If Tom Brenaman thought that this was his ticket to immortality of his radio show he turned out to be sadly mistaken. One year after Breakfast In Hollywood the movie came out television started getting into more and more homes and it was no longer experimental. And two years later Brenaman himself died and after a short bit with other hosts Breakfast In Hollywood also died.
This film shows it to be a pleasant morning diversion for housewives. Apparently no one actually ate because I see Brenaman moving around the audience filled with both celebrities and ordinary folk. Guest entertainers like Andy Russell and the Nat King Cole Trio strut their stuff also. Incidentally this film is a good opportunity to see Nat King Cole the jazz pianist before singing totally overtook his career.
The show serves as a backdrop like Grand Hotel for the stories of several of the breakfast guests. The main plot concerns sailor Edmond Ryan courting Bonita Granville who came to meet her sweetheart in the navy all the way from Minneapolis. Zasu Pitts has a funny role and Beulah Bondi a sad one as a little old lady who outlived friends and family and this show is almost a lifeline.
Best in the film is Raymond Walburn who while not the bloviating Walburn we know from many films still plays an old roué who's on the prowl while wife Billie Burke goes to the broadcast.
I'm sure none of today's audience knows from Breakfast In Hollywood or even quite what Hedda Hopper's significance is, she's also in the film. Still it's an interesting piece of nostalgia.
This film shows it to be a pleasant morning diversion for housewives. Apparently no one actually ate because I see Brenaman moving around the audience filled with both celebrities and ordinary folk. Guest entertainers like Andy Russell and the Nat King Cole Trio strut their stuff also. Incidentally this film is a good opportunity to see Nat King Cole the jazz pianist before singing totally overtook his career.
The show serves as a backdrop like Grand Hotel for the stories of several of the breakfast guests. The main plot concerns sailor Edmond Ryan courting Bonita Granville who came to meet her sweetheart in the navy all the way from Minneapolis. Zasu Pitts has a funny role and Beulah Bondi a sad one as a little old lady who outlived friends and family and this show is almost a lifeline.
Best in the film is Raymond Walburn who while not the bloviating Walburn we know from many films still plays an old roué who's on the prowl while wife Billie Burke goes to the broadcast.
I'm sure none of today's audience knows from Breakfast In Hollywood or even quite what Hedda Hopper's significance is, she's also in the film. Still it's an interesting piece of nostalgia.