hooray for hollywood: November 2011

This is amateur 16mm color silent movie footage of a night-time parade, just before Christmas, in Studio City California. This is a small city adjacent to Hollywood. The film includes many well-known Hollywood actors and actresses.The film is an interesting combination of various local businesspeople, local celebrities, and local dignitaries, combined with a surprising number of well-known Hollywood stars, including:2:55 Joe Flynn (from "McHales Navy")3:15 Fifi D'Orsay3:24 Ron Fairly (major league baseball player and announcer)3:30 Tippi Hedren ("The Birds" actress, and mother of Melanie Griffith, who is probably the young girl seated next to Tippi)4:07 The King Family, a group that appeared on American TV during the mid-1960s4:51 Beverly Garland5:01 Jayne Mansfield and her children5:12 Ed Begley (with his family including, probably, Ed Begley, Jr.)6:19 Michael Landon ("Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie")6:47 Nancy Kulp (the actress who played Miss Hathaway on the TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies")7:28 Laurie Mitchell