The Voice of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood was a series of short subjects produced by Tiffany Pictures in 1930 and 1931. Each newsreel featured a different celebrity host whose job it was to link together the footage of the different celebrity guests. In this installment, Robert Woolsey is the host, and his first duty is to introduce Al St. John and Nancy Welford, who clown around for a bit. Then Johnnie Walker says a few words about Hollywood, and Mary Carr "gives a little motherly advice to the young ladies." A group of little girls -- "the stars of tomorrow" -- next do a dance for our entertainment. The last portion presents several stars and, for some reason, a lion. The stars are Lew Cody, Gwen Lee, Cliff Edwards (and uke), Buster Keaton, and Raquel Torres. Raquel calls the lion Leo.