-up, his rival gets the job. What happens after that is an hilarious attempt on his part to keep his band together, keep track of Miss Hilliard, who believes he has thrown her over for Dorothy Ho\ve, and get a new chance at the “Grove.” -